Letters of Malcolm William Keshan, 1940 (Part 4)

6.7.40

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To
Mr D. Williams
37 Byrnes St
Bex 

7.45 Saturday night same
place if possible if not
ring U A 4095 at five pm
Mac

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Potential Officers Wing 
E. L [[?]]. T. S. 
Narellan 
Monday 

Dear Dot, 
Just a few lines to let you know my 
change of address ect. 
Well Dot I certainly started this School pretty 
good. Why do you know what they told me when I 
got here on Sunday night? You don't well I'll tell you. 
They told me I was 1 hour 35 minutes late which I had 
to explain. 
This is not a bad place up here but just at 
present there is not very much that would interest you 
so we will drop it for the time being. 
Believe it or not I was very dissapointed on 
Saturday night haveing to leave in such a hurry just 
to catch a train. I would have liked to stay and talk 
to you for a half hour and caught the late one only 
you insisted I catch that one besides I did not think 
of it until I left but I could have walked up to 
the Forest Road and got a taxi I will next time. 
It will not be for about a month you see I have 
decided not to take any leave until this is all over as 
I would not be able to get in before dark of a Saturday.

This is certainly going to be a short letter why Im
stuck for something to say already I realy don't know why I
should be able to write pages. 
I wish I could think of something to say as quick as
I can when I have got to explain why Im late or something
like that then I would be able to write pages. 
Well Dot Im afraid this is the end I just can not think
of anything to tell you try as I may, its funny but I know
that as soon as I post this letter (if you can call it that) Ill think
of something else to put in it I always do. However I will
make up for it in the next one. 
Once more I say until the next time which I hope is
very soon "Cheerio" 

Sincerely Yours. X X X X X 
Mac X X X X 
X X 
X 

P.S. Dont forget to write soon. MK

Potential Officers Wing 
E. C. T. S. 
Narellan 
Tuesday Night 

Dear Dot, 
I bet this is a surprise, but I received your letter
to-night and decided not to let you pull a fast one. 
You asked me a question well here is the answer. 
I think the Williams are very nice people especially Miss
D. still as you say it is certainly queer when their tastes
run towards a guy named [[Keshan?]] I just can not figure it
out but then Miss D knows him and when the rest know
him like she does their taste will probably change. 
Young lady I'm afraid you have kind of tied things
in a knot you see I do not wish to go over seas now
damn it. 
Before you finish or before long you will probably
be saying, that pest Mac wants to come down and see us again
I just can not seem to get rid of him. I hope not anyway. 
As you say people get weird ideas they get them up here
to same sort funny. 
We went out on a stunt to-night and the time is now
12.30 AM. anyhow that is beside the point, well we were
marching along with me acting as a rear scout in other

words the last man just keeping the tail of the rest in view
well when they stop I stop and I have to do everything they do
anyhow they stop for a rest every 2 miles, so as per usual
I settled down for a rest also and started thinking, what a
nice letter you had written but how the chilblains had not
effected you only once I had hoped it was not chilblains but it must
have been, anyhow all of a sudden I looks up and there is not
a sign of anyone did I get a shock. I new where they were
going so I took a short cut and got there before them and
when they came up just slipped in behind without being
seen so I was very lucky as it was. 
Well darl I'm real tired etc and as cold as charity, you can
tell that by the writing so I guess it is "Cheerio" once more. Dont
forget to write and Im looking forward to seeing you again
you dont know just how much as I have already said "Cheerio" 

Love & Kisses X X X X X X 
Mac X X X X X 
X X 
X 
P.S Once more I remind you of 'that' photo. 
[[?]] 
 

Potential Officers Wing 
E. L[[?]]. T. S. 
Narellan 
Wednesday 

Dear Dot, 
Just a few lines to let you know I have
received your letter from Greta ok.
Well this place has improved since my last
letter, in a way it has anyhow you see we have
a golf course for our own use and also a tennis
court the only catch is we have to study that
hard we never get a chance to use them, we also have
four horses so you see its quiet a place. 
I will just tell you a few of the thing we do
up here, well to start of with we throw live hand
grenades about instead of dummies and in case you
do not know it they have a killing range of 20 yds
all round their landing point and it takes an
very good man to throw one over 25 yds so you
see its not play as some people might call it also when
you do throw a Grenade after pulling the pin
you hold it for three seconds leaving four for
you th to throw it and get under cover before
it goes off. I think that is about enough of that
I w dont want to bore you to much and Im

afraid that is just what I am doing so we will
switch to something else. 
You say in your letter I should feel privileged
or at least that I must be well that is very nice to
know, but what will the six other chaps say, or dont you
care. 
I do not like that part in your letter which runs
as follows, 'I have warned you that I'd take you up on
your offers one day. especially the one day does that
mean that I will only have the honour one day, that
is quiet easly misunderstood young lady. 
Funny thing I was thinking of last Saturday night
to-day, at the time we were sitting in the lecture room
haveing a good old lecture, and directly in frount of me
there was a window and looking out same you can
see for miles, wha well I was looking out this window
watching the smoke curl up from a passing train
and thinking (yes I can) when all of a sudden the silly
flick who was giveing the lecture asked me a question
which annoyed me very much, but if he expected
an answer he was also annoyed because I did
not even know what he was talking about. 
Honest D Dot they are pushing or trying to
push that much into my head already that every-
thing is starting to go round and it does not

get a chance to settle, but as for these lectures I just
can not keep my mind on them it kind of wanders
and I just can not help it, but there I go boreing you
again. 
An another piece in your letter, you said
Tell them to leave you in one piece until the
week end any way. I tell you Dot there is one
thing I do study and that is your letters, but
you do not wh want to take anything I say the wrong
way because there is nothing pleases me more than to
get your letters honest injun. 
Once again I say "Cheerio" dont forget to write
soon. 

Sincerely Yours X X X X X X 
Mac X X X 
X X 
X 

P.S Funny thing but I never see any of these funny little
marks on your letters I wonder why. 
Mac 

P.S.S. Please excuse the writing you will probably
notice it gets worse as it goes along being quiet
honest its terrible 
Mac