Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby

Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby

He has been horse riding again in the mountains.

1943-08-29

One handwritten sheet

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The address is to be printed in CAPITAL letters as large as possible, but wholly within the panel alongside

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MISS. J. WELLAND.
7. QUEENS DRIVE.
SURBITON.
SURREY. ENGLAND.

The address is to be the same as for an ordinary letter

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Please follow instructions on other side. The message should be written very plainly. No. 30.

Sender’s name and Address 927893. L.A.C. Darby. [symbol]8. B & G. S. Lethbridge Alberta.

29/8/43

Dear Jean,

Thanks so much for air-letter received last week. as I’ve been on a 48 hour pass I expect three is some more mail waiting for me. This 48. I went to Waterton again the scenery is so marvellous that it needs at least a week to see even a small part. I broke fresh country, went 16 miles into the mountains on horseback, it was wizard climbing up through the pine woods, we reached 7,800 feet above sea level and got some marvellous snaps, those ponies are very nimble, they scramble up steep trails cut from solid rock, in some places the track is very narrow and rough but they never seem to stumble. It was lucky I was out of camp as we had a bad prairie fire about 10 miles away and all the camp were mobilised to put it out, they worked 24 hours before it was under control has burnt an area of 80 square miles, it look [sic] enormous from the air. Well at the bottom again, will be sending air letter shortly. Cheers for the moment. Yours Jack.