Letters from Harold Edward Elliott to his family January 1916 - June 1916 - Part 6

tel el Keln
25/3/16
Maederling Katie
haven't muchnew t
tell you this time, I am stilln
Brigade and getting to
omnand of the
like them better every day Lart tunday
I was galers very lontly and misciftle
and wrishing I was wck with my own
old hal. Af the Church Parade We lad
two hymns which cheered me by a lot
One was fight the good light with ale
The other was head kindly
thy might
Light You look them if in the Hymn      
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my them in remembarc of bida

th troublest we we pets. Ovelting the
promotion has done for me. I has lemoved
me out of the scope and reach of the petty
worrie which since my illucs I fet is
trying vy men going off to lans & getting
dryfnk splayng i
in various way
bepetongaded
thaving t get wnd that is onty my
line no. I have your Battalio Commande
who have to go through all that I I have a kngid
Major
MCaptair & an orderly ofper
&a Brigade machene san officers othem
wt look after everything for me the
an all good men I work spludid
 

Way an all very nice boys tos- except the
all ane Englishmr When General my the
was here he pelected Englishmes thor
Tis alway woed lest piles we becouse it
alway thats at inforority in Hustialian the
they are not good enough for there job out
neet beyare all ice lips & thei is nothin
t
too great a trouble lot them tode p
I am as a consiquence feeling mue
better in health than whle Iwts with te
7th I am afraid that if I lad to continue
as a Battatteon Commander I whould have
been near down completely very wo I
had lad headaches was very cross swrned
walrys tried tdeath almost. Now I am
ever is much letter abready & with decens
iuck ought t kee gonng, I am dong
my fer tget gick poed is
as halp
Marwith Mayd sayt Hu know thopoorld
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pallatet was cut into trospieces I
half the mer & of feen stayed the 7 enderwa
gackon wite thero ther half ender major Fays
came up ae Ibecame th 59th Haltalid Hee
the gop wee fieled up with recritts
of the get across we will be wth 39th
Wantry Bryade under
Buttatin
Brygadier General Irsling & in the 3
 

ferision, I hear General McCay is comive
out to Command the sersenthuyn
may know more of that than I

chyhor my late you will know I am
getting o all right t my newyof a
get t know my new Boys letter I will like
is will more & I have will do all
right at it. but you must all may
Harder for your teda than wer deariof
for I lave $4,000 lins instead of $1000 depender
on my clearners of thought nor chan &
m
saw may
Rots. He to getting me of the nee
field tulance as the llo hol

too. All yoe old pais are getting in Jackn
will lott be as Col I hope
& Par
Dlneky Major. I was rorry I could no
take Bayten my Adjatant with one amy
my office Iould like to help him of
We would do iflerdidly as a permanen
coldig after the whr I am sury & experinc
as a St officer would help him inmensed
we had an inspection of our Trampor
Section beal today by General ion as
Indian officer who pad be was delighted
with y & that he was rorry be wat
losing up of comve wep ogo t
2
 

Brigad an shorlly while

the
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all the yew made will tlet her
Te
indertrn for thomn
grees old cha
but the know gods
work & my boys had then Larver whakle
luetngades. It is
doey
as glom y
glorious on the hose
evr they could be

The Bitthloos themvelves all all norking
very very laid but they lave so many hen
oer yor their that they are not ist anying
near the old
tsan afraid stent
of Wwher Imeto
bheak
will have ben filled up
agan f
wiill tresk mer who dont know me
from Adams fest of heen too well
souss poynos sant apsaid dealing God
ben ey you always o wver
bng weat me wife The wee llady buthe
isbetting very near isnt it the arce
glet a grow o cally when I wee her wnter
of she will know we tertap as pevidie
getting go lik me- the will say like media
e
once before to seorge & when the
tiny ite only all t craire about wamt the
maut to in the resentlance & she as tiay- Well add
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pertaps
a bittle mon
 

tothing mort thas
time carling fet niltio
of love & kine bywy
dear sweet wfe&to ston
we darling yours p
Dadh Dor
 

