Alma Russell Letters
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16th Reserve, Canadians | 16th Reserve, Canadians | ||
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(Seaford, Sussex) | (Seaford, Sussex) | ||
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Army P.O. London | Army P.O. London | ||
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Jan 30/18 | Jan 30/18 | ||
Dear Miss Russell, | Dear Miss Russell, | ||
You may be wondering where in this wide, wide world I have got to, from the [?] of my failure to acknowledge your welcome postcard of Nov. 15 till this late data. It gave me great pleasure and arrived just a day or two before Christmas while I was in our Seaford military hospital being "repaired" after an attack of the Grippe and rather sore throat. Previous to going in I had just completed [?] final musketry course for classification, in which I posed as a first class shot, and maybe the dampness was responsible for bringing in this slight malady. Anyhow they sent me over in a motor ambulance (just as easy to walk!) and I had a [soft] time of it for ten days. They gave me another joyride back to camp just before Christmas in time to spend it with the boys in camp. For New Years I had six days leave and again went home to Cambridge and surprised the folks by dropping in unaware without [sending] more than | You may be wondering where in this wide, wide world I have got to, from the [?] of my failure to acknowledge your welcome postcard of Nov. 15 till this late data. It gave me great pleasure and arrived just a day or two before Christmas while I was in our Seaford military hospital being "repaired" after an attack of the Grippe and rather sore throat. Previous to going in I had just completed [?] final musketry course for classification, in which I posed as a first class shot, and maybe the dampness was responsible for bringing in this slight malady. Anyhow they sent me over in a motor ambulance (just as easy to walk!) and I had a [soft] time of it for ten days. They gave me another joyride back to camp just before Christmas in time to spend it with the boys in camp. For New Years I had six days leave and again went home to Cambridge and surprised the folks by dropping in unaware without [sending] more than |
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16th Reserve, Canadians
(Seaford, Sussex)
Army P.O. London
Jan 30/18
Dear Miss Russell, You may be wondering where in this wide, wide world I have got to, from the [?] of my failure to acknowledge your welcome postcard of Nov. 15 till this late data. It gave me great pleasure and arrived just a day or two before Christmas while I was in our Seaford military hospital being "repaired" after an attack of the Grippe and rather sore throat. Previous to going in I had just completed [?] final musketry course for classification, in which I posed as a first class shot, and maybe the dampness was responsible for bringing in this slight malady. Anyhow they sent me over in a motor ambulance (just as easy to walk!) and I had a [soft] time of it for ten days. They gave me another joyride back to camp just before Christmas in time to spend it with the boys in camp. For New Years I had six days leave and again went home to Cambridge and surprised the folks by dropping in unaware without [sending] more than