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Tel-el-Kebir
Decr. 31st 15

Dear Dad Mum & All

Your No 19 under date Novr 10th to hand. This is the first letter that I have had from you for about nine weeks – It is a nice long letter and I was so pleased to get it. I received the socks – housewife and stationary for which I thank you so much – Yes I can understand your disgust at the Subject matter of each days paper. It makes one sick – 'Twould be well for people to remember that – Great deeds are not generally evidenced by many-words. Even though our Expeditionary Force is to end the war etc. A propos – remember my opinion of our Gallipoli business – You wrote, you will remember telling me of the people being jubilant because of the rumour that the Aus. troops were about to march into Constantinople – I gave you, I think, my opinion of the show in my next letter. It has proved correct. Too much use is made of the personal pronoun – I dare suppose that, you have not heard a great deal about such troops as the 29th Division – It is almost impossible for any troops to cover themselves with more Glory than the splendid 29th did. Time and time again they have been honored by being selected as the Div. to accomplish the impossible – Yet you would not hear much of their great deeds

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