49123
NZEF
46th General Hosp
France
1-1-18
Dear Mother
Still here – New Years day – my 11th day here. I am not allowed up yet and it is not likely that they will let me up to-day. My cough is rather better, but my temperature is not quite what it ought to be yet and I am a bit rheumaticky (!) about my feet and knees. That word sounds all right but the spelling looks a bit peculiar. Have had no letters or anything from anybody. A happy New Year to you all and may my next New Years Day not be spent in France.
Yours
Neil