Item 01: James Wilkie letters, ca. 1914-1918 - Page 23
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bed. One son was home "en permission" while I was there. He was a decent stick but quiet & he grafted hard all the time. A holiday like Mac's. The girls used to graft too out of doors & in the fields. Sundays were their only rest days & then they used to rise at 6 & go to Mass. My assistant is a young Metcalfe, a decent lad who knows heaps of people I know. He says his people are friends of your people.
Young Colin Richards was acting Adjutant here for a while & we had some yarns. He is an old Kings School lad & also knew lots of folk I knew. And today I met young Tyson of Mulberrygong or somewhere there & we had a great old yarn. He knows all Hay & we talked of old Jock & Tom & the Mathews & Margaret Johnson. He isn't well at all & I think should be sent home.
I told you also about meeting Clive Mills & also Nugget Williams. Nugget has quite nice new teeth now & isn't the same at all as when he used to grin at you. We are working again now but things are a good deal quieter for which I'm thankful. We are in a fairly decent camp, I have a good little hut, but draughty but dry.
The ground is hard & dry & covered with snow. Lots of sliding going on, the ponds &c are covered with ice.
Yesterday Xmas Day we had all sorts of winter weather, last night it snowed good & heard & the pla today the place looks like
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