Diary of Mary Ann 'Bessie' Pocock, 1914-1918 vol 4 - Part 13

Present add from
March 1924, Ismalia
Beaconsfield Rd
Chatswood.
A. Bessie Pocock, Trainee Sydney Hospital, 

Sydney Hospital {Nov: 1890 - Jan: 1900,

South Africa        { 1900 - June 1902,

Active Service     { 

England, June 1902, - 1903,

Ret to Sydney Hosp: 1903 - 1907,

Matron Mental  [[Hosp?]] : 1907 - 1911,

Newcastle,

Gladesville, 1911 - 1914,

Active Service Troopship Oct 1914 { - 1919,

"Argyllshire"                                     {

Egypt, France England,                   {

Ret: to N.S.Wales i/c Troopship { 1919.

Zealandia                                   {

Ret: to duty at Gladesville, Dec 1919 - 1924,

2 months i/c Hosp: for wounded in battle on Canal 19c
6 months _" Hosp: Ship "Assaya" July 1915  – Jan 1916,
Gallipoli, Cape Helles, Anzac, Suvla Bay, Alexandria
Malta & England.
To France April 1916, Marseilles, Boulogne & on
to Steenwercke No 2 A.C.C.Stn, for 9 months.
to England in 1918, Lady Darnleys Hosp for Officers till
Xmas 1918. then to No 2 A.G. Hosp: till 1919. then N.S.Wales 

THIS IS A SONG WRITTEN IN BESSIE'S HANDWRITING
NOT KNOWN WHEN SHE RECEIVED IT.
Sounds like it is sung to My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
N.Z.sent this v. nic composition for NSW
Oh Aussies we come here to greet you,
To visit your wonderful land.
As Diggers and Cobbers we greet you,
We greet you with heart & with hand
Chorus, Yes, we come here, from good old New Zea
Far, Far we have come, to see you
The Kiwi has flown oe'r the Ocean
To visit his friend, Kangaroo.
Thro' four years of fair & foul weather
We fought the old Hun side by side
Our names are cemented together
Wherever an Anzac has died,
Chorus
Facing Bullet & Shrapnel & Mirmie
Blood brothers we were when away
And now that the Old War is Fini '
Blood Brothers we would be today.
Chorus
To join in your Great Celebration
We have come then from over the Sea
Let this be the our prayer for your Nation
Australia - be great, and be free.
Yes, we'eve come here from good old New Zealand
Far. Far we have come to see you, The Kiwi has flown
over the Ocean, To visit his friend Kangaroo 

THIS IS A COMPOSITION SENT TO BESSIE POCOCK FROM NEW

ZEALAND FOR NSW. 
Of Aussies we come here to greet you

To visit your wonderful land

As Diggers and Cobbers we greet you

We greet you with heart and with hand

CHORUS:

Yes we come here from good old New Zealand

Far, far, we have come, to see you

The Kiwi has flown o'er the ocean

To visit his friend Kangaroo

Thro' four years of fair and foul weather

We fought the old Hun side by side

Our names are cemented together

Whenever an Anzac has died

CHORUS:

Facing bullets and shrapnel and mirmie? (enemy?)

Blood brothers we were when away

And now that the old war is fini'

Blood brothers we would be today

CHORUS:

To join in your great celebration

We have come then from over the sea

Let this be our prayer for your nation

Australia be great and be free

CHORUS:

Yes we've come here from good old New Zealand

Far, far, we have come to see you

The Kiwi has flown o'er the ocean

To visit his friend Kangaroo

130 Pound St

Grafton

19.4.42

over

My Dearest Bessie

I will

Write to you tonight just

to tell you how well Fred

is getting on, he has been sick

but is much better tonight I

have just come from the 

Hospital & he seems to have

much less pain & says to tell

you he has his eye on his night

Nurse he likes them all. I do

hope you are keeping fairly well

I am looking forward to having

you here with me for a few

months, I will be glad of your

company I have had a 

nasty little cist inside the

When John & Jim were 

down to see Fred I sent such

a nice lot of Vegetables back

with them Pumpkins, tomatoes

lettuce, a few Chocos & 2 Cabbage

they had none & it gave

me pleasure to send them

my front room is all aired

and ready for you. I have

no carpet for the bed side

but a clean piece of canvas

will do. I must go now &

bathe my eye I want to

get it better. No more for

now trusting you are feeling

better I remain your ever loving

Sister

Lil