The Munro Letters
Transcription
Seaford
Dec. 1st 1918.
Dear Mother,
Just a few lines to let you know that I am coming home very soon now. I may not be many days behind this letter but don't know for certain yet when I will be home. We leave Seaford to-morrow or the next day and I don't know if we are going straight to Canada or not. At any rate I expect to be home in a month and may be in time to have my Christmas dinner in Oakville. Howard French is here and is going back too so I will not be all alone. He has risen to the dizzy heights of a
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Corporal. We are all taking full equipment back with us including tin hat. The infantry fellows all take rifles, but we do not.
Well, here's hoping I get back to Oakville by Christmas.
Love to all,
Your loving son,
Melville.
Also appearing in this Exhibit
Munro Letters- 1918 Dec 1- Melville Munro to Jessie Munro
Description
Melville writes to his mother from Seaford, as he awaits to return home to Oakville, Ontario. He talks about hoping to return before Christmas, and mentions a friend from home who is accompanying him on the journey back to Canada.
Object ID
2017.22.164
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