Correspondence between Herbert Vincent Reynolds and his family, 1918-1919 - Part 6

Army Book 424.     

Date 9/4/18
(Regtl. No.) 622 (Rank) Pte
(Name) Reynolds. Herbert
commended to the Rev.

W E Dexter

Signed Henry Vine C.F.
 

April 10^th 1918   
Dear Mother
You will know that
I have returned to France long before
these few lines reach you & will most
likely be very much surprised, well, my
shift from England besides being very
sudden, was an extremely disappointing
move for me, as it prevented me getting
the few days leave to visit Herb's people at
Easter & I had been looking forward to ^it for
quite a while, it was not so much the matter
of coming to France, but the red tape business that
prevented me seeing them, because we did not leave
our depot till Tuesday & there was plenty of time

for me to get back by then. Vi will be rather

disappointed about me failing to see them
especially as Herb was up there, as far as I know.
with them at Easter.
You might let Vi know that Herb is quite
alright, & getting along fine at the same place, only
in a new job which is just in his line, being in
the telephone room, he will very likely find it useful 
when he gets back.  I hope you will not worry about me
now that I'm back here in France, though things
are any thing but settled over here at present, & you may
think we are having a very rough time according
to accounts that go home concerning the situation
do not worry & think of us going through the

same things as the papers describe, because we

can do it alright without it worrying us in the

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slightest, providing we know you do not worry
yourselves unnecessarilly about us.
I cannot write much this time but
will write again very shortly that is when I
get back to the unit & will probably be tomorrow

Well for the present I must

say Au revoir, trusting you are all

quite well at home

yours very sincerely

Bert.
[[[*F E Rosman*]?]]

[*April 10 1918*] 

Mrs Reynolds

Albert St

Sebastopol

Ballarat

Victoria

Australia

FRANCE 10/4/18          
Dear Mrs Reynolds
It is a great pleasure to write
these few lines just to say that I have seen your
Son Herbert while he was in this Base
He was looking well & was
very bright & cheery.
Before he left us he came
to a Service & was committed into God's
care & keeping & received the Church's Blessing
Yrs Sincerely

Henry Vine
Chaplain

Mrs Reynolds,

Albert St

Sebastopol

Ballarat

Victoria

Australia

[*10.4.18*]

France
May. 2nd 1918
Dear Mother
Since writing last I have joined
up with the old unit again, at present I am staying ata
the advance dressing station, & spend my time doing any
nescessary carpentering work about the place.
There was a nice lot of letters for me when
I got back, & it is a bit of a contract writing &
answering them all, there were three from you & one from
Flo & Stan, I was very sorry to hear that you had been
ill, but was very pleased to see by your latest letter
that you was very much better at the time of
writing. I hope & trust these few lines will find
you perfectly well again.
It's a good thing that Stan is quite
willing to stay at the school & finish the course, it
would be a waste of time & money to give it up now
I'm pretty sure he will make the best of his chance
now, if not, well I shall be very disappointed
May 5th
Well, - I've been thinking about
finishing this letter long enough, so its about time I
done so, two more letters came along from you two
days ago, that I was very pleased to get, all your

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letters have reached me up to Mar 10^th that being the
date of your latest one. I was very pleased to see
that you addressed the last ones to the unit.
There seems to be a little misunderstanding
on your part about the Herrings being Ausie people
they are not, & as far as I know have no relations
out there, I thought you knew that, as I
referred to them in a letter some time ago & thought
I mentioned those facts. They have a son a
Lieut, in an English regt he won the MC a few
months back.
I was very pleased indeed to hear that
Mrs Hodgetts & the girls paid you a visit. I'm sorry
to know that Pete's death is worrying them at home
so much.
Well, - Mother there is extremely little  
news to send. I'm keeping pretty well have
had a dose of influenza lately but that
has disappeared now thank goodness, & Im
feeling alright must say Au-revoir for the
present Tons of best wishes to all at
Home yours ever very sincerely
Bert

On Active Service
[*May 2 1918*]
Mrs Reynolds
Albert St
Sebastopol
Ballarat
Victoria
Australia
[*J McF Rossell*]