Item 02: Frank Valentine Weir letter diary, 2 January-31 December 1916 - Page 108

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[Page 108]

[Sunday 16 April 1916]

Not a bad name for Egypt land of PALMS.
One of the Highland Staff gave me 2 books as he is off to England. One is "The first 100 000" KI a War yarn top hole- & the other a dear Irish story called "old Andy, which the poor old Pater would have loved to have read to him, read them just like old Donoughmore.
("Old Andy" is by Dorothea Conyers Received letter from Joe 5/3/16, from [indecipherable] & Kath 6/3/16 please thank them.) omit
Inoculated for PARO-TYPHOID again today- expect to feel a bit off tomorrow but Typhoid bad down this way.

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