Part 02: Rex Nixon letters, 21 May 1915-27 December 1916 - Page 337
Primary tabs
Transcription
[Page 337]
II
ordered the lubricants and were all quiet when someone wanted to make a wager with an old cockey; the Ausie said said he could make holes
with his head in the floor, but old hayseed doubted whether he could. The Aussie stood up straight and punched three holes with his head in the ceiling, and of course won.
Lovely weather to-day, but suppose it will turn about to-morrow; it is very unsettled weather lately and when it does rain it is too muggy to don a
coat.
Rod is at "The Grave" hospital in Tooting now, and says it is like doing time in the cooler; Military police, an iron picket fence surround the war worn heroes, but what else could he expect, its an English hospital not Australian.
This town as they call it is worse than a shell shattered village in France. You could buy articles there if you had the money, but here you must take a ride in a train before you reach a shopping centre. We are in the country I know, but no preparations are made for the soldiers, they number thousands.
Had a letter from Wareham a few days ago, and they say it is dead without the Australians