Dartford Hospital; February 25th, 1919

No: 3 Aust Aux Hospital
Dartford

My Dear people,

Just a few lines to let you know I am quite well & doing alright.

I got a letter from Mick Griffen when he was nearing Colombo the other day. I also had a letter from Davenport in the Battalion, he told me the boys had got a parcel of mine which, of course, they would make short work of as soon as they heard I was in hospital, but I hope they let me know who it was from.

Things are going on quietly over here & there is very little news, the weather is very mild for this time of the year & spring promises to be fairly early this year. I am still getting my leg massaged.

Well I will close now as there is nothing to write about.

Hoping you are all quite well

I remain Your Loving Son & Brother

Tom

Edinburgh; January 23rd, 1919

King George and Queen Mary Victoria League Clubs
Edinburgh
Ramsay Lodge
The Mound.

 My Dear People

Just a few lines to let you know I am quite well.

As you will see from my address, I am in Scotland on 14 day's leave. I only stayed one day in London when I was coming through but I will probably have a day or two there as I go back. London is much better now that it is lit up at night. I will very likely go on to Glasgow for a few days. I saw Bert Lilley as I was coming through Charleroi, he will be going home very soon & I think Frank & Aleck will be going too.

I received the parcel you sent me on 2/8/18 safely and was very pleased to get it, the tin of pudding went Al coming down through France on the train. I sent a note to Miss Kelly thanking her for the socks that were in the parcel. We also received a xmas parcel from the Queensland soldiers fund, this was from two land girls & had among other things a tin of butter, cocoa & milk, sweets etc. & was a very good parcel. The boys in France are very short of smokes, but I am quite independent of that. The French civvies will buy anything in the shape of tobacco at all & pay a big price for it.

It is very foggy here this morning & I am afraid it is not a very good time of the year to be in Scotland. I only arrived here this morning so have not seen anything of the place yet.

Well I will close now hoping you are all well.

I remain Your Loving Son & Brother

Tom.