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No 142556.

76 Battalion

Medical staff

Barrie.

Ont.

Wednesday

My own dearest Minnie,

I received your lovely letter safely yesterday and was pleased to hear from my dear one again, and I think I look forward to getting your letters more than anything. We were given the rest of our equipment yesterday, and that makes everything complete for going away, but dearest I wont talk about that now, and when I come down I will try not to mention it, as I know you will feel better if I don't. 

But dearest one, I very often think of when the time comes, to say. good bye. I wonder if I will be able to, with out, being a little baby myself. I had a letter from dad yesterday, and he said they were getting on fine with the house, and you may be sure I am anxious to go out again and see it, and also to taking you out there too, it would be just lovely, wouldn't it dearest, and go for a lovely walk in the afternoon, along the lake, but I hope to be able to take you home for good some day, and then we can go out when we please, and as long as we please to. 

A lady in England  wrote and told Dad that if I go to England, she will pay my railway expenses to  her place and that she would be sure I would be well looked after while there, so that is something to look forward too isn't it dearest. 

I'm afraid you will be expecting this letter sooner but dearest, I was so busy last night that I didn't have time to answer it sooner, but will make up for it when I come down, I guess I won't have long to wait now, will I dear? 

The weather here is just lovely, and I hope it stays this way for the time we are up here, and the roads have dried up fine. We have a (muster parade) nearly every day now, and headquarters staff, have and inspection every other day, and we have to turn out for it as we are attached to headquarters staff. 

We were out sunday afternoon taking pictures and will send you some as soon as they are finished, which will be tomorrow I think. I'm having some gold work done to my teeth and I hope it will be done before a week from friday, the army dentist is doing it, and it will only cost me about half of what an outside dentist would charge, so I think I'm pretty lucky, don't you 

Well dearest I'll have to close now as there isn't much to say this time, but loved one, please don't worry too much about me, as I'm going to come back safely some day sooner perhaps than you think for, and then we won't have to say (goodbye) at least for very long, and don't forget I'm always thinking of you my dear, so bye-bye.

with fondest love from yours ever loving

Dudley.

don't let anyone read

my letters DH X2

all for

you

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¹ *Archivist note:* Opening words "please to." reproduced as written; page break follows "and as long as we" on the previous page. Connection between pages uncertain — may be a slip or continuation of an incomplete phrase.