Part 01: Alan Fraser Fry letters, 8th August 1914- 28 January 1917 - Page 237
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[Page 237]
much more pleased, but one very seldom gets a shot out of his rifle & if you do look over the parapet you see nothing but barbed wire entanglements & a parapet of the enemy several hundred yards along, but bever a man - unless in a charge of course.
Two parcels came along The Sentimental Bloke & a parcel of socks etc. The book is lovely & everyone in the tent has read it again & again. Thank Mother for sending it to me, - there's no doubt about it being true Australian is there? Had a letter from "Tommy" yesterday. Is still in England, and has a job in the Headquarters Staff. Dene was asking me his address so I will enclose it with this. Says he is writing to Helga, because in a letter from her, she said his last letter was "scrummy". A certain amount of leave is granted to England, and perhaps some day I will be able to get a run across and see him.