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Letter 2
May 7th, 1917.
France
Dear Mother,
Did you receive the message I sent when I arrived at [censored].
I cannot tell you anything about the hospital here, as we must keep absolutely quiet on
these matters in France.
[censored] is quite a large city and some parts of it are very pretty indeed.
Form letter home, n.d.
Courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL P27-C), Memorial University of
Newfoundland Library, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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The Ascot Hospital, n.d.
Courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL P42-A1), Memorial University of
Newfoundland Library, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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Of course the hospital is not in the city; we have to take a car to get
there . . .
I am on night duty, which accounts for my going to bed at noon.
I go on duty at ten minutes to eight in the evening and come off at 8 a.m. Night duty is
no laughing matter especially if the wards are heavy.
Newfoundland Ward at the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Étaples, France, 1915.
Presented by Members and Friends of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade Overseas In The
Colony of Newfoundland.
Courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL P18-A1), St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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I have the care of five wards at night; so you can imagine I am kept a bit busy. I
sometimes feel very very sleepy around the hours of one and two; but sleep must be sacrificed by
all accounts, as one must keep a look out for all sorts of things, such as amputation bleedings,
deaths, drinks etc.
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VAD members with injured soldiers, n.d.
Courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL P37-B1), St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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This is a very wicked world mother; you cannot realize what sufferings there are: Some of
the misery will ever live in my memory: it seems to me now as though I shall always have sad sights in
my eyes . . .
I left my N.F.L.D friends in Lincoln. I miss them very, very much. Some of them were getting ready to
go abroad somewhere; but I have not heard where. I don’t expect to meet them this side of the Atlantic
again.
Letter Courtesy of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives
(Frances Cluett Collection 174), Queen Elizabeth II Library,
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
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