Letters from David Gerald Evans to his family, 1916 - Part 9

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
Subject:
  • Documents and letters
Status:
Open for review
Accession number:
AWM2018.785.61
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to keep his hand in      
he looked a truck going 

round with his pack

on -

You seem to be having

a devil of a lot of 

rain at home, the
house seems to be

having a big dust

up; somebody must be
going to be married -

must stop now

Love to all

Your affate Brother

Gerald Evans 
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France

28-8-16

My dear Mother -

this is just a very

small note to let you 

know I am quite

alright, I wrote to

Minnie yesterday but

since then have had

letters from Minnie

Father & Evan which

I will answer if

get time

Am glad you have had

a long stay at Killingworth 
& missed all the

mud at Redcamp though

I would'nt mind it now

 

2.

if the mud was up

to my neck -

I also received a Leader

from Minnie last night

& there is some more

mail in today -

I have not seen

anything of Wilfrid

Evans or the others for

a long time, as we

have been on the

move all the time, but

think they will be

alright

The weather has been

great lately, just a

few showers, they

are harvesting now

and have a funny

old way of doing it 

 

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I may get a Captaincy

out of it - though there

are some Officers Senior

to me who will probably

go in first -

I received a cable from

Father & replied to it -

I was made a first

Lieutenant about a

month ago -

Am glad to hear you

are having the house

fixed, you had better

get to work & build a

dug out for me, I will

have it 40ft deep &

two entrances like the

Germans with electric

light laid on - they must

feel very annoyed 

 

4

to Know that we are

using them now -

One place they had

an entire hospital

underground with

Kitchens, baths - everything

billiard tables etc. 

They come in very 
useful now -

Yesterday we came through

some very pretty country

They are harvesting

now, the women do most

of the work & do it

very well Reapers & binders

are very rare mostly

reaping hooks & scythes.
One valley we passed

through was surrounded

by a low hill, they 

 

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were harvesting right

up the valley as well

as hops & other green

crops & hedges.

there were about a 

dozen old xxx Windmills

working around the 

hills & right on top

was a very old Convent;

been there since the

flood.

They were playing

baseball this afternoon

near our Camp &

get very excited over

it, suppose you know

what troops I mean;

they are very hard

cases & have a very

pronounced twang. 

 

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I am waiting for Ken
to write to me as it

is no good me writing

he would probably

miss it on the way

over -

I have been getting

my mail very well

lately & think I have

beaten them all

I will write to Mother

again soon

Love to all

Your loving brother

Gerald 
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O.AS

Miss Evans

Red camp

Moyhu

Via Wangaratta

Victoria

Australia

Field

Censor [[?]]

 

France 10-9-16

My dear Minnie -

I received two letters

from you this morning dated 17th & 23rd

July also one from Harry so have

been very well treated, papers have

also arrived up to middle of July.

The Hancock family are still keeping

their name up seven is a good record

Am glad to hear you get my letters

regularly; I write enough but owing

to the censorship, they must be very

dull; not much better than a glorified

Field Service Card. I am going to

write a good account of things

to Father when I get a chance

to get it home

Have written a lot of letter just

lately & sent several xx Cablegrams

Had a letter from Mary Shanley

 

2 

enclosing a letter of Introduction to

Father Ormond a cousin of her's, tell

Mother to send me the names of

some of her cousins  & I will be

able to see them all at the same time 

Mary informs him she used to nurse

me, First I heard of it.

Tell Mother two of the best Soldiers

& hardest cases I have struck yet

are named Dwyer & Reilly they are

both wounded now.

Your last letter was written on the

day I was wounded, we were having

a very warm time then -

I have not heard from Ken since

he first enlisted, he is not a

very good correspondent. I will

not write to him till he gets over

here, he might go straight to

England, and should have a

fairly good time if he does

 

 

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