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10-8-18
14-8-18
England
R.B.A.A. [Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery] Mil. Camp
Heytesbury
No. 63832
Gnr. H.T. Isles
35th Field Artillery Reinfs.
A.I.F.
Dear Nell
I opened your letter while lying at one of the Brooklyn wharves & am only just answering it. I put it in one of my uniform pockets & only found it again today. In any case it would have got to you no sooner, as when in N.Y. [New York] I was out at 10.30 a.m. & back at 12.30 m.n. a.m. I did not get a great quantity of writing done.
We have had a great trip right through fine all the way. We called at Wellington first putting in 2½ days there but only got a few – 10 – hours leave. The rest of the time I put in in route marches.
Tahiti was our next call, there we put in 5 days with 50% leave each day. We had a great time there feasting on all sorts of fruit from coconuts to bananas & oranges. The people gave us an all round good time. I managed to get off every day & on the Sunday afternoon three other chaps & I went for a spin in a Tin Lizzie. It was a great run