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Y.M.C.A. with the Australian Imperial Force
No 5239
Private N C Brierley
31st Battalion
AIF
On Active Service Abroad
15.6.18
Dear Herbert & Jess
I am at present in England & have been here for 10 days. I will start right from the first & tell you all about our trip. As you know we stopped at Melbourne 4 days & 10 hours at Colombo. I saw Mrs Ludlow at Melbourne. We passed quite close to Cocos Islands. We arrived at Suez. on the 4th April after being 5 weeks on the boat. We were 7 weeks in Suez & I was out in the isolation camp 2 miles away 3 times with my mates through one of them catching the measles. It is the rottenest hole on Earth & we were glad to get out of it. We left by express for Alexandria & was 9 hours on the trip. We were taken by tram to Gebarry camp about 4 miles out of the town.