Item 03: John Chute (Jock) Ellis letters, 1915-1917, with letter from T. C. Ellis, 1917 - Page 39

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but by the time this letter arrives with you, I shall be back again in La Belle France.

I had a letter from John last week: full of news about affairs in general: the taxes look like being strenuous in New South Wales, and money cannot be as plentiful as usual.

Personally I am spending more than at any other period of my life, as I intend to get all I can out of this next six weeks.

But we work long hours, 8.30 till 6 p.m. every day except two per week, when we sleep here in Barracks and start at 6 a.m. instead of 8.30 a.m.

We have Sundays off, except Church Parades.

So really a fellow does far more work here than in France: we train young gunner officers, or rather cadets who are given commissions if