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  1. Letter from Redman, George Henry

    France 22/3/18 My Dear Sister; Will Ivy I guess it is time that I was answering your most weclomed ... thinking that it is time I was answering them. I surpose you will have got the photos by this time, When ... I send them why I didnt have time to write because it was only the night before I left for France so ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:17am

  2. Letter from Eardley, Thomas Ernest

    30/12/17 Dear Mother I hope you are all quite well, it is quite a long time since I had a letter ... Office at Loltaa now, it is not at all a bad job it helps to pass the time away anyhow. I believe the ... a good Xmas & that you got my card by Xmas time, it is a part of the Camp shown in the Photo, the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:06pm

  3. Letter from Davey, John Vernon

    feeling much better, & that you Jack & Arthur are well. Edie & I are very well at time of ... the other on March 6th which we got two days later. As Jack says it sure takes a long time for mail to ... H.Q the same time, but up to date have had no reply. I wrote to Kit and W Walkins when I received your ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:42am

  4. Diary from Tilbury, Frank

    1917 revellie 6.30 Breakfast 7am very fine morning sun shining beautiful. too nice for men killing each ... night. very dull all day. on guard at old Church very cool evening. Wednesday, May 30th, 1917 first time ... got a letter from George. evening time rather dull nothing to report. still on guard at Church ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 4 2022 - 4:44pm

  5. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

    I have had, just before going into trenches last time, and it settled right down into my chest giving me ... of business. Every time a shell burst, he thought of his wife, I think, until finally it killed his ... a ghostly shroud of moonlit mist, while overhead the bullets sighed affectionately after each sharp crack ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

  6. Letter from Davis, Lena Aloa

    Each dugout was in charge of a medical officer and one could hear “Dugout no I here” “This way for ... to a battle ship for tea as per previous invitation by the ship’s officers. We had a little time to ... them and they think they are paid very well. In going over the last time we killed a huge snake. They ...

    Editor - Mar 1 2022 - 1:06pm

  7. Letter from Fitzgerald, John Ernest

    thinking of you all the time, have been looking for a letter from you, but so far this week havent had one ... but I guess you are pretty busy and will no doubt have very little time. The last letter I got had the ... best news I have had for quite some time that is you said to have the turkey ordered for Christmas no ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:55pm

  8. Letter from Broome, Ronald Francis

    looks very much as if I'll be sending you a wire this time for some money. I'll have to try to ... save some money when I come back this time. I have been having too good a time since I came back from ... thing we know it will be time to go back on sites again. I'd rather be out on sites than in here ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:12am

  9. Newspaper Article from Law, John William

    in the same unit, won a Military Medal at the same time, and he describes how the honors were ... trenches during a scrap some time ago. There were two of us on telephone duty with Capt. Powell our ... observing officer. The other fellow’s name is John Law of Toronto. We certainly had the time of our young ...

    Editor - Feb 11 2023 - 12:54pm

  10. Letter from Stretch, Amos Theodore

    better in the future. It is raining here to-day for the first time for a long time as the weather as ... see me about two weeks ago, he is looking fine but of course he has a pretty easy time of it as the ... teamesters in the Engineers don’t kill themselves with work at any time. Tell Sis to write if she can find ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm