Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954)
Letter From the Front.
Private "Tut" Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ryan, of Farley, Wellingrove, writes to his parents from Worgret Camp, Wareham (Eng.), under date
Thu 8 Mar 1917 - Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954)
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Private "Tut" Ryan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Ryan, of Farley, Wellingrove,
writes to his parents from Worgret
Camp, Wareham (Eng.), under date
January 4, 1917, as follows:— "Just a
few lines to let you know I am quite
well, and hope all are the same at
home. You will be surprised to hear
Charlie has been down to see me, and
is looking really well. I had a letter
from H.G. saying Chas, was to see him,
and was coming down the following
day to Wareham, so I went three even-
ings to meet tbe train, and he never
came, so I thought he had gone back,
but he marched in on Tuesday night and
camped the night with me, and went
back yesterday morning to London,
He is carrying the crown on his sleeve
how, sergeant-major, or second-class
warrant officer. He is just as keen as
ever on the war, and is likely to get
a commission very shortly. By jove he
has had some close shaves, and never
got a scratch. He was out on patrol
one night with two men. They were
expecting a charge, and he had to get
some Information as to what was going
on, and our lines, where he was coming
in, never got the word that he was out,
They saw the Huns coming and made
back to our lines, and another sergeant
was just ready to fire at him when he
recognised who it was. One of his
mates was shot at the same time. He
ran back to pick him up and was fired
at by our own chaps again, but he
brought him in, and be died a couple
of hours later. Another night he was
challenged and brought in at the point
of three bayonets. He had a bit of
trouble before they would believe him.
He came over Xmas Day, and goes back
to-morrow, so he said if I wrote it
would do for the two of us, as he was
fairly busy. Twins had been over, and
was well when he came away. He also
saw Bert a little while back. Roy
and Bert had a stripe each. Mr. Gor-
don sent your letter of 3rd November
to me, and I was glad to see you were
having a good season out there. It
was not a bad count on the men who
were called up at the 'Grove—only
two doubtfuls out of 18. Did Dick
pass the second time? It is only just
for home service isn't it? The train
ing will do them a lot of good. I was
a bit surprised to hear Dr. Corfe was
about to come away. There Is plenty
of room for doctors here. We had.a
very quiet New Year. Nothing on at
all, and no soldiers were allowed to
travel by train. Train fares have been
raised 50 per cent. since the new year.
There has been a lot of peace talk of
late, but it does not seem like as if
it will come to anything. The way
we stand, it almost seems impossible
to have peace yet. I have been up
for classification three times this week,
and was marked Z Company to-day,
and was inoculated, so expect to leave
for Salisbury very shortly. Young
Aub. Runyen went to Perham Down on
Monday, to join the training battalion.
We have had a week's nice weather;
It is quite warm for here."
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