Letter from 13/2153 John Alfred Edward Alison, 'A' Squadron, 7th Mounted Reinforcements, to 'All at home' [New Zealand], dated 18 June 1915

Letter written on Presbyterian Institute [?], Trentham Camp letterhead.

The text reads as follows:

"To All at home

We had a fine run down, the crowd in our carriage being all most sober fellows and all together good sorts.

Three of the infantry, cut their throats of that mob you saw going away.

We have got into the huts, the whole 100 & were all very thankful to do so, after being in the tents which were full of water, the mud is up to one’s knees, we were all issued with a full turn out, singlets, boots, towel, underpants, in fact everything required so am sending bag back to you, together with some of J. Graham’s personal effects. The food is good, and we are very comfortable at night, the weather is much more cold than at Auck. We have a shower each morn, so you see it is not so bad. Wellington is a duck’s paradise, if not raining, blowing.

Tell Pop those caps are an absolute necessity, and I thank her very much for same, also her forethought. Lin, John & I are also thanking her personally. I have very little time to write, had so much to fix up I am being measured..."