A note from Private Harry Field, 12th Battalion to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Morning Herald.
Sydney. N.S.W.
The Editor
Sir.
A letter Enc.
for your perusal from
a splendid English
Woman.
Best Wishes
Pte. H. Field.
 

PR82/8
Melvin Hall.
Golders green.
N.W. 4.
[*Pocket
copy*]
[8^th May. 1918.
[Dear Mr. Field
Thank you very much for
your letter. It was very kind
of you to write it.. You may
be quite sure that whatever happens
we shall never agree to
a german peace. That would
be simply war under another
name. I have worked for nearly
two years filling shells at
Woolwich Arsenal, and every
shell we filled we sent with a
sincere hope that it would do
good work in the German lines,
and save our boys lives. There
are not many slackers amongst
the women there. There are
over

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some, of course, but they don't
count, and even they only
do it because they do not
understand. I tried to nelp
them to understand as well
as I could, and having spent
one year in Germany I was
able to tell them from personal
knowledge what the
Huns were like, in peace time. in
their own country. They are Huns
- and nothing else.
I often wish that there were
some way in which we women
could  kn show our soldiers
what we feel for them, how
proud we are, and how grateful
to them for coming from
The ends of the earth to save
us, and ours, from a worse

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fate than befell the women
and children of Belgium or
France, Roumania or Italy.
A man can take off his hat!
but women don't do that,
and so it is only now &
then that we can put into
words what always is in our
hearts. Thank you, for one.
You say you wish you could be
of some use in this matter.
I think all our soldiers are of
the very biggest use in the world.
Women can do a little to help,
but after all it is you who
stand in the firing line, whether
in the trenches, at home, or
anywhere else.
I am very grateful for your

letter, and I wish you the
best of luck always and
Everywhere.
Have you been "over there"?
With kind regards
Yours truly
Mary A. Lewis.
To
Mrs Field.

 The "Morning Herald"
Sydney
N.S Wales.
Australia.
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M^r. H. Field. Pte. 3/44.
B Co 4 Camp.
12^th I. Battalion A.I.F.
Codford. Wilts -