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[Page 47]
[On the reverse of the above letter is written, probably by Beatrice]
Alma's letters
[Transcriber's notes
AIEF - Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force
Greta is a small town about 50kms NW of Newcastle in NSW.
O.A.S. – On Active Service.
Puddies – these are putties which in WW1 were long (up to 8ft) strips of woollen fabric wrapped around the leg from the top of the boot up to an inch or two below the knee.
Tom Bell was killed in France 8/4/18 in the battle for Villers-Brettonneux part of which involved fighting around the small village of Hangard. He is buried about 800 metres N of Hangard and about 4kms S of Villers-Brettonneux. There is a small military graveyard (about 150 graves) on the SE edge of Bois de Hangard and it is probably here that Bell is buried.
[Transcribed by Miles Harvey for the State Library of New South Wales]