{"id":501,"date":"2013-05-29T07:43:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T07:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=501"},"modified":"2013-06-26T07:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T07:50:32","slug":"vic-mother-21-jan-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=501","title":{"rendered":"Vic \u2013 Mother: 21 Jan 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"

Codford Jan 21st 1918
\nDear Mother
\nSince writing last week, I have written to Mc. at Sling. He arrived a week
\nor two ago. Came through the Panama via Halifax. You have probably heard
\nfrom him but I thought I would mention it in case his letters were lost. He
\nexpects to be in Sling untill the end of Feb. I thought I would be there
\nmyself before this, but I am still at Codford. They classified me A. last
\nWed., just six months after coming from France, but when the examination
\ntook place on Friday I was deferred for one week for further tests. Last
\nThursday I got a lot more letters from N.Z. including four from home, the
\nlates date being Nov 24th. You were asking about the papers you are
\nsending, but no Stars have arrived, and only two observers and one Weekly
\nNews, and they came about two or three months ago. You had better not send
\nany more papers of any kind, because the other men tell me that theirs never
\nreach them either. They are not sunk because I get all the letters, and
\nparcels. I am told that they simply hold them up at the Post Offices for
\nwant of space. I got a note from Neil to say that he is all right again,
\nbut has not gone up the line yet. Mc was greatly surprised to hear that I
\nwas here. He loves the army too, with the same degree of affection as I do.
\nThe same awful weather continues here, but still we have a lot to be
\nthankful for. We get plenty of good food, but the people outside the army
\nare still short and in one place in London last week the margerine record
\nwas broken, six thousand people waiting for many hours at one place, and the
\npapers say the spirit of the people is splended. You ought to hear what the
\npeople say about it.<\/p>\n

Vic<\/p>\n