Letters of David Francis Smith, July 1941- February 1942 - Part 6

.5.

it is even harder now to write

than before the balloon went up.
Guess you are right about

the Malaya Militia, it was once,

didnt take much to change it

either.

Am rather amused about

people there having their cases

etc packed, and think they have
started to pack any here yet. I do

wish you wouldnt do any

worrying about me. I'll be O.K,

so get around a bit & enjoy

yourself, you & Myrtle seem 

to be good company for each

other, keep it up.

I too so hope that your

cable reaches Bill in time, cant

recall the incident you refer
to _^of mine this time last year.

We just received our increase
 

Will be drinking your health in the 

28^th, most luck love.

-7-
arrived knew him rather well,
according to him Bert never
had any intention of joining,
reckoned he wasnt such a
mug, I wonder? those blokes
may have a good excuse, but
I doubt it very much.
Would just love to pass
my opinion on what hair style
of yours, its always a fav aversion
of mine, reckon at the present
moment if you had it shaved,
it wouldnt worry me any.
Well Darling I cant find
any news to tell you for the
present, so Id better clue up, I
do love & miss you more than
ever.
"Cheerio"
With all my love & Kisses
Frank xxxxxxxx
Love to Elle Pa & Mabel.

 

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Mrs. D F. Smith

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A.I.F.

Malaya

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Malaya

6.1.42

My Darling Rene

Just a few lines

to let you know that I'm O.K,

& still getting along pretty well trust

this finds you & all at home

in the best of health, & that

you are still able to knock

out a fair sort of a time.

Things are still very much

the same here with nothing

very startling in our locality

other than we miss out on

a bit of sleep these days,

generally manage to get

pulled out of bed between

2 & 4 am, see a decent display

.2.

of lights & crackers now & then,

but they are a fair way away

from us.

The weather here of late

has been very decent, no rain

& not too hot, its nearly pleasant,

guess the climate down home

right now would be ideal,

tennis should come right into

its own, you dont give it 

a mention, hope you havent

turned it in, am looking forward

to a few arguments in that

direction on my return.

I wrote a few times to

Ella the other night, found

it pretty hard, not much I

could talk about, with a

bit of luck I may be able

to answer Mabels also this

mail.

3.

Glad that book turned up,

would give you an idea of what

the place is like, even if it is

glorified a little, reckon I share

your views with regard to the

"Beauty", would take me a long 

while to think so at any rate.

Yes Hon the watch is still

going fine, & , do I hope it wont

be long before I'm handing that

Boomerang back to you.

Well Xmas isn't so far off

now, can't say that I'm looking

forward to it as much as last

year, there's going to be something

missing, & for me that will

take out the "X".

Pleased to hear that Bill

is still getting along ok, things

are starting to move over in that

part of the Globe, & our pals seem

.4

often wonder just how long.

That Psalm you sent will

be a keepsake, have read that

a few times.

The cutting you sent of Ian

Thatchett, turned out to be rather

ironic, what a bad blow that

lot was, I thought it impossible.

Have got over my cold etc,

& am quite O.K again now,

it didn't hang on like my usual

run of them, wish I could accept

your off of nurse.

Yes your memory is rather 

good, I spent a very pleasant day

at Coraman on the way back

from Darwin, I do feel very sorry

for M^rs Warhurst, more especially

with Bill being away.

Another copy of our journal

has been published, it is quite

5.

an improvement in the previous

issues as it went through a

publisher this time & is rather

well got up, will forward your

copy just as soon as I get hold 

of one.

Reckon Hon that you should

put that request of mine in black

& white, what about it.

Havent yet had our increase

in pay, should do so by the

next, reckon that you would

have had yours by this.

Am very pleased with your

opinion of the 6 yrs, & the wish

that it won't be long before we

are starting all over again.

Afraid I'm still in trouble

with those Tatts of mine, havent

had a chance to get them fixed

& don't know when I will, in

.5.

Should imagine that, that

Atlas you got from the Sun,

gets a fair bit of use these 

days.

We have rather a decent

Wireless Set these ^^days, get the

world on it, heard a broadcast

from our friends over here, reckoned

we had been wiped out,

something like that cutting

you sent me.

Well Darling I'm afraid

its the usual cry, can't find

anything to write about, so I'd

better give up.  I Love & miss

you more than ever.

Cheerio

With all my Love & Kisses

Frank xxxxxxx

Regards to all at home

I like the way you finish, thanks Love