Letter from Pat Hogan to Miss Marie Hogan

Letter from Pat Hogan to Miss Marie Hogan

Catches up with recent mail and mentions that many colleagues have not had much mail. Catches up on her activities at home and mentions shows he had seen. Says he had a small celebration recently.

1944-04-13

One page handwritten letter

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To:- MISS MARIE HOGAN
67 CHAPEL ST.
BENDIGI
VICTORIA
AUSTRALIA

Sender:
AUS 436464 Sgt P. Hogan RAAF ANSPO LONDON 13-4-44.

Dear Marie,

I received your surface mail dated 17th & 20th of Feb when I returned from leave the other day but so far have not yet had any air-graphs. I’m not quite so badly off as quite a few of the boys who haven’t had any word from home to date. There is a mad rush daily for the distribution but usually there are many more [indecipherable word] faces than happy ones come away. It is the most talked of subject these days. I know you’ve a lot to do but try and [indecipherable word] me posted with a weekly airgraph at least.

From the postmark on your cable for which I thank you – I see you’ve been to [indecipherable word] and I hope you both enjoyed it and showed some benefit from the change. Glad to know Eileen pulled through alright & will write her on confirmation of her new school. I was very surprised to find Dan hadn’t rejoined his unit.

I’ve seen some pretty good shows lately and enjoyed the musical “Thousands Cheer” [deleted word] immensely, [two indecipherable words] show I’ve seen for ages. I thought Deanna Durbin’s “His Butler’s Sister” was woeful. I saw “Claudia” last night but wasn’t greatly impressed. We’ve been getting more than our share of P.T lately. We’ve all been woefully stiff – hence no dances and all pictures. Had a small celebration with the boys on Easter Saturday night – 8th but we have been pretty quiet and getting plenty of sleep. Of course pictures are out at 9 p.m. when it is still [indecipherable words]