Sling
\nMonday 24th Sept
\nDear Mother,<\/p>\n
We are at last definitely leaving for Aldershot tomorrow. \u00a0There are a certain number remaining here in camp for hospital work etc. \u00a0for a few weeks but we do not yet know who they will be. \u00a0Summer time is finished now so that we get up an hour later in the morning, but nevertheless it is some cold. \u00a0The cold wakes me up regularly every night \u00a0about 2 am. \u00a0There is some rumour of only one blanket in France. \u00a0If so I am not anxious.<\/p>\n
The tucker for four or five days here was very bad and insufficient, but there is nothing to compain of now. \u00a0We have an extra tea at the canteen every night. \u00a0It is not difficult to spend 2\/- a day in England. \u00a0The big stunt is in progress over in France all right (Passchendaele?)<\/span> \u00a0but the New Zealanders do not seem to have had much to do with it yet, though there is an impression that they will have before long.<\/p>\n The letter card you posted on June 10th about in hope that I might receive it before I left I just received day before yesterday so you see how reliable the mail is. \u00a0So if a mail passes without you hearing from us don’t jump to any conclusions. \u00a0Alec is on draft leave now and will be going over very shortly. \u00a0Charlie does not go on draft leave for over a week. \u00a0He ought to just about strike the great air raid they seem to be expecting next full moon. \u00a0Something is going to happen with aeroplanes over London if I am any picker. \u00a0I cant find anything more to talk about. \u00a0I’m afraid I wont be home in time for Xmas.<\/p>\n Yours Sling Monday 24th Sept Dear Mother, We are at last definitely leaving for Aldershot tomorrow. \u00a0There are a certain number remaining here in camp for hospital work etc. \u00a0for a few weeks but we do not yet know who they will be. \u00a0Summer time is finished now so that we get up an hour later […]<\/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\/221"}],"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=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNeil
\nP.S. \u00a0Maybe we will be in time for Easter.<\/p>\n\n