{"id":878,"date":"2013-06-23T03:26:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T03:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=878"},"modified":"2013-06-27T05:09:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T05:09:12","slug":"norman-mother-3-sep-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=878","title":{"rendered":"Norman \u2013 Mother: 3 Sep 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"

No 1 Company
\nN.Z. Discharge Depot
\nTorquay
\nSept 3rd 1918
\nDear Mother,
\nI received two letters today and four last week from New Zealand. The Wimmera was a rotten affair. If things like that happen in N.Z. I think that I had better go back to France where I was comparatively safe. I am still as you see above at the Discharge Depot but I am not as yet on any boat roll. From present indications it seems likely that I shall be here for another three weeks at least. The whole of the coast round here is very pretty and there are fine walks around the cliffs where I put in most of my spare time alone!!! Tell Gorrie that Richmond from the Gas Coy is here awaiting a returning boat. He came over with me on the Tahiti and from all appearances he will be going back on the same boat. The Old Devil seems to haunt me. I am glad that Vic has got his discharge. Tell him to start unwinding the red tape necessary for my discharge or I wont get my <\/p>\n

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