Letters to Mrs R. H. Caldwell, from her son Robert Douglas Caldwell and other soldiers, 1917-1919 - Page 62
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except tear gas which only effects the eyes & makes them water so much that it blinds you for the time but does no real damage. Our tucker has not been too good lately, not enough of it & what there is is not too well cooked. Did I tell you I got 12 letters altogether this mail & two parcels, one from St. James, Burwood, the other from Irene. Bob has to go & see the King sometime soon to get his M.C. presented to him. I don't think he will be going back to the front again until after the winter is over, very sensible of him to keep out of it too. I am enclosing in this another photo of ourselves in case the first one I sent goes astry, also a photo of the monument errected in remembrance of the Australians that died at Lark Hill last year. I think I mentioned my being on a guard of honor for the unveiling of the same in some previous letter. As I must go over & see Bob tonight I will have