Correspondence relating to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, pre-1914 - Part 2

should be as it is a regula

picnic. I'll try and [[include?]]

a paper and lend it to in

Mr Smith & get him to publish

a letter that is in it - about

Major James and his staff

I hope you will get it -

show Ned & get him to put

it in the Examiner too

it is very little but just 

says what they mean.

I hope you will be able to 

get the paper. Everybody

was so pleased to know 

us here, we feel quite proud

for there are many very

nice people and the

rest we just pass civilly

over and do not bother 

about them. I hope we

have still a Hospital of

our own and I still

will be in charge. I do 

not want to go under any

one else now after being 

in charge of such a big place

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Miss Pocock

Nursing Staff

Gladesville Hospital

Gladesville

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia.

GLADESVILLE

AU 8 1900

N.S.W.

9th August. this is Annie's 

last letter keep them

all too till she comes

home. I am quite well 

I had a long letter from

Ned I sent it on to S. Africa

all his news & all are well

& very happy so that 

is good. I hope all at home

are right. How is Mother

now I hope she is well

again take care of one another

up there. I am sending

a £1 to divide it is not 

much but will come in 

some where all helps &

aid you pay for the Herald

this year I did not be

sure & let me know. Write soon

fond love to all from your Aff.

sister Lil Pocock. Give my

love to Nan Colman xxxxx

Sunday 30^th

Nothing new. Went to Church

this evening 5pm instead of 5.30 as

the men have to be in earlier. We

have now I hear today 9.500 Men

Women & Children Refugees in Camp

here at the Railway Station - if 

they turn out any time there will

be a nice kind of rising.

Still dying a good many a day

but when you come to consider 

the numbers of them you can

not wonder & we have to find

food for these people they

are all living in tents you

know so you can imagine

the extent of ground it covers.

I hope I get some letters

soon from Sydney.

Wrote to Sister Creal on

May 6 resigning there has 

been quite time for her 

to answer. Don't suppose

she can intend doing so.

Did you ever go & see Dr. Fiaschi

or did Ned. I have not had

a letter from Mr Ned or his

Lady for over 6 months

They must be very busy. I do

not care I'll have less

to answer. I wrote to them

again shortly ago but do

not mean to do so any

more. We are losing our Colonel

Gormley who has been here for

some months. I am very sorry

for one never knows whether

you are going to get better or

worse, funny. I believe he

goes to take over charge of a 

Hospital a little further

down Country from the

man Major James that we

were working with so long 

at East London this man is

the Col's Junior so suppose he

will be sent to some smaller

place. It is getting nice weather

here now. Suppose the weather

in Sydney is the same -

give my love to all my

friends. Do you still get 

down to Mosmans' or ever

see Mrs Enright - I had a

letter from them Anne-Jane. She

says she has not seen you

for months.

I must conclude I think

love to all you can send 

my letter home to Rubin & 

the rest.

Best love your loving

Sister Bessie

S.S. Spartan

Table Harbour

Cape Town

March 28^th  

Dear Sister Bessie,

I take very

great pleasure in writing

these few lines to you hoping

it will find you & all of the

Sisters in the best of health. as

I am fair considering my complaint

Dear Sister no doubt you thought

all of your Patients would forget

all about you & Sisters, after leaving

here for Cape Town but still they

have not; everyone has a good

word for you in the way things

was carried out whilst we was here 

and the great improvement as

regards of Hospital arrangements.

I am so sorry I cant carry

your instructions out as regards

of looking your other Sisters

up at Cornberg Hospital as I

and nearly all of us that came 

down on 19^th are going to

Wesley Hospital about 29^th

or 30^th on S.S. Berman. I am

sorry to tell you Cec. your 

help mate took very bad

on board, with vomiting blood

but he is a lot better and wishes

to be remembered to you & all

Sisters I am glad you took them

orderlies in hand. They want it

very bad; I am going to hand

that list over to Cec. that

you gave me at east London

perhaps he will do the same

as me he is staying at Cape

Town he lives in a S. Africa.
I was very sorry our other Sister 

was sick hoping she is in best

health again. I dont know her

name You know who I mean.

there is 3 nurses on board of

this boat Spartan & I must

say they have a very soft

time of it at present as there 

is not many bad cases on board

I think Cec is about the worst

of us all most of the men are 

grumbling on board here about

having no extra, so you see.

They have missed (me & all)

the Sisters at East London. I

dont want to praise you up to

much, but still where praise

is due it ought to be given &

this is the only way I can as

I am not supposed to speak

but still I dont walk about

with my eyes shut and I dont

think Tommy will give the N S.

Wales A.M.S.R. a bad name

when they get home to England

I shout at any price. now.

you must excuse me for not

writing before as I thought of

stopping till I counted these hours

(at Aynbury) of yours up please

Remember me to that man in Comer

with tug whiskers or Bombardier

Kelly I mean tell him to come

home, he will know what I mean 

now I think I have told you

all. this time hoping you

will excuse this short note

With Best

Wishes to you all

Sisters and every

Success

From an Absent Minded

Beggar

Corpl. F Gay.                

PS.

All Patients send their best Wishes

to you & all Sisters.