{"id":678,"date":"2013-06-10T08:31:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T08:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=678"},"modified":"2013-06-26T23:56:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T23:56:22","slug":"neil-mother-1-jul-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=678","title":{"rendered":"Neil \u2013 Mother: 1 Jul 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ward 4
\nNo 2 NZ Gen Hosp
\nWalton on Thames
\n1-7-18
\nDear Mother,
\nI was operated on on Saturday afternoon. He wouldn’t do it under a local anaesthetic. Chloroform is very decent going under, but it is hardly so pleasant coming out. I am fairly well over it now, and I had some solid tucker (if milk sago can be so called) tonight. I have just heard from Trot who is practically a certainty for NZ. I wish I could work it. I’ll do my best anyway. I think I ought to be able to dodge going over among the flying iron foundries.<\/p>\n

I am sending some photos along with this or as soon as I can pinch some cardboard.<\/p>\n

Thanks awfully for the birthday card<\/a>. Why did you address it England? I shouldn’t have liked to have betted myself on April 29th that I should be in England for my birthday. The cake hasn’t come along yet. Parcel mails from NZ posted Apr 9 to 18th are reported lost at sea by enemy action. Possibly the congers<\/a> have got it, I hope not. I received one letter from NZ seven months overdue. It had been posted without my number in the address and did a world’s tour of Egypt, Palestine, Malta, England and France looking for me.<\/p>\n

There are some more things to be said, but I’ll leave them to be said in the next<\/p>\n

Ever Yours
\nNeil<\/p>\n

P.S.
\nJust had my temp taken, it is moderately high. I should’t be surprised if it is off for a bolt.<\/p>\n

Shouldn’t be sorry either. <\/p>\n