Letters between Malcolm William Keshan and Dorothy Williams, July-December 1944 - Part 9 of 14

KRIEGSGEFANGENEN POST  
PRISONER OF WAR POST
  
SYDNEY 
3 -pm 
16 Oct  
1944
N.S.W AUST. 
  
AIR MAIL 
  
Stalag 383 
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NX11067,
Sgt. Malcolm W. Kesham,
Australian Prisoner of War 3768 (1747),
Stalag 383.
Germany.  
  
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From: 
Miss D. Williams 
37 Byrnes St.,
BEXLEY. N.S.W.
AUSTRALIA 
  
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17th Oct 44. 
  
Hullo Dot;  
Another two letters arrived last week 30th July x 13 Aug, you know darling I  
think your letters improve every letter or maybe its because I love a bit more with  
each letter. What’s this I hear about you worrying again, because I seemed down in  
the dumps. I know it's all my fault Dot, so I can't very well go crook, but once again  
darling don't worry about me. I'm ok, a bit stupid at times, but even if I am, you know  
how I feel Dot; I miss you a lot and get to much time to think about it darling so in  
future just ignore those pieces in my letters Dot. Another thing young lady whats  
this I hear about you arranging a Welcome home for me. I thought we had  
all that fixed, just our Welcome for each other remember? We cant have anything  
interfearing with that Dot, nothing. I've been looking forward to that for a long long 
time sweet, and besides its very important to us and anything that even looks like  
interfearing will have to be dropped. Just in case you did not get my last letter  
ok give my best wishes to everyone for Xmas and the New Year, where ever  
I may be darling I'll be thinking of you, and wishing I were with you  
still darling next one, what a present that would be Dot, our reunion, you  
couldn't get better, still darling that's wishful thinking however one thing  
  
you always have darling is all my love, if thats any help dont forget to  
enjoy yourself will you. There is no news about this place, same old place  
same old faces everything is the same day after day, however I'm A1 as far as  
health goes. So your cousin has finally settled down and got engaged lucky  
people maybe if I had joined the Air Force my luck would have been better  
do you reckon, congratulate them for me not that it will do any good they will  
probably say, and who is he. Cheerio once more All my love Mac.

Kriegsgefangenenpost
Luftpost 
par avion 
  
19.12.44 -11 
  
An Miss D Williams  
37 Byrnes Street 
Empfangsort: Bexley 
Strasse: Sydney 
Kreis: N.S.W. 
Land: AUSTRALIA 
Landesteil (Provinz usw.) 
  
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Vor- und Zuname: Malcolm William Kesham 
Gefangenennummer: 3768 (1747) 
Lager-Bezeichnung: 
Deutschland (Allemagne) 

KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST. 
PRISONER OF WAR POST. 
NX11067, 
Sgt. Malcolm William KESHAM, 
AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR 3768 (1747), 
STALAG 383, 
GERMANY.  
AIR MAIL. 
  
MISS D WILLIAMS, 
37 Byrnes Street, 
BEXLEY. N.S.W., 
AUSTRALIA. 
    
21st October, 1944 
  
Stalag 383 
21 
Gepruft 
  
My Dearest Mac - 
Early again this week with your letter darling. I am  
writing this at work, where I have everything up-to-date: so  
I haven't a guilty conscience. How are you Mac? If you'd like 
you can have a hot face, in exchange for a cool one, of course.  
I ate my lunch in the park this noon and the sun was glorious.  
But I hated to have to come back and "work" on such a Saturday  
afternoon. Betty asked me to a dance at the Y.M.C.A. to-night, so if  
I can manage to get to-gether enough energy, I'll be there. You should  
have been with us last night sweetheart - Bett & I had our fortunes  
told. My gosh! First of all, I lost the address and had to ring  
May & get her to tell us just where we were, and where we should  
be. Eventually, about one hour late we arrived anyhow - and it  
was worth it. We knew we'd be so excited we'd forget half of  
what we were told, so Betty took along paper and pencil and  
took it all down. The fun came when we read it, going home   
in the train, for we wrote such abbreviated sentences and it sounded  
so jumbled to-gether. B-u-t she reckons (the fortune-teller)  
that you'll be home either by Christmas or early in the New

