Correspondence between Herbert Vincent Reynolds and his family, 1918-1919 - Part 7

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Mrs H Reynolds

Albert St

Sebastopol

Victoria

Australia                                                            

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^{_________________________________________________________________}
I am quite well.

I have been admitted into hospital
{ sick             }  and am going on well.
{ wounded  }  and hope to be dischaqrged soon.
I am being sent down to the base.
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Letter follows at first opportunity.

I have received no letter from you
{ lately.

{ for a long time.
Signature }     H V Reynolds
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Date _____20/5/18________________
 

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In the Field
France
May 22^nd 1918

Dear Mother
Just a few lines to
let you know that things are
going well with me.
There is no news of any
interest to write about, I have
not heard from you since last time
of writing, in fact nothing has turned
up since then, except a few lines from
my mate Herry Madden, who is still
in England, he has a very nice job
at Monte Video Camp Weymouth, & says
he is quite satisfied with it, now that
they seem to have turned his trip
back to Ausie down altogether.
We have been in the line now for

(2)

two days & find things altogether
different to the old state of affairs
where a fellow lived like a rabbit &
did not dare to show his head above
ground, there is none of that here,
from where I'm sitting now, one can see
right across fritzs line, the weather is
beautiful & greatly in our favour, our
aircraft are up the whole day & create
a continual buzz overhead, the huns
keep exceptionally quiet during the day
as a result, while our guns paste him
any old time at all, & give him quite
a merry time of it.
There is very little work for us
& we are mighty pleased about that, there
is very little chance of getting any sleep
of a night, owing to the gass which the
huns send over in shells at short intervals
all night long, except for a little discomfort,
that don't worry us very much, for our

(3)

masks are absolutely reliable, & we can
get all the sleep we need during the day.
You mentioned in your last letter
that Oss Reeves was over here & his two
brothers in England. Could you let
me know what unit they are in?
perhaps I might run across them
it would be just the thing to meet
some old mates over here.
Saturday 26^th
Just a few more lines before closing
up this letter. The mail brought me
five letters yesterday one from yourself
one from Lena Stones & the others
were English letters. What is your
idea in addressing my letters still
to Mr Key? The last two from you
were addressed direct to the unit.
your letter was dated Mar 17^th & there
should be some later ones than that
along by this also. One of the other
letters was from Herb he is OK, but

expects to be shifted out of his
job at any time I suppose he will
finish up by being sent back here
to France, they are out to rake in
every old hand that is within reach.
The other two were from Macc,
they were extremely pleased to receive
your letter, I'm very pleased that
you wrote they treated me splendidly
& I have a lot to thank them
for.  Herbs mate Harry Still
expects to be repatriated very shortly
from Germany
There is no further news
must ring off so Au- revoir for
the present. expect to be releived
tomorrow so will write later
yours ever very sincerely

Bert
PS Sorry to hear Norm is not
improving. Please remember me to them all.

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May 22^nd 1918

Mrs Reynolds

Albert St Sebastopol

Ballarat Victoria

Australia

267. Peter St
Macclesfield.
Ches. Eng.
9 -6 -18

Dear Mrs. Reynolds,
We were very
pleased to receive your letter,
and am sorry it hasn't been
answered earlier.
Have been hoping
Mother would answer it, but
she asked me to do so, as she
says she cannot concentrate her
thoughts to write as she ought to.
Hope you won't think anything
about it, as all our
family send best wishes.
You will
be very anxious I'm sure about

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your Son, and no doubt wonder
how we found him.
Well, to tell the
truth you would seexx a big
change in him, after being away
from you so long. He is indeed
a fine young man, and a Son
you may be right proud of.
He tooks us quite by
surprise, arriving before the
letter- which was on the way
to tells us of his coming.
However, he was
soon made at home, and comfortable
when he introduced himself as
Cousin Herberts Nephew.
It isn't much
use me giving a discription of his
holiday - spent with us. Am sure
Bert will have given you full
account

of that, but he certainly had
a most enjoyable time.
You know
Mrs Reynolds it is the home life
they enjoy most, no matter how
humble. It fills one up, to
see how the boys appreciate
such a little kindness. Here
comes the 'reward' to see them
comfortable and happy. It must
make them long for there own
loved ones tho'. You can rest
assured, we shall do our best
for him at any future time
he as leave, but sincerely hope
the day isn't long -he will be
home with you again.
We still
hear from Bert, had a card
this week. He was quite will

but does not say whether you
received photographs taken here.
I hope you did. They were
so good of him.
Have nothing
further to say this time. Shall
always be pleased to hear from
you. Kind Regards to all your
family
Believe me
Yours Sincerely    
Ada. Kennedy