21st January 1915

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A thin line of smoke on the horizon early this morning caused a little excitement. Nearly every glass available was pointed in that direction. This con- tinued until about 3 o/c PM when it was discovered to be an armed merchant boat & not a German cruiser

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Two unidentified Naval personnel,

one whom is looking through binoculars and holding a pipe

Reference: Australian War Memorial

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