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<p>a4701777.html</p><p>6/&nbsp;&nbsp; Other signs of the dawn of spring are had in the new shoots appearing on trees &amp; shrubs &amp; the green of the grass we see.&nbsp; Many insects are also beginning to appear, which seems to testify to the mildness of the past Winter.&nbsp; Talking of the insects reminds me that there are apparently not very many of those pests here, or @ least, they do not appear to be so numerous.&nbsp; I believe the &#39;cockies&#39; here depend a great deal on the severity of the Winter frosts for the quality of their new crops as the intense cold kills most of the earth insect - pest.&nbsp; That&#39;s reasonable enough I suppose.&nbsp; In a week or 2 we will have been kissed by Spring &amp; I guess soon afterwards another kind of Spring will appear, unless --- well, it&#39;s hardly likely that Fritz&#39;ll capitulate without a lot more &quot;Box on&quot;.</p><p>Believe that we &quot;Aussies&quot; over on this side of the &quot;Pond&quot; are to be granted 10 days leave to &quot;Blighty&quot; every 6 months now, instead of the [?] 9 months.&nbsp; Looks like the &quot;Dinkum Oil&quot; too as the 7 months men already have their names in &amp; in that case, if all goes well &amp; God willing, I will be going over the &quot;Gutter&quot; for my vacation about the end of April or some time in May.&nbsp; We&#39;ll see.&nbsp; My Pay Book Credit is now &pound;9 17 6 &amp; ought to be well over the &quot;Tenner&quot; by then.&nbsp; Owing to our move from the &quot;Rest&quot; area &amp; the spasm in the outposts very little mail has arr<sup>d</sup>.&nbsp; The only letter since No. 114 was sent to come along is Els. 23/12, which was delivered with 3 or 4 from others while we were just to rear of &quot;No Man&#39;s Land&quot;.&nbsp; I was in a Hun &quot;Pill Box&quot; on which was engraved (in the solid cement) &quot;Gott mit uns&quot;. &quot;J R 132&quot;&nbsp; (God with us (?) J&auml;gen Regiment No. 132) when it lobbed.&nbsp; Well now my Dear Parents &amp; sisters I must finish here as there&#39;s duty to be done.&nbsp; Hope this finds you all still hale, hearty, &amp; prosperous.&nbsp; Till I write again&nbsp; Good day &amp; God bless you&nbsp; Loving Son &amp; Bro.&nbsp; Harrie xx</p>

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