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7.
There has been quite a change in my office position during
the last few weeks, & you say you like hearing about the
people I am with & so I will tell you all about it.
On August 6th, this Coy will have been established
for 6 months - & I shall have been away from you
for 10 - & on or about that date they began changing
British officers for Jewish, leaving only me, the second
i/c & one British sub. By now, the new Jewish ones
have arrived & the British ones have not deported &
so I am 10 strong. A chap called Flohr arrived last
week - he is 31, has a wife & a child, & was a farmer
before joining. I don't really know much about him yet,
having been too busy to find out - but he seems a
quiet, decent sort of bloke, & intelligent & hard
working. But i don't think very much guts or
personality - but he is shy, & may come out. The
other one has been a N.C.O in my Cop & was
commissioned today. I took him over as a house
Corporal, promoted him Corporal & Sgt, & recommended
him for his commission. He is 24, & a South African
Jew - his family were Polish, he was born in the
Belgian Congo, & he is now naturalised British.
His name is Gerald Kalk, & he is a very
pleasant, steady & reliable young man. All chaps
who have earned commissions from the ranks in
the other Coys, have been posted to another Coy
on becoming an Officer, but I decided I would
prefer to keep someone I had trained myself