Cardiff, Wales Dec. 10th 1916
Dear Sister,
Received your letter and parcel the other day and was certainly glad to receive them. I am getting on not so bad. I can go out every day from 10 to 12 and 2 till 4 on crutches. I certainly am having a good time. There are women conductors and motormen on the tram cars. You should hear them call out the streets with their squeaky voice. The people here are very nice people. I go downtown every afternoon and some girls always pick me up and take me home for tea. Some life is right! The doctor gave me three more months and he said I wouldn't be better by then so I expect to come back to Canada for six months or so. One fellow in the next ward got nine months furlough with $1.85 a day. Some pass, eh? I am marked out here but it will likely be a few days before I am going to Convalescent Hospital. It will most likely be Wokingham between Aldershot and London. I have a souvenir of shrapnel in my arm yet but I guess it will stay in. My leg has got to stay in Plaster of Paris another week but watch me work my ticket. I will go through some torture before I am better yet. I have only had twelve weeks of it. I haven't heard from Ron for a long time. I don't know where he is. I think at Loos or Armentieres. Well I will close.
Your Affec. Brother. Cpl. MacKinnon
P.S Don't write until I give you my new address.