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Letters From The Front Describe Rest In A French Mining Town
Pte. C H Le Gallais writes of rest billets behind the firing line in a large coal mining centre in France. He mentions meeting John Dickson, local refugees, the theatre, picnics with eggs and chips, affordable French beer, and wages of twenty francs twice a month.
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C. H. le Gallais
Lam
Dad
Slim
Landis
John Dickson
John
Billeta
Tom
Andrick
Johnny Walker
France
Burg
10Th Field Ambulance Corps