Letters from Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott to his family, June - December 1915 - Part 3

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one of them a Moonee Ponds lad named L/Cpl
Paisley was hit in the stomach. He was taken
off at once to the Hospital ship. He was very
bad hit an I have not been notified of his death
he is presumably still alive. I hear that poor
Finlayson has lost his leg but is now on the
mend. He will of course be invalided home
shortly but no doubt he will not be sacked [[dis?]]
from the Defence Department for that. It would be bad luck for
himself & his wife if that were so. I was delighted to hear
you talk of the wee pets our little ones. Tell them xxx I was delighted to hear
all they can do & xxx will play further with the laddie when I come
home.  xxxxxx
xxxx   I am looking forward to the photo you
have promised me. By this time you will have an idea of
the full casualty list & people will realize the
magnitude of the task we have undertaken here.
I hear that the new Brigades in which Jack is
are now in Egypt. xxx I hear they are poorly trained
compared to what our men were. xxxxx  xxxxx
xxxx but if their officers are good they will soon
i alle tgive us a hand
come on & xx be able to give us a hand
23/6/15. Three days more will be your furhday
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found andines their o
to of pupen Since my last letter to you nothing much
has occurred. On you firthday arent liddelon who was
also unaded in the fost returned wilh three o ther me
whs had
I wand recovered. I have phom


80 and 20 of thes now and they are badly needed on ts
new me weare getting feo Betorio are hardly trawed at
all yesterday ant turday & I thought ine vere is for
a hy fight as the emony shilled in very peanly
I larly, the morning I lobed my head out there a
look a the empty dan of a shill like then I have sin

nto the bent of my
you just your
trfout home about a fors from me. I didnt mor
it was emply of cour & for a recond expected t te Hi
up but as nothing tappened I mustered by cmage
t eath held of it & pull is out of the taith whe
I discreed it was emply. the charge had exlode
a hundred yards or no lack & it in only the cane that
bad come on th hillet hang struck furthery the
dorly thankful there canesmake
hill to sme
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horritle cound when they do unte hmohs
ofter companed to the hundred byiny
as hade not off
about all over the place. Our men un ther for hob
for the fereplace & they are very ratusfcting. Th a
annfortung tonls out of them
the Fancers a
putted in alout a fo
cotton bllong ther

a fllen then ug
wit
hrounel billets which fair be
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the ground here. My fabman has
ill a patter

of them ontoiderig bhyg out like this eat dot rep

a Bullet
Magrally re
We have make whot we call a drepers post atoe ove ca
here then in a high point of the hill owe have put a
Dunnel an & than a crosent t thofoce of the hill oput two
me with a sece place topaled a pont of then Ir
wotche with a telenope & it other preso tine
suchs cenche as o up te call, th cheroliged
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maye of trgncke which
spit is whitir
placed up it
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can fore right into the French at 1000 yard
it mus annyy the Truse considerally as they had
yurs this spot bat along their brench
B gure Last evening there was a threting
Hhunderton of the mnd llew the dunt about
in cloreds I had ben very hot during th day- the
inks every apparently apprehenou that
th ey wewer going to make an attack as
about duk they comversed a tremendon.
prrlade of rifhe & wae hive gin for and
roub for our Frenchs which the
kept o all night. They also blew
an mue a portio of our trenches o killed two
of the Engineer. I don't know what othe doinge
it was much, sell
they did but don't them
oge that I have put her inder major
mcbroe & he is delighted with her
He takes a tremedons inters whe
work sothing is to great trouble
led and I am
apler
or him
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naturally delighted it havng helped her.
I have nut a lot of n ofpetes tho fall so fo
short of sheold mes that I a debylled tye
one llike ken after the old patters. Not a migh
one of the old officers here muined out anything
hs ppleadidly, I am apraid horeve tasts I that
get you of the back foor dd Finlaym has lost hes
be. Thee is great dange that Roger will lose he
foot a hillet enteed the hell & made a terrille
mes of his ankle Conder has already goe hack
to Anstratio as his arm is stiff & they ho
nent here have for fr months Mason is sgo
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Arm (h was het a thelbow joint) is nttiyg
stiff. & he will probally be rent hime.
Rlegard is Langngbehar lpe I deate
I am told. Heighway looks a perpet wreck

I wont be back for months if at all
far a additin to bis other enjuire the
sock has leen great. He suffered frightfull
o th but as the rit in drive in i th
stewart wss wonded in thelegs I alwo
and the place. He was iggo
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the sationfS
watien
but fthe

whould red Hnrm he may gitall right. T hear
he is ago to prtiate for iome moiths I
there are tll the ohen Kich
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It, is very bd. foor mrs Jhuston. She will
have heard by now that givnnng i pastonny
care. I was met a pity. He was doing inlendedly
sill her that all tomer worshpped hir
He went into actin at lape Helles when he
sandt ellnes
was hardly able to
& walked ahead of his mer is a regular
storm of thropvel huillet just as calmily as
nn
on prrade. He felt at eart in
are mathing gret hullets through him
He got tack to lairs all right but on of
the billet had truched al artiry o this
sated to bleck apest. He in pusue
thloufor is they could operate vity
the Bleding but he died dringth
operalit. He was wowded t Saturda
the 9th May Idied about the 20th may She could
git the most date from the gugt Sicken
Anstration Bar Sepst. Hlexanddred if tt
bepence people have not already infor

ther Well nt
must iy now
I is very hat here now & the flie an mn
awful. Thirgs are very quiet here the monn
after the puss last night I suppose the Mir on
haver a slas, Mrs Clarkr nepher was pretty hadl
woulded in tuoday her & I cannot pd out whh
he is. I thin however it wowd ever not dayneow
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July
I had a letter farm
trye today tat whit
I enclose w wll de flor it he wned
loppy I sent for a wilk yorte an and,
alog or one right I heard we had bod
a litg a fight scoplined a veers Tunt
th nigh rethe is untalors t inreriget
I sand thirty of our om loys all laid
out in ron for kind a faily wo dyge
thei grades & near then your Turk. the
ua behind on
Ite we
&eventually got out to the captaned her
I was alout 1
fustory
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Ou boys ha
Kille or drins out th
the dar &
Tenk
the wa done with ond
any lor ft te t puaks it
cloar anoy the Turk guns got
gong eight into the nenct & oce t
were killed with
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tell fire. They were horlly mulitated
to don almost tpiece. I alioged
a shock been a toneton by t a no
I feven well lape to vange. We was
killed re a moth ago & mhen
heard about it. I
sai out in pond
 

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Mr Capte
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wll cone
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the
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look at the me were all worbely
to dregther th fre
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