Dear wee laddi
Deda must
write a letter his
is the bee boy wont think Iidd has
laddiken
forgottor
him. Went time mw lake you
t see th Loo you alk her to thow you a
chamelcon. It is a funny little ligard
Irda, caught tro of them the the dayor
a bust when bidd got then they wene
greet & when he got then home they had
clarged thei color & were brow. And
whenever you put then on any the
colored
thetry t get th
St
color as that i
pet see cannot gee then I calct then
they are foor tavoler there I dont bite h
yurs my guet is your land like a poy
Fida ias get his in the tent on a stro
They are not hed up at all but they cleng.
the sting like a morkey on wick ort
letgs & presently afly cones& nt or the
thing just neay him & the legard wake
himel like ant of old stick & nve mores
The thply mnalong the ting & when he
gits near th Hanelior pops out his lon
tovene with home sticky sty or it like
fly paper &
Didi
1
goblled
Ge
lighteney
toll
no spermins a
lt

 

a by. And they have net furng eyes
ve together like orrs K
Whe eyes don't on
lackon
separately & they are able to lood
their thoulder with me eye & thought abead
of then wilh the other wouldn't that he
Godby dear wee loddre
ta bardy thing to do
has depp man a tisk fon bida. Io will
look after mur while I am away likethe
good littlemar you are & chee b cy
Wont you laddi
ed
port foor

 

weno
r
March 1912
My Dlear wee Snoach
Ihn is your berthdoy today syou
are giving up tbe a great hg girlie muniny tells
me & Iann come to me you & tell you that Didn
love her dear pet jurs the same whether she is
gor cle. Hida want you to be good & loving setesr
old mun always, because she is rad that Dida is so
for away & cannt give her a love t a kiss. But
shuraet of the wis laddie can cheer mummy up quite
good by bing good little people & helping many all you
can. The Cittlboys & girls here all all funng little
black people + they have lardly any clolker & only vyly
dirty one ther & they dont have any nice shoes orgeats
like Shuart but they play about in the band as
the beact all day long & hold by thei firess
for the woldiers & thiot bitte penny moneys
into I call out Bachsherrt, Backsteek to
in their langege
the soldiers - which mean, at gift a gift & io the soldien
throw then pennies which pleased then very much but dida
get fendes acoal there rogge algh thek loys.
girl keep flloin his me about & talking then norrying
then for Backsheet when thy ought the doing their
work therrset & the laddie wouldn't be norghty
ride little thing like that would they but would just in
god morning soldiers & go about their lanners. Iel
mun that bida wel lt tatherland a nivce solding try that themed
& the laddie saw i th train oth th
day t opoke to. He inos the
itoust he
 

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My dearest lore
3 on apraid I have bn
nting you thepartfer days but I
have bin inciptioally bury knocking
my new Boys into shope. Wr nealy doe
no & I am very happy wilh them. I lave
an written
received you lefter dated the ayty
just aften you had ben informed by Mr Roddick
of my cable I have veer juck not recently. I was
able to offer him a commition in te maahire
Fur company here but tho Brygadier- Ger
Gellebrand would not get yock go as a
wanted hes sernces unpilf & said he
was asured of a commission then shall
It will hea beastly low dour licte
if they dont give her a commer
wor gerall nodt ws he in an enen
then is a lot of that being done at present
bnt of they els givr hin t commerton tene
I coute that I could help him uy dngle
were it will be better that they should
givhin a commusion to me
for clltrongh he thoyoughly deserves it
yot there would be wang who would
he readly to say it was dork becaust he
was my iotherin-law and not of ths
own musst. I am delighted to know that
by askingfr him I have divcted the
General attention to him. We oftes
the may other you reckont a good
war some one eloe would him alon
I was bot fourth the other day slold
drin what I thought of rim but he appealed
tme not to dal away hes fertu
It is the way to get rosed me. If I find
Ihabetion
the loy
ed an appreciated