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badly wounded and was in Hospital in London for some
time so when I found he was improving and coming home
in the S.S. Ormonde I took the house in Subiaco for a home
for him then two of my daughters, one with her husband
who came from Adelaide. So here I am now at the age of
eighty one years living comfortable and contented in
my Subiaco home, and none the worse for my seafaring
career. And I dare say I might have missed a little on
account of it being so many years. But I may say that
what is written n this book is founded on facts.
So I remain
yours Respectfully
William Hodge
71 Denis Street
Subiaco
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