Box 6 Item 01: Edith S. Thistlethwaite letters and papers, 1914-1923 - Page 69
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very kind of her, she must be an awfully nice woman & I'm longing to get to England now to meet her. So glad that Mollie was able to stay a few days with you & that you had a good time. She is a grand girl, wish they were here. Poor old Gert. will be pleased to have a little home of her own again. Hope she will soon get strong & fatter. What excitement there will be at "Tharoona". Suppose Filo. would look very pretty. So pleased to hear that Belle & Alice were invited & hope that you enjoyed yourself.
I had a letter from Corp. L. Peel saying Alice Peel had told him I was here, so he called one day but I was ill & not seeing visitors – then wrote – I must try to arrange to meet him but it is years since I've seen him so will not know him. He is somewhere near here. I have not got the net-covers Mrs Balfour is sending. The nurse could not have arrived yet. Two of our Sisters have just returned from transport duty to Dardanelles & England – They had a fearfully busy time returning from Gallipolli Gallipoli but they had three weeks furlough in England – they both look splendid & have had a great lot of experiences. Some returned