Year. Perhaps she knows, perhaps she doesn't, but she is pretty  
safe in predicting that anyhow. Just to check on her, Betty  
& I have the dates which are supposed to be lucky for us -  
O.K, laugh if you wish - smarty! - if you do turn up at  
Christmas I'll say "told you so"! Well at least, we had an  
evening's fun out of it & it cheered us up a lot. This week I've  
needed cheering because there haven't been any more letters from  
you, and I kinda expected a couple at least. One might be  
waiting for me at home though - here's hoping. How about that  
business of being home at Christmas time Mac? Do you reckon you  
might be able to manage it? Of course, it's nothing terribly urgent  
after I have waited four years and a bit, I suppose an extra bit  
won't be too much to bear; but if you could hasten thing a  
little, then do. Darling - its not nice to call your girl-friend "crazy"  
& besides, people have to smile when they insult me! Mac, there  
is one thing between you and I, that never fails to annoy me!  
That is the end to these letters - it comes all too soon. A person  
can't get "into their stride". Ho hum - the troubles we do have.  
Seriously though Mac dear - I wish something could be done about  
the long distance between us; there are so many things I have  
to talk to you about and its useless trying to put it into words 
- I mean to put them down on paper. Blow this letter-writing!  
I want to talk to you - I want you home darling. No, I'm  
not getting down in the dumps my sweet - it's just that I miss  
you. See what love does? From me to you - All my love  
Dorothy.

KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST 
PRISONER OF WAR POST 
  
SYDNEY  
6 -PM 
21 OCT 
1944 
N.S.W AUST 
  
AIR MAIL 
  
NX11067 
SGT. MALCOLM WILLIAM KESHAM, 
AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR 3768 (1747), 
STALAG 383,  
GERMANY 
  
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FROM: 
Miss D. Williams, 
37 Byrnes Street, 
BEXLEY., N.S.W.,  
AUSTRALIA. 
  
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KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST. 
PRISONER OF WAR POST 
  
NX 11067, 
SGT. Malcolm W. KESHAM, 
AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR 3768 (1747) 
STALAG 383. 
GERMANY 
  
AIR MAIL. 
  
Miss D WILLIAMS, 
37 Byrnes Street, 
BEXLEY. N.S.W. 
AUSTRALIA. 
  
29th October, 1944 
  
My Dearest Mac,  
Can I come and have a talk with you for just awhile? Here  
I've been all afternoon, making a uniform for our physical culture  
competition Monday week - and tired of wasting away a Sunday  
afternoon in such a fashion. So, instead, I'm going to let it go hang  
and write to you. How are you darling? Still a long time  
no see. And I still want to see you - an awful lot Mac. Wonder  
what's been happening to your letters. Perhaps you haven't been able  
to write any of late? Gee, I only wish even a couple would turn  
up - it seems years since I had news of you. Did I tell you I  
was going away camping for the week-end with Betty? Yes, I was  
going, but I reckon I must be a regular jonah! On Thursday, all  
day at work I had a terrible headache & felt absolutely exhausted.  
One of the doctors took my temperature, found it to be high &  
bundled me off home to bed - when I spent all of the following  
day. Consequently I didn't go away, for it would have been foolish  
to catch another chill and maybe have to stay in bed a week  
or more. Just the same, I'm pretty cranky at having missed a  
good week-end. You know Mac, I've been thinking lately how

darn right you were - about most things in general, but especially  
when you said what a waste of time this war was. By golly,  
here I am almost 22 and not even married - not even engaged!  
Now just you sit there a minute - that latter part, I know is my  
own fault, but being engaged is almost as permanent as being  
married, to me anyhow so don't frown, darling. But say Mac -  
for pete's sake, hurry home will you, once you're on the go that  
is. That girl who is waiting for you does get lonely now & again.  
Lonely and then some. And I think maybe I've had enough of  
this single life. Work's good - when there is waiting to be done  
but when the waiting's over, you wouldn't make me work would 
you? Or would you? Maybe you've got a plan all set to sit back  
and let your wife bring in the pennies. Alright I won't say  
nasty things about you. If ever I do - you know I'll only be  
joking, 'cause just between you and I - I am in love with you.  
You know don't you Mac? Then remember it will you? Life's going  
on much the same darling - do wish I could get some letters from  
you to tell me what you're up to. And more than anything else,  
I wish I could open the door one evening and find you there  
on my door step.  Would you do that for me some day,  
darling? And when you do - will you stand there for a  
little while and just let me look & look & believe that  
it's not a dream. Before I finish this letter will you do me  
a favour? - cross your fingers and hope that I get some mail from  
you darling. And - please keep on loving me. All my love sweetheart.  
Dorothy