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[Page 4]
NEW YEAR. 1919.
AUSSIE BOYS.
To the many dear AUSSIE "Boys" I write this - "Boys" of whatever age - who passed through my "Little Grey Home" and to those also who have received my wee booklets ('Rations" and "Bread Tickets" we called them!), Cards, "Mirrors," and various "Souvenirs" from the "Bacsheesh" basket, on the Stations of Dinton and Wilton, when going to the Front, to "Scule" leave, etc. - to one and all - GREETING.
I have taken as a nucleus the names of those whose home address is found in my Visitors' books or other lists. Alas! many put Regiment and names only - many this letter cannot reach - but to those it reaches I hope it will convey the good wishes of THE AUSTRALIANS' "MOTHER," who from October, 1916, to the present time (November, 1918) has gone in and out among them at all hours and places, and has never received anything but courtesy and kindness from them.
I should like to thank all for their consideration and goodness to an old lady who only offered them things neither temporal nor tempting, but purely for the good of their minds and spiritual welfare.
I hope that in the sunshine of the South they will not forget to pass on to others any good they may have received.
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