Item 59: Internment camp diary, November 1917-August 1918 - Page 45

<p>[Page 45]</p><p>world. No wonder then that she often seemed bitter, all the more so because she was never blessed with children. She would have enjoyed my and my siblings&#39;&nbsp;families on our visits, even if in her bitterness she didn&#39;t always find the right way to show her love. I was truly pleased that she thought of me in the last stretches of her life and bequeathed to me her family pictures, 12 [indecipherable = reads like Forken], a desk ornament and a small cabinet. I&#39;m sure she meant well for all her nieces and nephews, and I shall always remember her fondly.</p><p>At last they have remembered us in Europe and sent the Swiss Consul via the Red Cross a certain sum to be distributed among us [internees]. Our camp was given the mighty amount of &nbsp;&pound;30 6s, which was recently divvied up. Many of us, including me, have donated our share to the fund for Australian wives and children.</p><p>Our vegetable garden has come along nicely and as of the 18th of January, we have harvested</p>