Michael Billings Collection - Wallet 14 - Part 5 of 13

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7.5.44
Mrs. M. Billings
536 Whitehorse Rd
Surrey Hills Victoria 

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LEAGUE OF SOLDIERS & FRIENDS TAKE CARE OF HIM
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Military Camp at..........
BATTALION OR UNIT VX38483 Sgt M. 
Billings.  Dist Accounts 
Office New Guinea
9.5.44

Darling Kay
Howdy partner,  
greetings from Micky and my  
fondest hopes that you and  
Richard continue to maintain the  
rude health so pleasing to read  
of in recent letters. In Mum's 
last letter she was saying how  
improved you were looking now  
that the tedious process of  
weaning was done with. I bet
you will be a Sweet picture  
when it is my good fortune to  
behold you again. When that
day arrives will transpire only  
the Good Lord knows but it  
should not be long now.
Things are a bit up in the air  
at present but I am a good show  
for the next draft when it
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gets around to setting off.  You  
need to be well stocked with hope  
in this racket but as you can't  
get much out of the stony hearten 
Army you just have to tag along
until your name goes up on the
frame. Don't feel too bad at
all, the weather is pretty hot
but a decent breeze springs up at
night and permits of a decent
sleep. Being kept pretty busy
but thats all to the good. There 
is one small thing in having to
put in a bit more time and
that is an extra 7 1/2  days war
Service leave may be forthcoming.
No more letters from you,
since that of the 3rd but any
day now the reward of the  
virtuous will be my portion. 
As that lack puts a damper on 
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my customary fluency, let's see if
I can think up a few more things
to tell you - shouldn't be to hard.
I confess it was really splendid to
hear of the general tonic effect on you
a while after you became your own
woman again. It would be a
rather shame if that sallow tinge
in your skin and general feeling
of fatigue had persisted. I can
picture you again, little changed
from the cuddly lass I love so
well, full of fun and frolic to 
keep pace with you and your jaunty mum.
By jove, it will be cracker to romp
and wrestle with you again,
rumple your curly thatch and take
kisses from you. By the way how
are aforesaid locks? Still making
steady progress in this return to
former glory. Maybe a bit of a
massage is needed to put the
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finishing
touches on and that you shall
have in plenty, Sweet. So many
lovely things we share, truly we 
will have a heavenly time, wish
it were in my powers to bridge the
gap between us in a few ticks.
I'm terribly impatient for it to
happen, when it gets down to a
matter of days. I shan't be able to
contain my self. After so long it
will savor of paradise but I reckon
we have it coming to us. From
this distance, I cannot conceive of a
brighter prospect, you and me just
dying to see each other, the best
little chappie there is, a place of
our own at last and plenty of time
to enjoy the break.
Haven't seen Pat of late
but I suppose he is still about the
place. Maybe like me, too tired 
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or too lazy to go about much.
I hardly shift these days, go
and do my bit of work and my
few chores but bashing the spine
is my dish whenever possible.
Have brief bursts of energy and
can go a swim or a set of tennis
on occasions.
Well that about exhausts
my chapter of things for tonight
so close now telling you I love
you like fury, you'll see soon.
The usual big kiss for  
Sonny Boy.
Cheerio precious, 
Micky 

P.S.  Please buy. small padlock & key. just
a cheapie and air mail to me
-want it quickly- can do sweet? 
TA
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Mrs. M. Billings
536 Whitehorse Rd.
Surrey Hills
Victoria 

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VX38483 Sgt. M. Billings,
Dist. Accounts Office,
New Guinea. 11.5.44.

Darling Kay,
Having copped another three nights of duty at the office, I am
once more trying my 'prentice hand on the Keyboard.Only a one finger whacker
but I manage to churn out a fair bit of verbosity to confound your eager eyes.
First, had your most welcome letter of the 6th and am pleased your
period of waiting for the elusive postman came to an end with a couple of the
best. Yours was certainly some screed and you must be coming back very strongly
to be competent to knock out six pages after putting in a strenuous day in and
around your little nook. By jove, the place is beginning to sound extra nice
due to the valiant efforts you have put into making it a dinkum home for us.
I am almost xxxxxx past whipping the cat about the rental it commands and for
a shylock like me, thats saying something. I know I can depend upon you to
extract the utmost value for your investment and when all is said and done,
the return in happiness to, ourselves makes it a timely investment. At last, I am
getting my sergeant’s money so that is another bit of grist to the mill. Sorry
in a way I did not get into this game earlier for I'm confident that I could
have risen a bit more but time is the obstacle. Anyhow, I'm engrossed with only
one grand passion now and that you can easily guess.
Reading your accounts of your house wifely pursuits, you are
certainly an enthusiast, great pity the drudgery mars your beauty in little ways.
However, its in a good cause and knowing you of old, I know you will hoe into
these things rather than be under a compliment to anyone. Still, its pretty
thick to have to tackle heavy staff like wood chopping so I trust it will not
be long before I can relieve you of a few tasks. Mother is doing yeoman
service on our behalf, all I can say "like mother like daughter" and you are
getting somewhere too. Weather down there sounds nasty, it will give me a thin
time of it until my corpuseles carry a thicker fluid. Reading about the house,
I must say its been swell to discover that you are actually coming round to
saying a word or two in its favor after your early condemnation. All in all,
you have done your customary good job and deserve to have it pleasant to live
in. One virtue it has always had and that is, that Richard appears to have
taken to it and the atmosphere like a duck to water.Yes, when you consider the
accessability of shops and transport, it could be a lot worse. With a congenial
neighbor to mag with and have a "cupper", it has shown an all round improve-
ment. May it continue, for it all tends to promote happiness and contentment