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1. Letter from Bennett, James Howard

   haven't had time to answer it until to-night as they have had something for us to do every night. On ... are allowed to talk to any one if they keep a piece away from them. This morning I had them out ... soon be time for another change. We are getting so if we stay in one place more than a week or so that ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:05pm

2. Letter from Gray, John Balfour

   not going to discuss it here but the opinion is that these are grave times. Is Vancouver blacked out ... or so and then north for the rest of the time. I will visit Mrs Potts and others if we go far enough ... pilot) Holtom (N.Z. observer) and Harry & I (Canada’s war effort). By the way we must be very careful ...

   Editor - Jun 28 2022 - 4:45pm

3. Letter from Howe, William John

   leaves me at present we are having very nice weather & we are in a very dangerious place now the ... them if they did not do what they wanted very old people could only just walk along but our transport ... I often thing how thankful it is not our homes & towns the places we have seen but we are not allowed ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:37am

4. Letter from Moodie, Walter Hill

   nearly all day & took up a position at sunset on a very steep ridge at the foot of a "young ... mountain" where the Boers had been all day, and retired from this position as soon as darkness allowed us ... extending to the right and the Canadians to the left. In the morning, after a very cold night, our force ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:32am

5. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

   feeling when nothing comes from home for such a long time. First of all I must do something which ... I suppose the trip to G.H.Q. must have deranged my memory for the time being. Anyway dear heart, your little ... valentine card and parcel arrived safely, and I very much appreciated it. The humbugs went quickly amongst ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

6. Diary from Townsend, Thomas Franklin

   across the road, a hundred feet deep, a half days work. ‘Not more than two persons allowed at this well ... dense fog allows us freedom to work on the surface of the ground.   Sunday evening Cook conducts the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

7. Letter from Quinlan, Dennis John

   No. 31 Wednesday, May 20, 1942 Dearest Mum Mail has been very scarce during the past two weeks but ... one letter I did receive was a very lovely one indeed. It was the one you wrote while Fran was with ... everyone over here doesn't try very, very hard to make my days off happy ones for they do. However, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:19pm

8. Letter from Cobourg World

   European rations for a year.' Is what we generally hear at such times. The numerous strikes and ... all the comforts of home and family, should choose a time of crisis to ask for a 100 percent increase, ... estimation next year will mark our lasting triumph; even at that allowance should be made for some great ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 30 2021 - 4:06pm

9. Letter from Bird, George Morton

   I was going to do, so I kept putting it off, so I am writing now, as I have a little time to kill here ... Went duck shooting a couple of times, and got a few. I put in a week up at DeBeaux's near the ... climbing. I knocked it over, but I only grazed its neck, as it got away and didn't loose any time about ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:25am

10. Letter from McNeill, John

    my allowance to you from the end of this month, that is done in all cases, as my account is now ... another from Vancouver, so that you will know what time to meet me. There are lots that I would like to ... a gay old time this Xmas to make up for the times we have missed. Give my darlings a big love and lots ...

    Editor - Oct 4 2022 - 3:54pm