Tag Archives: Ken Jenkins

The importance of diplomacy and a visit from Winston Churchill

Posted on September 5, 1940 by felicityh54

5th Sept 1940 TX1004 Private M Hickman 72nd Battalion 25th Brigade AIF 4 Dear Mother It seems that Thursday is ‘the day’ for us or at least for me – nearly all my mail has arrived on a Thursday and … Continue reading →

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Mail, Misdemeanours and English hospitality August 1940

Posted on August 7, 1940 by felicityh54

7th August 1940 TX1004 Private Hickman 72nd Battalion 25th Brigade AIF United Kingdom Dear Mother I received my first Australian mail yesterday and today.  Yesterday I had a letter from youngster written from Sydney on the 6th June and today … Continue reading →

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Somewhere in England June 1940

Posted on June 25, 1940 by felicityh54

  Letterhead: YMCA – including instructions on how to address mail, and the invocation to Write Home First TX 1004 Gunner Hickman 1st Antitank Regt AIF Overseas Somewhere in England Dear Mother At long last we are on terra firma … Continue reading →

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May 1940 Sydney

Posted on May 19, 1940 by felicityh54

Letterhead: Hotel Grand Central , 151 Clarence St, Sydney Dear Mother I haven’t written before because one of our chaps who’s in the office said that mail was being held because too much information is spreading.  But as we have … Continue reading →

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