Letter from William Edward Greenwood, 18th Battalion to his mother, 1 September 1915

No 19 General Hospital

alexandrea  1/9/15

PR82/8

Dear Mother

Just a line to let you Know I am

still alive and Kicking as you will see

by the heading of this letter I am in

Hospital in alexandrea I have got a Copple

of Bullets wounds, one in my right &

thigh one & one in my right Buttock I have had

them taken out & it is only a matter of

a few week for the wounds to heal

and I shall be ready for the firing

line again I was only at the front 1 day

before getting wounded we were ordered

to Charge and take a line of turkish

trenches we had a terible list of Killed

and wounded moust of our offices were

Killed but anyway we took the trenches

and Mr Turk suffered far more than

we did there is  nodoubt about it the

the turks can Shoot but they dont

like the Bayonet when we got the trenches

and got to work with cold steel Johney

Turk went for his life you could not see

his heels for dust I am quite Comfortable

here the only fault is I have to stay in

bed we get every care and attention any

amount of good food and i get a Chicken

every day to dinner when we had taiken the

trenches we had so many Casualties that we were

not strong enough to hold it & had to retire it

was then that I got hit as I was laying down

firing at the Enemy I hope I shall not be in hospital

long as i want to have a nother go at Johny

Turk & this is a letter that i recieved from my 

son at the front would your please put it in

you paper and let the Mothers see that they 

are getting every attention in thee Hospital

 

Pte W E Greenwood

18 Bat 5 inf Brigade

 

Mrs Greenwood

69 Wilson St.

Newtown

 

Letter from

Front

Editor

IF NOT CLAIMED WITHIN 7 DAYS PLEASE RE-ADRESS TO

BOX 506 GENERAL POST OFFICE, SYDNEY.

 

Mrs Greenwood

63 Wilson St

Newtown