France 25/12/1917 Dear Mother Today is Xmas Day and I am in the thick of it near the name of that broach I sent you …
Letter to Mother from Flêtre
29/11/1917 Dear Mother I am taking an advantage of the hospitality of Aunts C and E at their own residence at Worthing to write you …
Letter to Walter at Flêtre camp from Sister
“Roslyn”, Hamilton Road, Fairfield. N SW Dear 2nd. Lieut. Elkingtan, I SALUTE THEE. Congratulations! I’ve already written 3 letters but I thought it would amuse …
Journal about Flêtre camp Letter
The next morning we were entrained at Albert and commenced our journey up north, and after remaining a day at Abbeville, we finally reached Câstre, …
Letter to Father from Dickebush camp
21 November, 1917. Dear Father, I am writing this at the Officer’s Club at a town called Baileuil in Northern France, which you will be …
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(Front page(s) missing. Further search among documents in other places could ascertain if such pages exist and then added to complete this Letter. This back …
Journal about Dickebush camp Letter
I however, received orders from the adjutant to proceed next morning to the Infantry Training School, at Aveling near Albert on the Somme. Therefore I …
Journal about Ypres Letter
On the fourth day after my return, the battalion fell in and cleaned camp and route marched a distance of four kilometres to Dickebush camp …
Journal about Foret-de-Marie Letter
On September 14th, 1917, the battalions of the 5th Brigade were marched out to the Foret-de-Marie and there studied a ground plan of an operation …