Feature Letter of August 26th, 2025
Wilson, Roger
Dear Father and Mother,
Just a few more lines to you now. I have not got much time, but I will perhaps have less tomorrow. I was picked out in a draft for the 31st Battalion. We are going on Sunday that is tomorrow. We don't know where we are going. We may be going to another camp or we may be going to France. I am going to send a parcel up the same time as I send this letter. I hope you will get it alright.
![nd 4 back.
William Johnston
b. Victoria
m'd 1908
at a[?]
38 yrs](https://www.canadianletters.ca/sites/default/files/scans/_Johnston.photo.nd.back.1.jpg)
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