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49.071 - ALS to Austie
ALS to Austie, sister of Reg. Describes worrying about his letters reaching Canada, asks about various family members and comments on their interest in receiving souvenirs, describes holding the hand of a ‘hun’ while his wounds were dressed.
Collaboration is restricted.
49.072 - ALS to Austie
ALS to Austie, sister of Reg. Apologizes for not writing on her birthday, asks about family members, describes the cold and rain, the ‘Yanks’ declaring war. Includes handwritten text of ‘The Poilu’s Litany’.
Collaboration is restricted.
49.073 - ALS to Aut
ALS to Aut, sister of Reg. Describes trying to sleep while the ground shakes with gun fire and shells dropping, waking up to a shell having been dropped 3 feet from his shelter, how he wishes he were at home. Describes being in a ‘queer predicament,’ where he wants to bathe with a tin of water,...
Collaboration is restricted.
49.074 - ALS to Aut
ALS to Aut, sister of Reg. Describes trying to sleep whenever he can, as he never knows when he will have time, hearing from other family members, running into men from his hometown in France.
Collaboration is restricted.
49.075 - Postcard addressed to Aut
Autograph postcard addressed to Aut. Describes being on leave with Ted.
Collaboration is restricted.
49.076 - ALS to Aut
ALS to Aut sister of Reg. Describes being cold while on leave in England, but still enjoying himself, wishing he could come home for Christmas.
Collaboration is restricted.
49.077 - ALS to Aut
ALS to Aut, sister of Reg. Expresses frustration at his letters not being received, describes how the war news is making him ill, but how he figures that ‘Fritz’ must be using up a fair number of men.
Collaboration is restricted.
49.078 - ALS to Austie
ALS to Austie, sister of Reg. Thanks Austie for her letters, jokes about adopting a young French child he met, describes running into Ted, having a hard time sleeping since learning about his mother’s death.
Collaboration is restricted.
49.079 - ALS to Aut
ALS to Aut, sister of Reg. Thanks her for her letters, describes having a battlefield dinner with other officers thanks to the package she sent, describes having trouble keeping in touch with a romantic interest in California.
49.080 - ALS to Fran
ALS to Aut, sister of Reg. Thanks her for sending pictures of family, describes being ill but on the mend, running into someone he knew back home.