Letter · 18 Nov 1914 · Red Sea, Egypt

Beloved cigarettes


Fabian wrote this letter as he travelled from NZ to Egypt. At that time, he was a Trooper with the Auckland Mounted Rifles. By the end of the war, he was a gunner with the Army Service Corps.

From
Fabian Sperry
To
Annie Ormiston, Wife
Sent from
Red Sea, Egypt
Date
18 November 1914

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"We have got several nice little nooks where we can smoke without the thought of being caught. They would never stop them no matter how they tried, some of the fellows would go mad if they could not get their beloved cigarettes."

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