Letter No 60
30th Jan ‘43
Dear Mum,
I returned to camp last night
after being in Tripoli for the day & found that some more mail had arrived.
I received Letters nos. 24 & 25 from you & no.14 from Betty. This
brought my letters up to date. In case some of the letters that I have written
in the last few days don’t arrive I will give you a list of what I have
received from you, - 10, 11 & 13 from Betty & one parcel. On the 21st;
No27 from you & no15 from Betty. Also a parcel & a pudding from you
& a cake from Aunty Emily – the 24th, 26, 28 & 29 from you
& a cake from Aunty Lizzie – then yesterday I received 24 & 25 from
you, no14 from Betty, & a Christmas cake & a tin of biscuits. Nos 21
& 22 from you & 12 from Betty arrived on the 31st of
December.
I can’t understand this parcel business because one
was sent on the 27/10/42 & another on the 7/12/42 & they arrived here
together. The biscuits carried very well indeed. As a matter of fact, there was
only two broken. The cake had had a rather rough time & about half way down
it was dry & mildewed. The bottom half contained all the fruit & was
quite damp & good to eat.
I now know why Betty was going crook because I
thought you were the cook of the shortbread. The biscuits I meant are the slabs
of shortbread about 4 inches square & half an inch thick – the real Scotch
shortbread. However if these are easier to make they will do just as well.
I received a letter from Bill Alfonso to-day &
he is in the A.I.F. at Bathurst. I will write to him again tomorrow.
Intended telling you about Tripoli in this letter
but I have to get back to work so I will close & write tomorrow.
Much love Dad & Bet.
Lovingly
Yours
Frank
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