Herbert Huie Armstrong -Letters and Postcard -1941-1943 - Part 5

[*From HHA Jnr 18/4/43

Received 13/7/43*]

Bde.  H H Armstrong

27251

10/5/43

[*From HHA Jnr 2/5/43

Received 23/7/43*]

Dear Mother & Dad I have been shifted to another

working party, Fred is still with me & we are

getting on quite well, the here is harder but not

to bad & the food is much better. I had a letter

from M^rs Grimmitt last week telling me of your

cable saying that Bill & John were in Q'land, I hope

you are all well. Give my love to all our friends. Cheerio Chins up

Lots of Love

Red

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M^rs H.H. Armstrong

30 Cavendish S^t.

Concord West

Sydney

Australia
Bde H H Armstrong

1. 27251

No.

23/5/43

Dear Mother & Dad. I am quite well & hope

everyone at home is the same. This party is

much better than the last one, we do a bit

more work but the food is much better. We

work from xxxAM to xxxPM. The days programme

is, get up about xxx breakfast german bread,

red + tea or cocoa with milk & sugar, margarine,

jam, & sometimes cheese. Start work xxx o'clock

from xxx to xxx O'clock smoko more bread & marg.

12 to 1 dinner, a good thick soup or stew &

more tea or cocoa, 4-30 knock off, back in

camp draw_^ spuds about 1½lbs & that with red cross

meat & more tea is the evening meal, supper

two biscuits & tea, to bed 9-30 or 10, & every

2nd sunday no work. There is a hot shower on

all the time, soap is a bit short but I manage

a barth & change of clorths twice a week.

There is also a large concert room, & the boys

put on some quite good shows. So that we

don't_^ have a bad time realy, except that I hate

being a prisoner. However I dont see what else

I could have done, except to deliberately get

myself killed which would have done no-one

any good. We made a hard try had bad luck

& failed, & now just have to wait. Cheerio best of Love

to all

Red

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M^rsH.H. Armstrong

30 Cavendish St.

Concord West

Sydney

N.S.W.

Australia

[*from Red*

Dated 24/5/43

Received 24/9/43*]

Bde. H H Armstrong

27251

27/5/43
Dear Mother & Dad I got you letter of 24/2/43 today.

If I had known my card to Billie was going to

take so long I would have sent it to you.

But I though it might get there before word

from the red +, & I did'nt know then that Lew had

got home, Whatever you_^ do dont spend more than 10/-

a week on my parcels, I will need the money when I get home.

Best Love

Red

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BIS NORDAMERIKA

Mrs. H.H. Armstrong

30 Cavendish St.

Concord West

Sydney

Australia

Bde. H H Armstrong

27251

E8

14/6/43

HHA Received 8/10/43

Dear Mother & Dad I hope all at home are well as

I am. Fred & I have been moved again to another working

party, & I expect to be going back to Stalag

in the next few days. I am glad you have started

getting my letters, allthough there is not much in them.

I dont think I told you I got a very nice letter from

Joan, & also one from Auntie Lil & D. Lots of Love to all

Red

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Mrs. H.H. Armstrong

30 Cavendish St.

Concord West

Sydney N.S.W.

Australia
 

Bde. H H Armstrong

27251