AUST. No 34171 LAC Cooney, JF No. 3 Squadron R.A.A.F., ABROAD
30th May ’43
Dear Boop,
Just a short note this time
because there is no news & I am only writing in answer to your letters No’s
23 & 24. I suppose I should write to you more often but every time I start
to write home I head the letter, Dear Mum, more or less through the force of
habit. Still you get the greater part of the letters parcels so that
should be your share. I’ll see if I can’t do better in future.
As I told
Mum, I was in town a few days ago & I bought a bit of white silk & some
other floral material for you. When I got back to the tent I remembered that
you had asked me to get you some white material to wear under you wedding frock
& I wasn’t sure whether you wanted silk or satin. As I have burned the
letter in which you asked me for it I am still very much in the dark. However I
will go in tomorrow & get about five metres of it for you & send it on
the off chance. If it is not suitable for your wedding dress maybe you may be
able to make something out of it. Even if it is only baby clothes.
I will see
what I can do regarding the elastic, but I will have to wait until we get to a
civilized city first. You ought to be like the females in this part of the world.
They don’t bother about will-power to keep their pants up – they don’t wear
‘em.
All I can tell you about a
gazelle is that it is like a small deer. It stands about 2’6” to 3’ high &
can travel at a good speed across the open desert. They are fawn & white
skinned so the handbag that Joan got was probably made out of one of their
skins.
The censor must have been
feeling a bit crook when he censored your letter No. 24 because he cut a couple
of lines out of it. The piece that was cut out was where you were talking about
Eric Amery, you said “Eric had lots to tell of his experiences” – CUT OUT –
“Max brought home a lot of shirts etc”. Be careful next time.
Well, Boop, there’s not much
news so I will close but will write to Mum again soon.
Much love to
Dad & Mum & my regards to Leo
Lots
of Love
Frank
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