Letter from John Albert Morgan to his parents, 5 November 1915

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First World War, 1914–18
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8R82 Friday 5 Nov. 1912 Tallipole Hoy Dear Howm & Dad Just a few lines to let you know how am getting on well mur dear we have arrieved at the front at last & things here are all right Thum Lodt are getting good food here 45 for breakfast we get bacon Jam & bread every other day the we g Good Slew & rice with currents for dinner & ten bisauts for tea I we sunnd o it is very funny watching ats duching about when our arrtillerey starts to fire we sleep in dijouts what we mas 2 lt ourselfs and we larry well mum at home as has I will have my Birthday on Monday in the trenches I think well mun longemes comemo a to last I do noI care much the hope you are life will do of getting my pay allright I Believe had wer we get want I 4
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but there is not much to thend on we get 4 packets aggaretts &1bon en the brand of the materes every to cason or arf a mos haier & th are very good suppose if I have will set thristmat the the luen We mum the tink 6h which we call Beachy but een it ihe tonight have they fire it on t ll mum there i W 124 writeny we are much not tim 2 2 te Wishon you all 2 Doad by Near wh you all or the 1 atter Deleived tarly are Supp astayed at
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PR 82/8

Friday 5 Nov 1915

Gallipoli

My Dear Mum & Dad,

Just a few lines to let

you know how I am getting on well mum

dear we have arrived at the front at

last & things here are all right thank

God xxxxx we are getting good food here

for breakfast we get bacon jam & bread

every other day the we get good Stew

& rice with currents for dinner & tea

& biscuits for tea so we cannot grumble

it is very funny watching us ducking

about when our artillery starts to

fire we sleep in dugouts what we made

ourselfs and we all look as if we were

at home as happy as larry well mum

I will have my 18th Birthday on Monday

in the trenches I think well mum I

dont no how long more it is going

to last I do not care much that
life will do me I hope you are

getting my pay alright I believe

we get paid here if we want it

 

My New Address

No 2416

Private J.A. Morgan

A Company

7 secn

4 Battalion

A.I.F

Egypt

 

 

 

but there is not much to spend it

on we get 4 packets of ciggaretts & 1 box

of matches every week the brand of the

ciggaretts is arf a [?nxoo] Kaiser & the

are very good I suppose if I have

the luck I will see Christmas here

I hope I do we mum the turks have

a gun which we call Beachy bill
you might have seen it in the

Sydney papers they fire it on the

beach near us well mum there is

not much time for writing as we are

going to do some work now Wishing

you all a merry Xmas & a happy new

year which I hope I will  Good bye

for the present & God Bless you all

xxx I Remain 

xxxxx your loving

xxxxxxxx Son Jack

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I have not received any letters

from you yet

I suppose they are

delayed

Jack

XXXXXXXXXXX

 

 

2416

J.A. Morgan

A Company

4 Battallion

1st Brigade

ADF

Egypt

 

 

 

No Stamps Available
10 AUST.INF. BDE FIELD P.O-
8 NO.15

Mrs. M. Morgan

200 Kent St

City

Sydney

N.S.W.

[*On Active service*]

PASSED BY
No. 2205
CENSOR

 

 

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