Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother
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Title
Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother
Description
Discusses the cold weather, and his meeting with ‘Bushy’ Goodfellow whom he had met previously in Australia. He also comments on the regularity with which he is receiving mail, noting that much of it is made up of letters catching him up having initially been sent to Canada.
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Date
1944-03-03
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One page handwritten letter
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EAdamsHGAdamsBHB[Mo]440303
Transcription
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TO:- MRS. B.H.B. ADAMS,
“SPRINGFIELD,”
MENDOORAN. N.S.W.
AUSTRALIA.
[date stamp]
Sender’s Address 424504 Sgt Adams HG. RAAF. AUSPO. Kodak House, Kingsway London. England.
3/3/44.
[underlined] No 6 [/underlined]
Dear Mum,
Very pleased about the way your letters are arriving. I’m getting a double ration now; the older ones addressed to Canada are coming along with those of a month later sent direct. The parcel hasn’t arrived yet but I guess there’s still plenty of time.
I doubt if I ever mentioned it before but there [sic] a bloke here with us, whom I met at Parkes, from Tooraweenah – the Mtn. View Pub I think. His name if Goodfellow, generally known as “Bushy”, so we have a bit in common to yarn about.
Seems you’ve had quite a time for your holiday; how’s Manly these days. Gosh would I like to go back for a while & laze around in the sun with never a thought about trying to keep warm.
This is Sat morning & I’m finishing this off in our pub in town, as it is our days leave to-day. The weather this morning is lovely – not a cloud in the sky. It’s really amazing because yesterday evening it was direct from the North Pole.
Well Mum, cheerio for the present,
Love to all at home. Bert XXXX
TO:- MRS. B.H.B. ADAMS,
“SPRINGFIELD,”
MENDOORAN. N.S.W.
AUSTRALIA.
[date stamp]
Sender’s Address 424504 Sgt Adams HG. RAAF. AUSPO. Kodak House, Kingsway London. England.
3/3/44.
[underlined] No 6 [/underlined]
Dear Mum,
Very pleased about the way your letters are arriving. I’m getting a double ration now; the older ones addressed to Canada are coming along with those of a month later sent direct. The parcel hasn’t arrived yet but I guess there’s still plenty of time.
I doubt if I ever mentioned it before but there [sic] a bloke here with us, whom I met at Parkes, from Tooraweenah – the Mtn. View Pub I think. His name if Goodfellow, generally known as “Bushy”, so we have a bit in common to yarn about.
Seems you’ve had quite a time for your holiday; how’s Manly these days. Gosh would I like to go back for a while & laze around in the sun with never a thought about trying to keep warm.
This is Sat morning & I’m finishing this off in our pub in town, as it is our days leave to-day. The weather this morning is lovely – not a cloud in the sky. It’s really amazing because yesterday evening it was direct from the North Pole.
Well Mum, cheerio for the present,
Love to all at home. Bert XXXX
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Citation
H G Adams, “Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/27274.
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