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1. Letter from McNeill, John

   they ask for as they have no right to stop your allowance, I cannot understand why they should do so, ... your allowance should not have been stopped on that account, I am the one they should come at, I have ... so much red tape about these things it may be some time before we hear anything, in the meantime, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

2. Letter from McLellan, William John

   pencil I'll give you some of the latest. My pens gone dry & I can't find any ink. Premier ... every thing is up in the air. I took advantage of it to snuck off back to the hut. I don't think ... and forest here. About every three miles there is a village but in between villages is regular Peace ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:24pm

3. Letter from Henneberg, Carl Clifford

   board. Three examiners looked over every square millimetre of surface, inquired very minutely into past ... whatever for him to join at the present. The rate of pay is $5 00 a day plus $1 20 living allowance. This ... $150 00 clothing allowance, and another $100 00  when we move overseas. No one knows when we will leave ...

   Editor - Jul 28 2023 - 10:39am

4. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   budgeting to spread this over meals and hotel till Sunday night without allowing for any luxuries. We are ... extra pay). They also get a one o’clock leave every night (we have a 12 twice a week) ice cream ... 4. I don’t bank on it very much but it is founded on the fact that apparently some ground crew here ...

   Editor - May 31 2023 - 12:26pm

5. Letter from Hill, William Lowrie

   rifle, gas helmits, iron rations inspection, and shaves every morning followed by route marches in the ... allow you to light a fire in the front line trenches, so you can imagine what it is like in there for ... day time. We are allowed a small fire in the reserves also to do a little cooking and it certainly ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 9 2022 - 12:22pm

6. Letter from Brown, Jack Malcolm

   bed every night after the day is over I can tell you. I expect it will be over this fall so I can come ... letters too dull, but really I can't tell you where we are or what we are doing for fear some ... in most cafe's and restaurants and you know we are not allowed anything, but beer or our issue ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:25am

7. Letter from McLellan, William John

   now Bill P.S Send me about $5 out of every allowance & it will keep me going O.K. I got ... the only thing I want to take up is some jam & cigarettes. You see up there we haven't much ... & send me all the money in the house & if you've sent some already why it's O.K. & ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:30pm

8. Letter from Moore, Joseph Lorne

   hear you aren't getting much mail from Jim or myself, but you have to allow for weather. Losses, ... days ago I got one from Bea Fearnley in which was a nice black tie, some blue hankies, and some gum. ... & gum from friends in Quatsino. I have written them letters of thanks, too. Every spare moment ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:45am

9. Letter from DeGear, Gordon Alexander

   would allow visitors in the evening some times and asked one of the fellows from the office to come up ... establishment here every day giving us instructions on basket, bead, fancy work, wood carving or anything we ... of the beautiful fancy work some of the [?] done and they raffle them off when finished [?]. weather ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:56am

10. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

    warned to-day, and while the course is supposed to last 4 months, there is every probability that some of ... so many vicissitudes is now broken up- some have been attached to A. Coy., some to B, and the ... "bomb-proofs." Of course there is another side to it. We are in for some jolly hard work, as we have been duly ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:15pm