Letters from Robert Edmund Antill to his Parents, 1914-1915 -Part 5

Troop Ship
S.S. Ulysses.
Dec 23rd.

Dear Mother & Father,
Onother change
has taken place as you can see
I am out of Australia now to
Egypt or England.  You will
remeber that in my last letter
that I told you I was in a training
Depot & would not be leving
for 6 months at least well so I
was untill about 3 days before
the 14 Battanion sailed they wanted
6 men for H Company so they
called for 6 volenters from the
Depot so up jumped about
70 out of 2,000 of us so
out of 70 they th had to
pick the six smartest of us
& so I was luckey enough to
be one of them.  Well now I may
be with you in a few months
or I may go to Egypt & I may
never see you again but still

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as long as I can see a few of thoese
Germans I shall be satisfied.
I am writing this letter & the
ship is tiping a bit I can tell
& I am just on the verge of
bringing some of my tea up.
We left Melbourne yesterday
& shall be at Adelaide tomorrow
weare this letter will be posted
from we are pretty crowed on
f board for there are x Batt
of  xxxx  the xxxxx xxxxx over.
xxxx of xxxxxxxxx heat.  I am
sending you a little present
in this letter which I surpose
will come in handy in these
hard times.  You will not send
any more letters to Australia
of corse & those that are on
the way I will get all right
for Mrs Dowsing is sending
them on to mee.  My address
will be. Pte. Antill. 1228. H Comp
14th Batt. 4th Brigade. A.I.F
England. Don't think that becouse
my address is England that

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we shall land there because the first
contingent had the same address
& landed in Egypt & I am pretty
sure we shall land there. I can't
write much more becouse I feel too
stormy inside & I think I will now
close hoping one & all are well
at home & good luck to you
all. I
I remain
You loving son
Bob
P.S. Last week I posted 8
cabinet phots to you & I hope
they will arive all right.
Pte. Antill
1228
H Company
14 Batt
4 Brigade
A.I.F.
England

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