Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother

Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother

Writes that they had been busy and been to Germany three nights out of last four. Had now done eight operations and had no trouble so far. Says he had had a lot of mail in the last few days and talks of other correspondence. Catches up with news of family/friends.
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1944-09-28

One page handwritten letter

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TO:- MRS B. ADAMS,
“SPRINGFIELD,”
MENDOORAN. N.S.W.
AUSTRALIA.
[date stamp]
Sender’s Address Aus 424504 F/S Adams HG. AUSPO. Kodak House, Kingsway London.
Thurs 25/9/44.
[underlined] No 29 [/underlined]
Dear Mum,
Here we are again. A bit longer than usual I’m afraid but we’ve been very busy for about four days now & I’ve kept putting it off. Been to Germany three nights out of the last four & if that isn’t busy I don’t know what is. We haven’t had any trouble with any of them so far & have done eight of the quota of 30-35 to be done before taking a years spell – generally runs into a year they tell me which must surely mean going home.
Have had a lot of mail in the past few days two from you, three from Betty & also three bundles of [indecipherable word], Yank & Smiths Weekly, one from Rene (says she’s putting on a spot of weight). Also I’ve recently started corresponding with some of the old Mudgee clan & got my second letters from Bert Campbell & Taffy Madell. Taffy sent some extracts from the Guardian about Terry & Jimmy Cameron going off.
I sent him Beryl’s photo & one of Betty’s just to look at & send back & he reckons he’s had a devil of a job to get the lads to part with Beryl. Anyway he wishes to be remembered to the family & “love to Beryl”. Who said she couldn’t get a feller. Believe they’ve started a new mail service & one from Betty came two days quicker than an airgraph. All for now.
Lots of love to everyone at home. Bert XXXX