Item 01: James Wilkie letters, ca. 1914-1918 - Page 45
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Of course one is much nearer the front & its ever so much more exciting & interesting than it was. I was getting absolutely bored at the D.A.C. & left without a pang almost. Ah well I had a good time there till just at the last. It was a good job.
Mr. Playfair is the Adjutant here, not Jack, the other one & he's simply A1. I do hope I do all right. I didn't get much of a drilling in it, arrived here one afternoon & my predecessor left next day at 11. He has got a commission in Trench Mortar Battery, so have Brian & Bertie Macnamara. I haven't seen them lately, I'm very glad but I wish it weren't trench Mortars.
I had a letter from Jack Busby, he is in England. I thought he was an officer & got such a shock to hear from him he was a driver. Fancy I got three letters from you at once 24th June, 3rd July & 8th July, it was sweet of you & is too to write so regularly & often & I do appreciate them.