Letters from Robert Edmund Antill to his Family, 1917 - Part 3 of 5

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
Part of Quest:
Letters from Robert Edmund Antill
Subject:
  • ANZAC
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RCDIG0000322
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A05 Rey to 1228 3 Eoy 65 Batin AJ.& Worgret Canp I ave have 10.4.17 Dear Mot her Tast about time I wrote what do you think are over will the holiday haven't been home yet I trud I this time but tran travelling is allowed for only 3 per cent per Battn at present & as per usual some arneos got those I passes any way my tuon wout by long not Bournemonth ba went into or Sunday & minda of course.
of $810 Idon't like my we had to walk & must say enance of getting it but. I can do with it, all the samehad a very fine time thene, a lot of London people are down if one don't ack one will there on holidays & the town Never recieve is quite lively, it is rather an I have heard notting more expencive place to be in & about your registered letter money don't go for in such So you had better try & places. trace it & I will also get Girls, why the place was you to send along a couple full of then & as per usual more pounds will if think all the Anstratians were yan had better make i casting one about any way three ot my money + I its a bhit of a change from might we aple to send it back ift get this big capp life. We chanded our pay books Bay. in today for pay day next I will now close hoping Tues to clay week & I put all are well a little mote in sids addoed I remain your loving to our BC asking for extra pay to the Amount Bob Son
ter it P.S. Hep. progreesing favourably
Cmo Geo to 1228 B Co. 65 Batn As. F. Horgret Cayp Warehaam 134 19 Deear Mothe Received your nost welcome letter yesterday, dinner time o how quick if came I sent my ltter, got a return in ress tha a day of a half, if seame rather han about that of tothes regestered letter & sincerly hope it will tarn ap beffore aony I am now, attending a Schio is for genral here in this camp, drill use & we are being inttructed by an impereal staff o they make one move about at bit the echoo finishes tod if week,, do, not mind if a vill for it freshs ones memoriy up a good deat.
C Ffectorday down here was avery cold aay oalchaeng yu to day is spunded just lik a mid summtsday extept for rather by stron of wind. Teceved Dollye & o athre lttes the day before becived this one I am grad to yure all are goin on, will at home witl now draw a stote is just on um to gall. oe it reman Your loving Son
65 Both 1228 Warehan 166 17. Dear Mnother Have just received which we have been your letter long it has been after for So place down to all over the Way month Ect. Have very little time before fall in sounchs so can't stop to all one well at hoping write home as my self I remain you loving son Bat
Reg No 1228 D BCoy 165 Bath AS. OWorgoe Camp 19 4. 17 Waveham Dorsel Dear Nother Hope you received wive sabely & as you see by that I am to Perham leaving to goback again & from there to Fraver & I think thi time it is right. Poalers came theoe oh bast nght that all men belonging division have got to to the their unitte at that return same crergion in their last I have suffered awful fight caucalitys & the very lateat is that 14 Bate came ant that 10 mea & thoee were more with than a line, jet think what clead
a cutting af they much of had it ceams too dreadful to trunk of As regarets to leave I know very little but if there is any poscible chance. I am on it quick & lively, in one way I would, sooner stop her then again I am pleased I am getting bapk to to old the again. I can nargely make nang veen it out yet for away so long but these I shll soon get, ped to et hall I think I will close & await events, hoping one &all are well at home I remain Your loving Son 6306

Reg No 1228

B Coy

65 Battn A.I.F.

Worgret Camp

Wareham

10.4.17

 

Dear Mother,

Just about time

I wrote what do you think,

well the holidays are over &

I havent been home yet I tried

this time but train travelling

is allowed for only 3 per cent

per Battn at present & as per

usual some others got those 

3 passes any way my turn wont

be long now.

We went into Bournemouth

for Sunday & Monday of course

 

  

of £10 I dont like my                    

chance of getting it but I           we had to walk & must say

can do with it all the same        had a very fine time then, a

if one dont ask one will               lot of London people are down

never recieve.                                 there on holidays & the town

I have heard nothing more        is quite lively, it is rather an

about your registered letter      expensive place to be in &

So you had better try &               money dont go far in such

trace it & I will also get                places.

you to send along a couple       Girls, why the place was

more pounds well I think           full of them & as per usual

you had better make it               all the Australians were

three of my money & I                carting one about any way

might be able to send it             its a bit of a change from

back if I get this big                     camp life.
pay.                                                   We handed our pay books

I will now close hoping               in today for pay day next

all are well                                      Tues. today week & I put

I remain your loving                    a little note inside address

son  Bob                                         to our O C asking for

                                                          extra pay to the amount

 

P.S. Hope Pater is 

progressing favourably.

 

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH
MILITARY FORCES

Reg No 1228

B Coy 65 Battn A I F

Worgret Camp

Wareham

13.4.17

 

Dear Mother 

Recieved your most

welcome letter yesterday dinner time

& how quick it came, I sent my 

letter & got a return in less than 

a day & a half, it seams rather hard

about that of other registered letter &

I sincerely hope it will turn up before

long.

I am now attending a  xxxxxxxx school

here in this camp, it is for genral

drill use & we are being instructed

by an imperial staff & they make

one moon about a bit, the school

finishes today week, I do not

mind it a bit for it freshs ones

memory up a good deal.

 

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH
MILITARY FORCES

Yesterday down here was very 

cold day also showery but 

to day is splendid just like

a mid summers day except for rather
a strong wind.

I recieved Dollys & Fathers  letters

the day before I recieved this one

& am glad to here all are goin 

on well at home

I will now draw to a close

as it is just on time to fall in

I remain

Your loving Son

Bob

 

1228 65 Battn

Wareham

16.4.17

 

Dear Mother.

Have just recieved 

your letter which we have been 

after for so long it has been

all over the place down to

Weymouth Ect.

Have very little time before

fall in so cant stop to

write hoping all are well at

home as myself

I remain your loving son

Bob.

 

Reg No 1228

 B Coy 65 Battn A.I.F.

19.4.17 Worgret Camp

Wareham

Dorset

 

Dear Mother.

Hope you recieved wire

safely & as you see by that I am

leaving to go back to Perham 

again & from there to France & I

think this time it is right.

Orders came through
last night that all men belonging

to the 4 division have got to

return to their units as that

same division in their last

fight & have suffered awful

causalitys & the very latest is

that the 14 Battn came out 

with 10 men + those were more

dead than alive, just think what

 

a cutting up they must of had it

seams too dreadful to think of.

As regards to leave I

know very little but if there

is any possible chance I am

on it quick & lively, in one 

way I would sooner stop hear

then again I am pleased I am 

getting back to the old 14 again.

I can hardly xxxxxx make

it out yet for I have been

away so long but there I shall

soon get used to it.

Well I think I will

close & await events, hoping one 

& all are well at home

I remain 

Your loving son

Bob

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