Letters of Athol Cluny McPherson, January to March 1915 - Part 2

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First World War, 1914–18
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Egyat 7/15 My Dear Hather I was delighted to receive both yours & Mothers letters last night, it was the first mait the litteers only took that came direct to her a month, yours was aristile on the 10th of Dec & was deliverld last night, the 6th of Jonuary, to that iont bad it will be alight if they all come as quietly as that. I think I hold mother none of my letters to address all letters so to the conceurion England, but I mse that it would be bitter to address shem 4 at on after us & would it be so very nothing like tey would if they were sent from hin so England? Yes as you lace to tay this is a very interessig u to live, with all the old See We never stopped in Aleander to I dont know much about it, but there is pluity i see here, without goung there, thee lyramids wonderful as + there are seares of as X Shu Se chrl round about it gran
to the sop of the great Rynamed, takes about sweety minures, you go straight u on the lorner, you cau go up one side & dow the other, I can tell you, a person wants a irly steady head to climb it, it looks a trenendows height to look down, where ie only half way it looks a fair One of the gluder told me that a peron went up so the top one time & was is tas down agree, to four of wer Any hud is bld tld hend to nthe itto wt t conywt sae wore altornge I en te for aen e nte e Dr caled a expilly, I think it is lepte Ouson, allh u I dont know what the no of cepsie is, when I went to see the Dy the was only his corporal in the room + he & me a feet of a start by saying he thought it was prisoned, it was an enorshorous size, swelled from the kine to the ankle, bat it is rightdown no
the Rumans itw What a got over ty tuke, an amy loys to tanner in a body is a great number & there rens to be every prospect of them forcring another to surreader. I dont sancy Turkey will last very long,- I wish they would send us so meet the dogs at Jerretn, I would like to be it & it would be alright to have a go at the Turks as well, by all accounts there are about 70,000 there covld give there some lead to w wit Kititere car sanne be s I don't expect to see the tunen ort this spring out, Kitchener may have some aron for saying that, it may be to t a colunters, bp to lite, We are faving very windy & durty weather here mong everything gets very saueby, as it hows I was glad to hear by proten aber that the ly saine aut off the desert as well it not lather than now artiay marvillious to think t sed, it.
you goo any crox at all, Im anxwers +o hear what your raw record was for the year, I shilk it must have beaten te record of the 1902 drought unless you had a lot of crece last manth I saw up an Aurtillarion that one as the fellows got in camp last night, that you had over an ince towards the end of croverece, but ocourse it would be but it or to late to do the crops any might have given water in the daw, t t g e tet a te fia at bit different to the I yre with I was had no day. a Triemaron out here, I believe nearly of these offices belongter them & son would be bound to find some riends in lears, if he belonged to Dell Father Dear I think this is them ile the news, I have so must close out He tryruine to mother by the same I wrose to yook yesterday & it will go by the same mait
40I as this she hope mail now from auiat sove must close now, with heap tAl to all at home, & kind se Horttam foends including ord Bus Mr & MrsBilly millss& with hear nelf I remain ye loving lur
B Rena Cray thas lass Egypt t to Jan 18th 15 My Dearest Mother as the mail closes for Austatia &oday I must send you a few lines, as shere is talk of the letters being anued tomorow or we may be shopped writing tro Altogether & only get a Pl so let you know whether Iam anight or not, I bly hope it int true, I dont miced th ltters being read as long as In rure that you ge then alright, we get so many reports that we dont know I was glad to get botk what so believe yours & Fathers letters or Tuerday it is a treat so get lettrs in a faro place like this infact a chle generally goed oy lolle a mail comes wto was dn to the 8t Watation lett right & wet, wolesall Mtenly bl Wallace Se Amott & Daves it was to real rat to have a gain about Horshau again, Harold was crosk with a very bad cald, he was reading a letter be got from Old Ak in it he said, they were steyping slightly better than a bagaff most of thir chop & all the rave that it had on it was an inch + 29 points, it seems marvellion to think of a crop growing with such a little hane, it almost proves that they could grow wheat now without any, provided there was enough taw moiiture to being it ap
Is just thows what working the land will do, Iwas glad the cros turned out as well Harold also at home as they expected. hold me that Rosr Old cowlt was did dead it was she furst I heard of it aodoubt it is meationed in one of your letters that had give I was knocking about 140 to England. was yesterday + a fellow came up + started yarning to one, I was telling time about the letters being kept back at Horshaw, he osked me if I knew a fellow named Symons there, te was a wrother of t to the one in the Bank anevosed to be the Fe ti a may arent m a hold ne Ms Symono was a bongt gol clayer We saw by the aggptiau paper that all neae papers were stopped coming but oy Australen what nexet will they be doing, molorey told me that the Feseral Lovt had doubled the land soce that ought to be very handy I was sorry to in a drought like this. hear the Liberals lost the Dundes beat, it sems to be about the only gave the Labourits what a knock the Labourites gat in west Austalia at the last Election
I was very glad to hear that your eizing as on the way to getting alight at east it should be a good rejerce to my noin it elecky to get a billed a Dickie real like he seems to straight off Jook & Alley should have done counce out of their fowes this year eggs sould be a good price, with eneyth so dear, fat they ought to be a good price stow, but I suppose they are laid to find in the wimmera I saw 15 a paper that this was a good ui vow buch t cam it sonld gove we i iy gnt me be to ob try with he md i you are able to lase this year- I hope read this, I but mypen to a fellow+ aste is out some where I can't get it; I think ths is about all I have to say, so must close. With kind Regards to the Bevs Grays, Fathers All Cartie & all Horthan hondot love to vason & rd seends + reaiun Lordbye With haps alow wou at a Miss to all at home o we Il ty & write to him carde out Alway ent limited attol
our got it on wih abed the 10th e Prena lam par a mort ast te A cime sat Jan 16 My Dearest Mother As the msil closes Homorrow I must hend you a few trues to let you know that I was pleased to get yours I am well & Jooks litters during the week & to know that you were all well. I also got about half a dozen atters rent back from England + i one of them, you told me about Poor old Doss getting a spill, off tnowy mst have come a bit of a Cropper It was very good of take it where eve you go to drive bir out in his motre Pt was lucky he warnt hurt. I was back in the Doepital lort week with my leg, I told you in my last about having it possoned, well. they sent me out of the Haspital & ouer own postation Dr was neatung me, but he didnt do i any good & sent me back. In glad to say it is all right now & is almost pealedhip Iout on duty again I'll be a bit more carefue nert get anythinng wrong like time I that, I just went to the Dr int time
Anythuns like that seems to be mare likely to get read in this Climate than when I was in the H Australia. 10 young Horkin Lake it wherever you goes Kepherr was one of the orderlys but I didnt know until he went out but I mean to tst hunt him up one of there days I was next to a fellow in the Hopita that knew Mess Hogyarth, Me Stevens, + Mr Johns Ahe Inspector) he couldnt remembers Miss Jeutius, but but said he probables to e ra toms s e to forget nanes, he was a schoot sache & and to peachd i New school for a white, his Nawe is Fred Woonau (not a Radoy though) he also knows missPrice He reeus a very nece fellow & I went by to see him oft the night before last in the Hospital he is suffering from "crook eyes but is nearly right again. He said he knew that King that Miss Hoggarth & miss Jeukius spoke of, to see git him so come with me to muut hime up, hts grand to meet any body like that I was glad you had out here. such a give fall a rain, although

