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Posted on October 30, 1916 by: Walter E

Letter to Mother from France

France 30/10/1916 Dear Mother, It is raining like the devil as per usual and as there isn’t much doing at the billets I am trying …

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Posted on October 24, 1916 by: Walter E

Letter to Family from Belgium

France 24 October 1916 Dear Mother & Father & Family, This letter has to be kind of a family affair for several reasons. First that …

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Posted on October 3, 1916 by: Walter E

Journal about Sunny Siding Letter

The 20th battalion was relieved from the Ypres Salient by a battalion of the 7th Brigade, on the night of October 3rd, after a very …

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Posted on September 8, 1916 by: Walter E

Journal about Ypres Letter

We had now been out of the line for over a fortnight when we received orders to take over a sector of the line in …

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Posted on September 2, 1916 by: Walter E

Letter to Lil from Belgium

4106 Coy Battalion Div AIF Sept 2nd (1916) Dear Lil, I have received 2 or 3 letters from you and do not think I have …

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Posted on September 1, 1916 by: Walter E

Letter to Mother from Belgium

1/9/16 Dear Mother, I’m writing this after my second period in the front line out of which I have again had the good fortune to …

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Posted on August 28, 1916 by: Walter E

Journal about Brickfield Hill Letter

Leaving Pernois, we route marched under our colonel, a Lt. Col. Ralston, passing the villages of Senlis and Harponville to Brickfield Hill just outside the …

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Posted on August 19, 1916 by: Walter E

Journal about Becourt Wood Letter

Next day we dumped our packs in Albert with the rest of the packs of the 20th Battalion and after lunch we proceeded under the …

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Posted on August 14, 1916 by: Walter E

Letter to Father from Belgium

Address same as when I left Australia. Add to it Number 4106 C Company Battalion – Brig – Division France August 14/1916. Dear Father, This …

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