Letter · 11 May 1915 · Aegean Sea, Ottoman Empire
Be brave, sweetheart
Soon after he wrote this letter to his beloved wife, Charlie Bluck was killed in action on Gallipoli.
Extracts from this letter
"It must be a terrible time for you sweetheart, and I wish it was over, try to be brave little girl won't you?..."
"I will come through somehow, you will see, and you won't care will you dear if I am an old wreck as I may very well be. Dear girl I love you so much all the time and always have done ever since I first saw you in Raglan at the Te Akau ball. When I get back we will be happy again dear and will look after each other for the rest of the time eh ... Must say good bye now dear so be brave sweetheart and all will be well with love from Charlie."
