E.S. "Gordon" Lacey - Diary 2

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Ernest Stanley "Gordon" Lacey grew up in Mosman. His parents lived at 'Richmond', 24 Rosebery Street. He went to school locally and worked as a mail assistant at Mosman Post Office before enlisting in 1917. Wounded for the first time in May 1918, he returned to his Battalion, the 53rd, in August, just before they were to take part in two key actions, the Attack at Anvil Wood and the Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Lacey was hit again, by shell fire, on 29 September, and died of his wounds at the 1st Australian General Hospital in Rouen on 9 October 1918.

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We had fairly-good weather crossing the Atlantic, but it was a little cold at times. 25th On Submarine Guard again today. 27th The new gun fired a couple of rounds. She makes the old ship tremble, and makes a terrible noise too. 28th One of the Engineers died about midnight, and about 11-15 a.m. he was

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buried. 29th Sports were held today, a Fancy dress competition, Singing competition and several other items. While the Singing competition was in full swing, the word was passed round that some destroyers were in sight, and in a couple of minutes the Saloon deck was clear, everybody had made for the boat deck to

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get a good view of the Destroyers. There were 14 of them altogether, and they looked great as they came racing toward us, leaving a bank of foam behind them. A short time after they were sighted, they were alongside, and taking up their positions in the convoy. In the evening I went down

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into the stoke hold, and had a look at the fires, and the stokers at work.

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