William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 108
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[Page 108]
supply in for Xmas.
We have been buying a few things on the beach from the sailors – They rob us unmercifully 3/- a doz. for eggs – 2/3 for cake of Griffiths chocolate – You can well imagine that we buy few such luxuries –
Prices at the Canteen on Imbros Island are very reasonable –
I would like you to send me a couple of shillings worth of some kind of sweets – say every five or six weeks.
Very very seldom has any packet sent from Aus. to any of the chaps – gone astray.
I am at a loss to know what on earth to write about
It will soon be a case of ditto repeato – I have 'till the 17th to finish this note – so may think of something of interest to write of in the meantime.
15-10-15 – Have just had a small pay – I shall enclose a 10/- Treasury Note You can buy the Xmas turkey with that.
Had a profitable bit of sport a few days ago. Thinking to have some fish, I took a stroll down to the beach with another officer. We had with us – a tin of bully beef and a bomb. I threw the beef in, then waited for about half an hour before throwing in the bomb. Our venture was met with