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Ciaro

Egypt 7/1/15

My Dear Father

I was delighted to receive both yours

& Mothers letters last night, it was the first mail

that came direct to here, the letters only took

a month, yours was written on the 10th of Dec &

was delivered last night, the 6th January, so that

isnt bad, it will be alright if they all come as 

quickly as that. I think I told Mother 

in one of my letters to address all letters to 

England, but ive come to the conclusion 

[[?]], that it would be better to address them

here, if we do go on to [[?]], they will 

be sent on after us & wouldnt be so very

old, nothing like they would if they were

sent from here to England. Yes as you 

say this is very interesting place to

live, with all the old [[?]] [[?]] to 

see. We never stopped in [[Alexandria?]]

so I dont know much about it, but 

there is plenty to see here, without going 

there, these Pyramids are wonderful

[[structures?]] & there are scores of ancient 

graves round about it, to climb 

 

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to the top of the great Pyramid, takes 

about twenty minutes, you go straight up

on the [[?]], you can go up one side & down 

the other, I can tell you, a person wants a 

fairly steady [[head?]] to climb it, it looks

a tremendous height to look down, when

you are only half way it looks a fair

drop. One of the guides told me that a

fellow went up to the top one time & was 

afraid to start down again, so four of 

the guides ([[?]]) had to blind him & 

carry him to the bottom, he gave them each 

two pounds when he got [[?]]. My leg 

is about right now although I havent being

out on the march yet, it was what the 

Dr called a '[[ceptic'?]] leg, I think it is [[ceptic?]]

[[?]], although I dont know what the meaning

of [[ceptic?]] is, when I went to see the Dr, [[?]]

was only his Corporal in the room & he 

gave me a bit of a start by saying he 

thought it was poisoned, it was an 

[[?]] size, swelled from the knee

to the ankle, but it is right down now

 

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What a great victory the Tu [[Russians?]]

got over the Turks, an Army Corps to surrender

in a body is a great number & there seems

to be every prospect of them forcing another

to surrender. I dont fancy Turkey will

last very long, I wish they would send

us to meet the dogs at [[?]], I would 

like to see it & it would be alright to

have a go at the Turks as well, by all

accounts there are about 70,000 there

we could give them some lead to xxxx

swallow I dont agree

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