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Y.M.C.A. with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Beaumont
Belgium
23.3.19
Dear Herbert & Jess
I arrived back from Calais the day before yesterday at 4 pm. I was away for 5 days. There were 7 of us had to go as guards. We were all given revolvers & ammunition. We cooked our own food on the train & lived very high I can tell you, Steak & chips every meal & plenty of bread butter & jam. We passed through Mons, Lille & Armentieres. Stopped in Calais 2 days & got paid there as well. I do not think much of the place although it is a very busy shipping port & thousands of soldiers of all kinds were there. We took 24 hours coming back. Unless this money of mine comes for Paris leave soon I am going to Brussels again mainly to see this Belgian Madamoiselle I made the