Letter from Lance Corporal James Bernard Maguire, 4th Battalion to his uncle, 22 August 1915

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
Subject:
  • ANZAC
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AWM2017.6.22
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$88216 Fallikah Cenasuta hande Corporal J. Maguire August 2r 113 10 his uncle Jive Oncilt Chiswick Dear Wrcle Sukeen sspeting to heas from you fot sane time & as a letter was not portheoing. I thangt I would waite once agai to see lew you all ase It is months sine I heard from any af you I been vendering what the natter might be fh suse I writh to all at ye regularly ensugh Htaping this with find you all licking The plen, v myself I am still alios Gmen t cast not many of whe to beps, it the fist conmant by naw we have had a pretty aod time within the past fortnight no doutt youll tnow all atout it before reaches yur at 536 on an enguiy about a lotristago we got ordere to atteck a sustist positiona on the blast of the n hatte we all paked over the panafrehond avet we not with a deartly fire from whs mucha shrapret w het accounted for a lot of and us that some of us got there I her mky trough to amonget them & the a hand tand light in the 0 ope Sackish treckes was bayt was the as duning the eneng a ng the tenche
W h t D. T hinible Tere nese dead awhere a st took some days to chas them out of the ttreaches a naw we are sapely enstalled in aur new poction kindly given to us fy Aebdul & I dont like his sant of getting it bacn again wene beem heat naw four months & during that time he pever been to the doctor & let me tell you we have had a pretty rauge time of it I feel lxe a good long nest. o if is after your mosting & I thank we are all desene Youll see by the address uondernlath that The been 176 24 to San gopiral Will digt unale ar can ie my you thintel uso ght als s is all at freggnt wih best wne g Buny Nepheen Je Same Corperat Maguess D 49 Wat Dervicl tn tte
4 Maquire

PR82/6

Gallipoli Peninsular

August 22nd 1915

Lance Corporal J. Maguire

to his uncle J M Oneill

Chiswick.

Dear Uncle, 

I've been expecting to hear from you for some

time & as a letter was not forthcoming I thought I would

write once again to see how you all are. It is months

since I heard from any of you & I been wondering 

what the matter might be I'm sure I write to all of you

regularly enough. Hoping this will find you all well

for myself I am still alive & kicking I've been very lucky

So far as I have hurt [[some?  ??  ]]   escaped there

are not many of the old boys of the first contingent left

now we have had a pretty hot time within the past

fortnight no doubt you'll know all about it before this 

reaches you. At 5.30 on an evening about a fortnight ago

we got orders to attack a Turkish position & on the blast of 

the whistle we all jumped over the parapet & over we

met with a deadly fire from rifles machine guns &

Shrapnel which accounted for a lot of our boys but

Some of us got there I been lucky enough be 

amongst them & then a hand to hand fight in the 

Turkish trenches our boys fought like demons & were

not long in driving the enemy but after leaving the trenches

 

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filled with their dead. It was terrible. There were dead

every where & it took some days to clear them out of the 

trenches & now we are safely installed in our new

position kindly given to us by Abdul & I don't like

his chance of getting it back again. W'eve been here

now four months & during that time I've never

been to the a doctor & let me tell you we have had a

rough time of it, & I feel like a good long rest

& I think we are all deserving of it after four months

You'll see by the address underneath that I've been

promoted to Lance Corporal. Well dear uncle I would 

very much like to hear from you write to me when

You Can. Give my love to Auntie Ciss also Kath

this is all at present with best love from 

Your Loving Nephew Jim

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Lance Corporal J Maquire

B O 49 Batt

1st Inf Brigade

On Active Service

 

Corp J Maquire

 

 

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