Letters from Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott to his family, June - December 1915 - Part 8

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First World War, 1914–18
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4 i ean St uinder the other Bactalion the retiend in raved very carnal about the walter &e thought e of the danger of dearing the enemy. artilliry upon thyoneion than feorryng Iamojg him constantly was delighted that the little Brodch arrived on you Birthday. Mose dear firthday to me becaus it god meit actest darle gul o all the wolldt wife. All my peart good but wy our long little far hres the rrccladde vayy Hals navn The dear w lonng loddie Thar children that no portcards & sent the now hut have a good ompply of writing paper which our farsor sent me yoo Sgyp. Well net I to way gol
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5 a ogaing Tell Baaly Ir get ter letter pleasedto wwill reply wo fs days sill he also we have caught lot of Turks. but camn romml ther aso of feltn t Rad call th General o all for themollves frr dont geto key the Will Cg I must itynow Now wak ot let the m 2 Fullet but ryuly & it doesn't watte if th pully but yn lettersa for yo as beor I like tol de on
4 gave Baalyman bont fagot wtell mo. I mighs have a chance to rylace it for you wore time especiall a you own to lake it is which It was chect give ot to gon& th 1 I could arry po konby 2 a ne 43 par let t go her amitting for losking af o dear pet as well M HENS 3237 SD SR
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1 40 Dond in att all anxiouoth th ginet Well dan Tren is wthing mus you the hime. We have landed tat a Veryby ice any with polo If thGa 0 l thense te ror t with Abdnt M fighteng very fa t L Futt ine cafel Smat fames all the wold 5 & then defercipt fr all i giving oir oh Sillert wife no m she all the world could have given me thon dear wer pet they could be no one like therpor could then the dear weeyving pete alony amy for dida I nae wipe en i had er fored te beginning would 0 lve you now for givng thh p to happy thinking gore of them you love I nope they alre wall your sppring I hepe you never h rent yomar dint for me Fdb not east Kate Nathe 91 n t0
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yesterday nt go bo d think me all ariow Ml& Can a bitt 10. O. end gall N midnight le red & gres of apernon ag & 4 llased ache & m bad bi
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O. K.2. 3297. Cod) yeth & you have only t get a hllet ti at Th coolert muate of them lst ond wotct walct Iheconl ond of 8 lize epect for tb w how the least part whi t thas Knowled Eisq s an

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will be soon more desperate fighting
there yet as he is digging like mad in
front of us, We expect that he will
mine under & try to blow us up. The
position is most important to him
as it cuts his line in half at that
place. He is now throwing up new
lines of trenches further back on
the line to fence us in all round
as there will be lots of fire there
soon. I feel impatient to get back
there again. I feel that we were
impacting such damage on him
& the other Battalion who relieved us seemed
very casual about the matter & more thought
more of the danger of deceiving the enemy's|
artillery upon the position than of worrying
& annoying him constantly. I was delighted
that the little Brooch arrived on your
Birthday. 
It is a dear birthday to me because
it gave me the sweetest darling girl in all the
world for a wife. All my heart goes out to you & my
own loving little pal. - Does the wee laddie say
"pals now & mum" - The dear wee loving laddie. I have
I have no postcards to send the ^children now but have a good
supply of writing paper which our parson sent
over from Egypt. Well not I must say goodbye
 

 

William George Murray
Waterloo Road
Northcote
[*DONATED RECORDS LIST
3297
3rd Series*]

 

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again. Tell Baaby I was pleased to get her letter
& will reply in a few days. Tell her also we
have caught lots of Turks - but cannot
recommend them - They are black
greasy looking - ice cream sort of fellows
Also some nice Germans but the
"Heads" as the boys call the Generals
all want them for themselves & we
dont get a chance to keep them.
Well darling I must stop now.
Now xxxx dearest dont let them
persuade you to publish any of my
letters. I tell you all about myself
just for yourself alone. [*Omit*] But it would
be xxxx to tell others about it
When I write to xxxx I tell them
about their boys & it doesnt matter
if they publish it but your letters are
for your own dear self & I like to tell
you all about things. Oh you dear
old [[?]] loving wife if I only had
you by me now I would nearly cuddle
you to death & kiss your dear sweet
lips all away -my xxx daily live
sweet love. God bless & keep you &
our own sweet two Bairns. Love
[[D?dd?]] Donny
 

 

[*Omit*]
P.S. What color was the piece
of silk you gave Baaby [[?]]
Dont forget to tell me. I might
have a chance to replace it
for you some time especially
as you seem to like it so
much. It was cheating to
give it to you & then take it
away for Baaby but I could
not buy anything for [[?]]
[[?]] there & I intended to give
her something for looking after
my dear pets so well
 

 

Gallipoli Peninsula
18/8/15
[[?]]
Tomorrow it will be twelve months since
we went into camp at Broadmeadows
hence I wrote to you the other day we gave"had 

 












 

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