Incomplete letter to 'Alec', H. M. S. Queen Mary

AUSTRALIAN 

WAR MEMORIAL

LIBRARY  

H.M.S. QUEEN MARY,

1^ST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON.

c/o  G.P.O.

4-11-14.

 

My dear old Alec,

I cant express my

anxiety & sympathy I feel for you

& earnestly pray that you are

alright & longingly look forward 

for another letter from you to

say you are yourself again old boy.

It must have been 

a most sudden attack as it

was not long since I received 

your letter before last that I received 

the one just arrived which

shows how pulled down you must 

have been at the time of writing

I hope you still keep

your appointment at the Government

I hope the opperation wont

keep you laid up in hospital very

long.  Since it will be about

two & a half months, after your

illness, when you receive this

have enclosed a cutting of our

little stunt of the 28^th for you to

read.   It is the official

news so you can take it for

truth.

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At the present period of the

war the Germans having

reached the coast are talking

of invasion their only & main object.

This natureately starts to bring

the reallity of war back to people

in England.

They have been taking

Submarines over land to Antwerp

& have plenty preparations for 

the proposed invasion & bombardment

of England. from the French shores

You will probably have read

this in the papers before you get

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my letter so I will not

continue to bore you with

paper gossop.

I should think it would 

be better for you to wait

a bit, even if you get the

chance in the expeditionary force,

& make sure you are free

from your appendicitus.

Talking about spies,

they simply swarm in the British

Isles, especially at naval depots &

are extremely difficult to catch,

though two are on trial at present.

At xxxxxx ^somewhere you can see them

flashing on the hills all night.