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"Abduls Country" Gallipoli7.11.15My dearest Sister,Two more letters & a card for my birthday to hand today from you, I dont think you have missed a mail to me yet. I think I told you that I got over 50 letters in one go from the Base since returning from Egypt. I tell you they took reading too anyway it will be satisfaction for you to know that your letters were not lost altogether as we thought.Our holiday at Lemnos is over & we are all back at the big disturbance again. You were talking about at least writing about promotion for me, they made me a Lance Sergt sraight away on returning & now am full Sergeant & Platoon Sergeant & if I hang on & dont get knocked will get a commission before long. I stand very well with the old officers of the original Battalion, but our Coy Commander is a young reinforcement officer & is not much class as a CO & we old NCO's brawl a treat with him especially yours truly & the Sergeant Major another old hand. This officer was a counter jumper at Grace Bros & now by gum he swanks gives me a pain. Now dont get alarmed when I tell you but I am writing this in one of our field hospitals I have a slight touch of influenza & here we have stretchers to lay on & good food, the tucker in this "dugout" is 100% better than the food I ever received while away wounded in Egypt. I only came in this moming & for dinner had 2 bowls of lovely hot soup
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