Le Gallais family - Papers

Letter to 'Dear Dad & all of you' from 'Leddie' [Leddra Le Gallais] dated 3 June 1915 written while aboard a troopship bound for Turkey.

Extracts from the text read as follows:

Extract 1

[Page 1]

"Zeitoun Camp was quite deserted and except for a few Australian troops we were the only ones there. The camp is simply a hell for heat & dust, the temperature being as high as 120 in the shade."

Extract 2

[Page 2]

"Well Dad, I never thought that I would be a soldier but now I am one I am determined to be a good one, to do my duty to the best of my ability. If I have bad luck, well I suppose it had to be."