49123, Pte N H Smith
\nNZMC
\nFeatherston M.C.<\/p>\n
Dear Mother, We are going to Wellington tomorrow on leave God and the camp authorities willing. \u00a0That little bit of blasphemy reminds me of what is supposed to have appeared in camp orders on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n Camp orders F’thston – Easter Monday casualties – report corrected. Awapuni camp almost certainly shifting to Narrow Neck.<\/p>\n Yours 49123, Pte N H Smith NZMC Featherston M.C. Dear Mother, I expect it is about time I wrote. I have had the very devil of a cold and cough, got it still. \u00a0I have been taking the dope the Doctor ordered but it does not seem to have done much good. \u00a0I was committed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI expect it is about time I wrote. I have had the very devil of a cold and cough, got it still. \u00a0I have been taking the dope the Doctor ordered but it does not seem to have done much good. \u00a0I was committed to the hospital Tuesday afternoon for Epitastis. (Epistaxis)<\/span>\u00a0Sounds very awful, but it only means nose-bleeding. \u00a0My nose started about 1.30 and continued till 3.0 so the serg-maj sent for a doctor. \u00a0He had a look at it and felt my pulse and said one of the hospital Docs would have to plug itif it didn’t stop under hospital treatment. \u00a0They fixed me up in bed but forgot to treat me and I was not feeling up to much and dropped asleep. \u00a0My nose stopped while I was asleep. \u00a0One of the sisters came along and examined it while I was asleep said “Pretty little boy” or something like that and said I could go when I woke up. \u00a0So I had eggs and stuff for tea instead of dry rations and rustled off and played billiards as usual that night. \u00a0I tried to get someone to punch me in the nose next day in order to get back and see the Sister again. \u00a0She is young and pretty and bit of hard case. \u00a0I don’t know what her real name is. \u00a0Everybody calls her Flossie (behind her back). \u00a0Sisters are very mighty people in the NZMS. \u00a0They hold rank equal to 1st Lueutenant. \u00a0Everything is going on as usual. \u00a0There is nothing more to say unless i start discussing some of the other Sisters.<\/p>\n
\nJesus Christ – Previously reported missing believed died of wounds on Good Friday – now reported rejoined unit. \u00a0Plenty of that sort of humor here.<\/p>\n
\nNeil<\/p>\n\n