Letter · 21 Aug 1915 · Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Waikato boys
Herbert received this letter after Frank died but likely before the family knew of Frank's death.
Extracts from this letter
"Now I have some worse news for you... I wanted to know all about the boys from our district [Waikato]... My God I did get a shock, I could, could scarcely believe my ears. It appears that last Sunday week they had a big scrap with the enemy, and all our boys were in it... They were all knocked out in the same fight - it must have been a terrible struggle."
"I would like to tell you all about it but all these letters are censored they tell me, we have to leave them unsealed and if I say too much they may destroy it altogether..."
