Harry went to France last Wed. he is going to the 47th Vancouver Battery. I tried to get him to go to the 2nd but could'nt do it he was too anxious to get across and he will be just in time for another big push. I am still with the transport here all I do is to keep a couple of saddles clean and two horses. We go out playing on the hills and take them swimming in the sea so it it is not such a hard life. I had two letters from Mother today she says that Bert may come over with out you. Now you can both come together if you want

BC Archives, MS-0249 Box 1 File 25 ELLISON FAMILY. Vernon. Vernon Ellison, selected correspondence inward, 1917-1918.