Letter · 18 Nov 1914 · Red Sea, Egypt
Want to go home
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.
Extract from this letter
"Since we got the news that we might have to fight the Turks there are a few who are wishing they were safe home again, they go moping about the ship and at night the poor beggars, stand leaning over the rail of the ship all hours of the night by themselves."
