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France

10/2/18

Dear Dad

Received your letter of 26/11/17 some time ago & since then two from mother Nos 60 & 62 of Novr. 11th & 29th resp., also rec'd a line from Mr Rook lately. You had just been notified of me being wounded & had rec'd the cable from Paris & read the position correctly as I thought you would so there is no need me relating it all again.

About conscription & the result of the second Referendum, I am sure I can't understand the people out there. I am ashamed of the country & can't find any excuse whatever except that they are not over this side & can't see war as it really is & being here serving. I can't allow for this ignorance. It is a fact that no-one outside the real war zone (& that is in my opinion actually in the trenches or within a mile of the front line) has any idea of anything but a vague idea of war. Those that see it generally refrain from conversing about it

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