Alma Russell Letters
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France, April 14/17
Bdr B. Greer, 302030, 39th Batn.
Dear Folks,
Received your parcel OK, with little heater. Gee it sure is great. I was lucky I got a parcel from Edith the next day. So I got Ringbourn to come up to my Hut and we had cake and your can of coffee. So it was jake. I have had hot coffee every night since I got it. It sure is the real thing. but you better send the refills for I don’t think we can get them here. I have not seen any of them. the little sauce pan I use for a mess tin because our mess tins are not much good for mulligan unless you use the tea part of it. So when you get tea and mulligan you are out of luck. (which is every day for we have mulligan nearly every noon.) So now I am jake. I had the soup the night I got it. It was fine. Mr Mrs Carson (one of Aunt Mines old boarders.) Mrs. Carson is a great friend of Ediths are sending me a parcel said they hoped I’d get it for Easter by I guess it will be along pretty soon. Oh you asked about sending parcels the way you send
BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 4 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873 - 1964. Victoria; librarian. / Letters from Bomdardier Albert Greer, 1917.