Item 01: Gordon Thomas Edwards letters, 21 January 1916-7 August 1919 - Page 56
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[Page 56]
France
November 12th 16
Dear Father,
Your very welcome letter came to hand a week ago with all home news and I was very pleased to hear that everything was in so good a working order. That heavy rainfall should be just the thing for the young trees and should give them a great start. Last night I received another couple of letters, one from Ida and one from Florrie Dorman, now that we have joined the Battalion letters come along more regularly, and when a man gets a few letters every week he seems ever so much nearer home. For the past few days we have been resting, after having nearly three weeks in the trenches, but what our future move is I have no idea. Now that winter is coming on it is beginning to get a bit more uncomfortable, although as far as