Letters from Arthur Seaforth Blackburn to his family, 1941 - Part 26

Miss R.N. Blackburn 
5 Salisbury Ter 
Collinswood 
South Australia 

AUSTRALIA 
BY AIR MAIL
AIR MAIL
LETTER CARD
IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED THIS CARD
WILL BE SENT BY ORDINARY MAIL
Greetings from the
Aust. Forces (M.E.)
Xmas - New Year
1941 - 1942
WHEN FOLDED THE LETTER CARD MUST CONFORM IN SIZE AND SHAPE WITH 
THE BLUE BORDER WITHIN WHICH THE ADDRESS ONLY MAY BE WRITTEN

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No. 3184
S) ROBINSON
11  Bowman Cresc
Barton Vale.
S/M 
8 Eversley Av
Enfield
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8.5 7 799

Lt Col A S Blackburn 
SX6962 2/3 KBn 
AIF Abroad 
19-12-41. 
My dear Bob and Wody. 
I am hoping  
that this letter card will  
get to you in time for your  
birthdays. It is so difficult  
to time things by mail from  
over here.  We really 
have very little idea 
whether the war with  
Japan has made much  
alteration to the air mail.  
If it hasn't, I estimate 
that this will just about 

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reach you in time.  We are 
informed over here that so 
far the air mail has not 
had to be interrupted but 
that its time of delivery 
may be delayed, so I have 
just got to hope for the  
best with this.  Anyhow 
I wish you both many  
many happy returns of 
your birthdays.  I wish I was 
there with each of you but 
you can rest assured that 
I will be thinking of you 
very much indeed.  Somehow 
or other I have the feeling 
that I will be back with 
you by your next birthdays 

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this will be the first time 
for many years that you 
have spent your birthdays 
at home won't it.  That is 
assuming you are at home. 
I am in great hopes that you 
will be at Victor Harbor. 
Well my dears all the best 
in the world to you both 
I am sorry, Bob, I am not with  
you for your 21^st but I will 
be with you, with all the goody  
wishes there are in the world 
in my thoughts. I am sending  
you lots of love & kisses  
Wody darling. 
Your loving father 
Arthur S Blackburn 
P.S I am going to address this to Wody in case 
you are not at home Bob .
AB 
Arthur S Blackburn