{"id":440,"date":"2013-05-26T07:52:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T07:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=440"},"modified":"2013-06-26T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T21:14:00","slug":"neil-mother-25-dec-1917","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=440","title":{"rendered":"Neil \u2013 Mother: 25 Dec 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nN.Z.E.F.
\n46th General Hosp.
\nFrance
\nXmas Day
\nDear Mother,
\nI paraded sick last Saturday morning with rather a temperature so the doc shoved me in here. \u00a0I don’t know whether the heads cable you that I am in here or not, and I have been unable to find out so far. \u00a0If I were sure they did I should cable you and let you know there is practically nothing wrong. \u00a0 \u00a0But as I don’t know, to send a cable might only worry you for nothing and be a waste of money supposing they had not done so. \u00a0Things are very comfortable here after life on the boards with 1\/4 inch of frost on the inside of the tent and 1\/2 foot of snow outside. \u00a0But I’ll be discharged when my throat gets better and I begin to enjoy it. \u00a0Its a way they have in the army. \u00a0If they were really kind hearted they would keep me here for duration – or the duration of the winter anyway. \u00a0Trot went up to the front or its neighbourhood yesterday. \u00a0Hope he keeps out of trouble. \u00a0His luck has been pretty good so far. \u00a0I don’t feel like writing much more this time. \u00a0I was feeling ‘pie-on’ this morning but I had a Xmas dinner of chicken and sundries; and following on three days of milk diet it gave my stomach a good go for it, but my stomach’s winning and I’m glad I ate it. \u00a0Whereas all you who have eaten hot plum duff with the thermometer 90\u00b0 in the shade are sorry you ate it. \u00a0Well I wish you all a merry xmas again even if the wish does arrive a bit later.<\/p>\n

Yours
\nNeil<\/p>\n