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1. Letter from Mowat, Wilhelmina

   Moore Barracks, Oct. 2/15. Dear Cousin, Alex, – I have intended to write you ever since I arrived ... appreciate every thing done for them, and they do come back so battered up, and many just nervous wrecks. It ... is terrible what some have come through. I believe you get more of the late war news than we do. The ...

   Editor - Oct 12 2023 - 11:12am

2. Letter from Drader, Clarence Wilbert (Bert)

   pass yesterday.  That is we were allowed out from 1 to 7 p.m. but had to come in for tea at 4.00.  ... picking up again physically I think.  They say his leg will heal up to be as strong as ever so I guess he ... middle of Thursday.  All the patients in this ward who are allowed to get out of bed were given a park ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:04pm

3. Letter from Duff, Cecil and Louis

   does not seem to come. I am not sick in any way but feel a sort of dissatisfaction and don't know ... how to overcome it. I have received a letter from Lou and he apparently is coming out as well as ... has undergone an operation. If he does lose the hearing of one ear he will not be allowed to go back ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:17am

4. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

   places of Deauville & Trouville where all the Parisian people come for the bathing in the summer but ... is very quiet at present with the season being over. We are only allowed to go to them on pass & ... they allow [?] of 16 men in a hut from 4 pm to 9-30. I have been down several times through the week ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:45pm

5. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   I had mine which was nice too –. We are now allowed to tell you a bit of where we have been. We spent ... I have ever seen. The Egyptians really are dirty people and none of us had any time for them at all. ... thing I am allowed to say is that we are now serving in Australian waters so at last you will have some ...

   Editor - Jul 14 2022 - 1:23pm

6. Letter from McNeill, John

   your allowance should not have been stopped on that account, I am the one they should come at, I have ... they ask for as they have no right to stop your allowance, I cannot understand why they should do so, ... don’t give back a cent, but I hope that before this you will have received your proper allowances & ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

7. Letter from McArthur, John Alexander

   hut. We chose up sides and laid down the rules. No one was allowed to wear anything but a shirt and ... were the only battn allowed out and we made good use of our time. The celebrations lasted until about ... day. I played in two games of rugby and have been half dead ever since. I have a lovely heel mark on my ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:45pm

8. Letter from Moody, Cecil Tyrell

   If you get $35. from the P.F., $25. Separation Allowance, and $20. assigned pay, why you should be ... receiving. DO you get $25. Sep. Allowance and $20. assigned pay? And what are you receiving from the P.A.T. ... Dear and I have to be up at 6:30 am to collect the sick, so will close. I love you ever so much for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:39am

9. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

   stiff, we have just come in from pay parade and a clothing parade, to condemm worn clothes, so had to ... solid for two weeks now and the cold sea winds seem just as chilly as Canada ever was, of course they ... Officer comes in at each meals and asked for complaints, then he is supposed to take notes and present ...

   Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 11:11am

10. Letter from Reid, Daniel Spencer

    for either of them. No-body under nineteen is allowed to go to the front any-way, so I think or at ... a smarter boy than ever I thought he was. Harry Lad has two stripes now. When you talk of skating, it makes ... me feel as though I would like to be there with you; none here what ever, but we are blessed with ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:19pm