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From: "Beryl OGorman" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] WEST WIMMERA MAIL
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:39:09 +1100
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What a fantastic find Daryl
Wish I could find a treasure like that to include in my Family History.
Cheers
Beryl

Beryl O'Gorman
Greensborough Victoria Australia
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From: "Daryl Crabtree" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:40 AM
Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] WEST WIMMERA MAIL


> WEST WIMMERA MAIL
> Friday January 18,1918
>
> LETTERS FROM THE FRONT
>
> The following is a copy of a letter received from Pte. C. H. L. Crabtree,
> of Booroopki, by his Mother-----
>
> You will see by these lines that I am still getting along well. Things
are
> quiet at this place and I haven't had much to do yet. I was marked active
a
> few days ago and am shifting to another camp today so I suppose I will get
> furlough from there. My arm is almost better now but it aches a little at
> times. It was cut about a bit and some pieces of shrapnel are in it yet.
> I was hit a bit early to miss the winter in France, but that can't be
> helped-------a man is lucky to be alive. I don't think I told you
anything
> about the "stunt" so I may as well tell you in this letter. I had only
been
> back with my battalion 6 weeks when we went in. We left some of the old
> trenches about 1.30 am. It had been lovely weather, but just before we
> started to move up the rain commenced, which made the ground as slippery
as


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