Letters from George Alexander Hugh Murray to his family, 1915 - Part 13

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
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  • Documents and letters
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RCDIG0000957
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coupte of day. I cannot wrote anmore now as I am about mad wish with acke wI will close wishe you all a Merry bhristmes & a Happy New year with best of love from your foory Brother & Lon Geore
A0 Mr Hbey Wood Rent 5/12/10 All at home Chritmas will be over by the time you receive this letter I do not know where I am join for Chritmas but if I can get any length of leave I will go to Scottard though it will be very cold & ever We had the mufortune to have one of our chap accidently killed at this Camp. He was at Qucensbander and a Light Horse man. He was coriy home= and croinn the roas when he was run down by a mot Motor Car and had his head rmasted. He died in a few monutes. He was given a fiell military funeral and about a thous and marched to the cimetary We had about three miles to Co and markin the yow march it took us about two hous bert coming back the band played some of the livesest tures and you would not know it was the same lot of men. I have bought another charter and berinng to tearn come of the
old tunes again. The commancay Officer is forming a pipe band and I am goin to have a bry to goin it I do not get any letters of late though I have written to tgypt Port Office & to the Commonuiant Offices, though there must be a lot about for me some. where. was on escort duty takin some of our chops into London by motor-car, wher the diiver tried to trun over a by wayon Al the front of the car was pmarked in but it cauied us home. We were all thrown all roads but none were very much heat only then peeled off Before I we started home I wert to see a mate at Fulham Militayy Horpitar andwhen I was comin but Irun against a chap I had not han since lart Arit. It was W. W. Garn. He has been knocked about t lot for he has been there tone Bith of his
hands bare bultet marks In the same ward as I am is a Thr Bygs who syned on in Warrack We came from Banjuar Where ever you go you meel some one that you know. there is a batch leaving this can an a fewdays but no we knows whos to go or where they argoog he I cannot carry a pack bot I am having a bry to go with them Every time I put- a weight on my back I get doubted of with paint they say they can alo nothing for me I have not heard from Ds since September though I have written faiily after I am sending him some they for bhurtmas but he most likely will not receive them. One of the men in our ward wert right of his head and bean throung every thing about - & nechming like mad. It took five of us to hold him down of te we couget him He said the bay pikes drove him mad
AUS I have no more news fhis time I will alose wishing you all a Happy New Year fon fe tong tnt t ae N0
Abbey Wood Rent 1/12/15 What home No letters from you in I came to this camp but they will come in good time. I sent a phote of a few of the chaps in my hus. It is not much but it will always heming me of this place. I sent two regirand parads long wish them. One is our radge and an Ayylle Hatherlandshire Highlanders spowan. I got it made &me the other is a Turkish but tet. I have in carrying it about with me for a long I trud to at extra leave for bhusmas +go to sistland but it was no use. would only give us four days of we out of England & three days if we shis me, and that is no good to anyove, I am rtaying in the camp so it will a two bhuismes I will be away from home and theee does not sum any end of the rtouggle yet. If you go by the papers you will find What we are in a wornd plight now than we were at the
beginning. A lot of chap are havin this cam In a few days to where thy ds not know. I rems a bit too hard to take them away just before bhrinmas but I suppose they have reasons for it The winter is not agreing wish our chap They are down with all kind of cairt- & bn complaines. It is playing up more wish them than Egypt did. I heard from S. Gunn Bday. They are all will and he says it is always raining or snowing up his way. I am snding a broach abong with this letter It is a souvernin of south Afina. Fow a Shound wish rope + bucket. This is all this time so I will say goodly From your loving bother & yon Geore I have not heard from hes sime September
Abbey Wood Jrent 18/52/15 Dear Dad, No letters since tast-September but still Tkeep on writing. Twute to Les every week but cannot get anyreply and no one rums to know where he is but he must be well or I would have heard. I hear from A. Gunn every week. He has had no letters from you for a long time and cannot make out the came. He has had an addition to his family and now has three girlsa and a baby boy and Inever knew that he was marnied. He says it is continually mowin or raining and I bet it is very miserable liveng amongst the wills. There has not been much snow around here but it never leaves off raining I am in the next batch to go back
to the front and am under orders to go at any nument and on account of that we are not allowed t hrutmas 0 leave so I cannot go and see London in Chriumas time. I will be never any good for marching again for I cannot go any distance or even carry a pack for I cannot get any Strength back Did you ever get any of the thing. that Frent from England. I cannot think of anything more so I will elore hoping you are ase all well I am at present I am Your loverg Son George
Abbey Wood Rent 20/0/10 All at home I got five letters from you on the 24th They were dated October. They went to Harefield, ttion, and then were ront to me here. I am very sorry to hear about Lloyd Marck's death. I never knew anything about it before or did know anything about Mr Cray dying. I have not received the papers or the cake that you rent but I infoore they will turn up some time. this is the wont bhustmas I have ever spent. It is not- too cold bat it never stops raining and you can so no- where I have been all over the best parts of London and the county around I can find my way about London for better than I Could Melbourne It is just twelve months today rince I haw the lan plimpre of Austration shores. I reems 1009

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