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From Arthur Fry "Denegully" Northcote Road, Lindfield, N.S.W. to Corporal Alan F. Fry, No.1340, A.I.F. 13th Battalion France
6th Aug. 1916
Dear Alan,
It is several weeks, or probably 2 mos, since I wrote to you last. There has not been opportunity in the office, where things have been jogging rather unevenly, owing to short staff & illness & at home you know it has been short days & cold, & moreover Billy has been an all-pervading obstacle. His tongue never stops.
But after all, under normal circs, I would have written, but the fact is I have been on the sick list in a way & quite unable to make an effort. I acquired a dose of influenza & among Dr. Biffin's prescription was a direction to use a nasal douche. I didn't know anything about the bally thing & instead of going cannily & gently to work, I syringed the water up with a force only equalled, by stupidity,