What a fantastic find Daryl Wish I could find a treasure like that to include in my Family History. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin From: "Daryl Crabtree" <crabtree@tpgi.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:40 AM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] WEST WIMMERA MAIL > WEST WIMMERA MAIL > Friday January 18,1918 > > LETTERS FROM THE FRONT > > The following is a copy of a letter received from Pte. C. H. L. Crabtree, > of Booroopki, by his Mother----- > > You will see by these lines that I am still getting along well. Things are > quiet at this place and I haven't had much to do yet. I was marked active a > few days ago and am shifting to another camp today so I suppose I will get > furlough from there. My arm is almost better now but it aches a little at > times. It was cut about a bit and some pieces of shrapnel are in it yet. > I was hit a bit early to miss the winter in France, but that can't be > helped-------a man is lucky to be alive. I don't think I told you anything > about the "stunt" so I may as well tell you in this letter. I had only been > back with my battalion 6 weeks when we went in. We left some of the old > trenches about 1.30 am. It had been lovely weather, but just before we > started to move up the rain commenced, which made the ground as slippery as