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Kasr-el-Amy Hospital Cairo, 4th May 1915
My dearest mother
As our letters are still being censored I will have to be brief with this and give you full particulars later.
I have been wounded in both thighs and left fore-arm.
My left thigh is the worst wound, the curs were using "dum-dums" explosive bullets & one got me and made a mess of the fleshy part of thigh but luckily missed the bone. The wound in left forearm is a clean bullet wound in one side & out the other, also missing bone, I received these wounds at the one time backing up the old saying "it never rains but it pours" I also put my shoulder out when I fell which didn't make matters any brighter. The hit I received in other thigh was only a spent bullet which is in yet, it bowled me over when it hit me but didn't do any damage.
The wound in right thigh I received a little