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before & he was very sick of things. It must be the devil out there as far as living is concerned but I hope he doesn't come over here. The shelling is worse than Verdun. We have got the Germans scratching here all right but it is costing a lot of men. Hope they get compulsion in Australia. I should like to see the portly Keith Bain & few others forming fours digging trenches, etc. It would do them good even if they never had any fighting to do. The nurses in this hospital are good sorts & look after us well. This is the first time since I came to France that I have met any English women. How is the youth? Give my love to your husband & same to yourself.
From yours ever
J.S.D. Walker
[Transcribed by Judy Gimbert for the State Library of New South Wales]