Friday 7pm<\/p>\n
July<\/p>\n
[13 Jul 1945]<\/p>\n
Darling,<\/p>\n
I have been put on the plane for Morotai tomorrow at the delightful hour of 4.15 am.\u00a0 No more sleep than usual I guess – am to be woken at 3.30 am.\u00a0 So will think I will have an early night.<\/p>\n
As I have nowhere to leave my suit – the time at my disposal being so short I have made arrangements with the A.N.A. to take it down to Sydney.\u00a0 It will, in all probably go on one of tomorrows plane.\u00a0 Will you pick it up from their office in Martin Place and hang it up at your leisure.\u00a0 I have paid the freight charges.<\/p>\n
Spent a very quiet day – dashed around the barracks this morning and saw the air movements officer who informed me at 5 pm that I was to go tomorrow’s machine.\u00a0 Staggered up to the Art Gallery this afternoon & gave it the once over.\u00a0 Came back to the club & had a shut eye for boredom’s sake.\u00a0 Bought a book on Gardening which you will find in the kit bag where you will find my suit.\u00a0 I have just discovered I forgot to include my shoes.\u00a0 So they’ll have to go to the tropics and back.\u00a0 Had tea alone at a chow caf\u00e9.\u00a0 Will go to bed shortly. Had a fast trip up from Sydney – took only 2 1\/2\u00a0 hours which is extra good.\u00a0 Strangely enough it is quite cold in Brisbane at the moment so I’m hanging on to my overcoat.<\/p>\n
Lots of love, darling and give my little man a good hug for me.<\/p>\n
Bill.<\/p>\n
Will write you from my next overnight port of call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spent a very quiet day – dashed around the barracks this morning and saw the air movements officer who informed me at 5 pm that I was to go tomorrow’s machine. Staggered up to the Art Gallery this afternoon & gave it the once over. Came back to the club & had a shut eye for boredom’s sake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[929,62],"tags":[936,72,938,933,937,29,1984,245],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borneo-jul-aug-1945","category-war-letters","tag-ana","tag-brisbane","tag-chinese-cafe","tag-morotai","tag-queensland-art-gallery","tag-sydney","tag-war-letters","tag-wep"],"yoast_head":"\n