Letter from Stanley George Jury, 4th Battalion to his mother, [30 August 1915]

PR82/8

(1)

Bug S G Jury

458 B Comp

4 Batt Ai F

E2 Ward

Malta

 

Have you sent 

those cigarettes 

yet

________________

 

Malta

St George Hospital

E2 Ward

 

Dear Mum

I have received no

letters from you lately. I suppose

you heard of a picket boat was sunk

& there was about 300 bags of mail 

in so some of my letters are at the

bottom. I would have wrote before

only we have been to busy fighting

on Friday 6^th Aug the colonel came

and read orders to us & told us that

the first Brigade was going to make a

charge at 5.30pm and drive the Turks

from the trenches well at 5.30 pm all

waiting for the whistle to go & when

it went every man was over our.

Trenches and the fight commenced.

 

 

(II)

 

within half a hour we had three

line of trenches & driven the turks out.

It was terrible hard fighting the turks

starts to throw bombs into the

the trenches as soon as they landed.

in our trenches we would pick

them up and throw them at the

turks is was living hell dead 

laying five & six days in the trenches

in fact you could not walk

without treading on the dead when

you put your foot down you feel

the body quiver under your feet it

was horrible colonel McNaughton

was wounded and refused to be

releaved till this battalion was 

releaved we held the trenches till

Monday and our battalion was

releaved for 48 hour rest out

of our battalion there was two

hundred & sixteen men & 4 Officers

 

 

(III)

including six lots of reinforcement

& that all we could muster. The

colonel was taken away the next

day poor fellow no mistake he is 

a hero his second time wounded.

I was very lucky I was hit on the shoulder

both feet and stomach thank God it

not serious I expect to be back at Mr

turk in a month time as long as 

septic don't set in it is my first

trip since I landed I think I could

do with a holiday after four months

solid fighting Charlie Ingry is here

with me he is hit in the forehead

about the right eye & the shoulder

he has about fifth pieces of bullets

in him yet I think he is going

under a operation it will be

a serious one the poor beggar

get no sleep all he is talking

about the pain in his head he will

get over it alright

 

 

It is very hot here but is much better

than the Gallipoli well this is all

I have to say at this time as it

leaves me at present

I Remain

your loving Son

Stan Geo Jury

 

xxxxxx

xxxxxx

xxxxx

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SP

xxx rember me to the boys

also Julia and all relation & people

at home did you send that photo

on to Eric from me. and tell Grace I

don't want her to get spliced till

I see her tie the knot it won't 

be long before  I am back in

Sydney now Turky is nearly

finished Good bye & good luck

is dad still working a B Hall

Lis xxxx Cormick Murul's brother

is wounded as well TATTAR

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On Active Service

OA.S

10.30 AM

30 AUG 15

MALTA

 

Mrs M. Jury

Huntingdon

54 Charlotte St.

Ashfield

21 Junction Rd

Summer Hill

Sydney

Australia

28.8.15

 

458 Bug Jury

4 AIF

B

 

 

Postage Stamp

AUSTRALIA POSTAGE

1 ONE PENNY 1

 

Mrs. M. Jury

18 Junction Rd.

Summer. Hill.