Description

Letter from Gunner H. Henry Kassman to his mother, from within a file of his correspondence between 1941-1943 compiled by his daughter in 2010. File’s contents are primarily typed letters and other correspondence, occasionally reproduced (often in addition to the typed version), and also include photographs, diary entries from Kenneth Rankin’s book Top-Hats in Tobruk, some other written materials, and some explanatory material. For further information, please see the folder summary. For all posts about this collection, please click on the “H. Henry Kassman” tag in this post.

Page 14: Kassman begins by talking about not having received mail recently – notably, he says that mail from most of November (past the 11th) seems to have disappeared. Some discussion of mail he has received and is sending.

Nothing very exciting has been happening. Some details about his cooking, which has not all been going well. Some discussion about financial news from home (seems to be not necessarily within the family). He and Alec (his brother) heard about an “impromptu party” held by the mother from a Miss Wasserman’s letter to Alec. Some small detail about that and a mention that a John Appleby is leaving England and thinks he might come out there. Closes with an anecdote about a brief interaction with an Australian soldier, intended to amuse.

1 page, typed. Dated March 16, 1941.

1.-Gunner-HH-Kassman-1-6.1941-31.pdf