Cecil Mills Collection - Wallet 2 - Part 18 of 22

7 weeks ago. Just fancy knowing there
are letters floating round somewhere & not
having them, but is only 13 days since I got
3 from you. The war news at Malta looked
pretty good. Am beginning to think the end
is drawing fairly close now, & when the big
push from the Western Front starts we should
not be too far away to give a hand. The
Russians are certainly doing their bit towards
finishing things off. Hope all those old
Kempsey ladies are not worrying you too
much. They were all such yappers they may
get on your nerves.  Kempsey will be a
funny place to you without Dick to be
your willing slave. You must miss him
greatly. No more today. We have another
day at sea tomorrow & I'll  be glad when it is
over & we get back to our Reg^t. again 28/3/16.
Going to close off now Pettie Woman, & hope
to post this as soon as the opportunity offers.
Hope I can cable to you soon. With such a big
love to you & our bestest little man.
Your own old man
Cecil.
 Proo932

30/            O.A.S.
                 abroad

Mrs C.B. Mills
C/- Dr. A Burne
"Kinellan"
Dalley St.
Waverley
New South Wales
Australia

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O.A.S
abroad

Mrs C.B. Mills
C/- Dr. A Burne
Kinellan
Dalley St
Waverley
New South Wales
Australia

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4. ROUEN - Le Théàtre des Arts et l'entrée  de la Rue du Grand- Pont
 

CARTE POSTALE
ARMY P.O.2

OAS
abroad

Correspondance
Rouen 2-4-16
Your Daddy hopes
you are growing
up to be such a big
man, & looking
after your Mum all
the time.

CBM

Adresse

J. Burne Mills Esq
C/- Dr. A Burne
Kinellan
Dalley St
Waverley
New South Wales
Australia

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GRAND HOTEL D'ANGLETERRE
6,7 & 8. COURS BOIELDIEU
ROUEN
TEL. 53
3/4/16
Dear Old Darling
I don't know where
to start from, things have been
such a rush & bustle of late.
Hope to have chance of writing
you a decent letter inside the
next day or so. Have been 2
weeks & 1 day travelling so far,
& have not yet reached our ultimate
destination, but we hope to do so
soon. It would take me weeks
& weeks to describe adequately the
beautiful things & scenes I have
passed through the last few days,
but lets hope it will not be too long
(not Toulon) before we do the trip

together. Have never regretted
my lack of French so much.
Make it a cert that Johnnie Boy
has a smattering at least of lang-
uages that may come in useful.
Please let me know as soon as
possible, all particulars about
Harry. His General's name the
one he is A.O.C. to & the Division
to which he belongs. I saw the
duckiest blousey arrangement
up the street before lunch, & the 
shop was closed, but am going
up again in a few minutes
before going to Army Post Office
with this, & you are going to
have that blouse, as I can just
picture you in it. Of course it
is white. Wrote a lot of Post
Cards last night & gave them to

Lady Mary "Edgerton", she runs
a big show here for soldiers, she
said she would get these away
for me, perhaps before this,
about 5 to you & one each to the
rest of the family. Our poor old
men have had no pay yet, & all the
boys are stiff stone broke. Lady
Edgerton's show has been very good
& given the boys all sorts of things,
but they do hate taking things
from any one outside Australia
unless they can pay in return.
We will have a few nasty
remarks to make when we do
eventually rejoin our Regiment.
Well Old Darling Girl,  by the
time you get this letter, say
5 weeks from now, we should
be gradually working our way
up towards the firing line