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Mrs. R. H. Ferris 524 Crawford. St. Toronto. Canada
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71 OVERSEAS BATTALION CANADA
Sunday afternoon April 23.
Dear [Aut?]. I fear it is Easter Sunday and I have not written you yet. It is pretty hard to write letters here as there are only two places[filled up - crossed out] and they are generally filled up. I am writing this from my hut. I would not be able to but the hut is under quarantine, also about six other huts, and I am not allow out for about
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What is Reg doing now? I have not heard from anybody in Canada yet but I gess I will hear pretty soon.
I am feeling pretty good. The boils have all gone and I have a little cold but it is common around here. To-day is the first day that it has not rained since I came. Well [Aut?]. I gess I will close and write mother. Best love to Bob and the rest in Toronto. Your loving Brother Ted. [Aut?]. - enclosed find the begin of my diary it is not written but it was written under difficulty. Please don't show it to everybody. I will write again soon. Ted. (enclosed) (Primroses and a violet)
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two weeks. They poot a couple of tables in the hut and they bring our meals over to us. I suppose that you you will have read Fran's letter by the time you receive this, so I need not tell you about the journey over here which I enjoyed very much. This is quite a country around here. It is all hills and valleys and the views from the top of some of the hills are grand. The other day I went for a walk and from the top of one of the hills I could see the villages of Haselmere, Hammer and Shottermill encluding about six miles of valley. Yesterday we went for a route march and we crossed an estate which took us over a [crossed out] hour. There is not very much to do around here but to go for a walk. There are just little coffee houses and stores and they certainly soak soldiers. I received a letter from Elsie Sawtell yesterday and she envited me down to her place at Cheriton Folkestone, Kent and I am going down when I get a pass. It was very kind of her. (eh)