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1. Letter from Cobourg World

   lorries as I can get them, sometimes as many as twenty-three, never less than seven, and some with horse ... happen to kick a bomb that is hidden in the grass, the chances are their 'number goes up.' Some ... moonlight nights with his planes. Some had to beat it twice during the other night, once at 2 a.m. and again ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:48pm

2. Letter from Utting, Benjamin Edward

   write 3 to me for every one I write to them for it is some task very often to write a letter as most ... Well Chrissie I have [wrote?] to them nearly every possible chance I have had. And between whiz bangs ... and letters they should have been getting word from me about every five days I got the last letter ...

   Editor - Feb 1 2024 - 11:17am

3. Letter from Evans, Stanley William

   shine after they got some of that Barn on there I take a good sniff of it every time I get homesick they ... I think I will have to start getting some letters or I will go nuts here like some of the other boys did. ... I wish I could forget some things in the past and go out like the other fellows but I can’t and all I do ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

4. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   After the parade we went back to breakfast. Some of the fellows went back to bed. Then there was another ... started off cold and windy, then it changed and was sunny for the rest of the day. For some reason the ... a little on the cool side. We all saw something good to-day, while watching some Gerry aircraft flying ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:49pm

5. Letter from McNeill, John

   ever since, but I like it fairly well, there is quite a lot of study to be done every night so that we ... don’t have very much time to ourselves, I make it a point to go out for a while every night, but it is ... possible. I would like to take in some of the Theatres, but I have no money to spend on them, it is a pity ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

6. Diary from White, Herbert Hill

   sand bags around them for protection from shrapnel. Bombed again at night. There were no lights allowed ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:32pm

7. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   27 June, 1945 Dear Dad, We are now allowed to say that we have been to Sydney and Leyte, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:32am

8. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   bowed legs, staring eyes and white dirt-streaked faces, I am physically sick nearly every time I walk ... and have to go by bus every morning and evening... it costs me 4d a day. I never dreamt that people ... and window to window and each and every one half hidden under a pall of black soot. There is not ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:05pm

9. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   a real good meal. So I made him promise that he would have one good meal out every day. I saw him again ... today. We have it arranged now so that he comes over to see me at the office every day at noon. It just ... and I told him that while the weather was so hot he should try to bathe every other day, at least. One ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:32pm

10. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

    very thoughtful. but do not s e nd any tobacco we get an issue every week, I n ever like smoking but do ... writing often about the boys how they look in their school cloths, how the house looks, every little thing ... is the greatest news. we are going up the line every day on working parties fritz is getting quite ...

    Editor - Sep 2 2024 - 8:32am