3rd July 1915 (incl. 4th July)

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Hopped about the deck for awhile

viewing the war from a distance

Left the Neuralia & boarded thef

leet sweeper & then the Prince

Abass 9.30 AM. Had dinner

consisting of bread & jam

& tea & landed at Mudros

Isle of Limnos at 2.30

The Harbour is full

of French battleships

Cruisers Transports

This once lonely place

is like a city now.

An over coat over a pair of

white flannel pyjamas is my

Travelling dress. After being

put to bed on a spring mattress

bed I know no more until I

awoke facing a view of the busy little

harbour with the hills on the other side

& a beautiful breeze coming through

the tent. I'm getting used to a spring bed

I find out my neighbour is a Scotty

& the next an Englishman & then an

Irishman, N Zealander & an Italian

all in a 1st Aust stationary Hospl.

READ & LISTEN to ALL of the 1915 DIARY

A group of 16 unidentified nursing sisters on board the hospital ship Kanowna, which transported British, Australian and New Zealand sick and wounded between Egypt, England and Australia

from 1915 to 1917.

Reference: Australian War Memorial

For more information about Australia in World War I

visit DVA Anzac Portal

Diary of an ANZAC soldier. A WWI diary found in 2022. One man's story, told 108 years later.

Lest we forget.