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[fromthesomewhere]

21 November 1916 - Letter to Edith from The Somewhere

Fred begins this letter by happily stating that he now has green envelopes again with which to reply to Edith's letters. He also notes that he is now aware, due to a gap in mail from Edith and his family, that they had mistakenly heard that he had died. Fred explains how everything happened, that being nicknamed "Barrie" as a short form of Baragar had caused him to be confused for Gunner Norman Barrie, who had been killed in action and was a member of Fred's battery. Fred expresses his sadness that Edith had been through such a horrible experience of thinking that he was killed in action.

Fred continues by stating that, "We've had much work, stiff weather and our full share of bad luck, but there has been a reward in the feeling that we are doing real work." We also find out that Fred had been serving as acting corporal for his "subsection at the horse lines", but after having been asked to have his men do something he felt was unfair, Fred requested to be returned to the ranks.

Fred responds to something from Edith's previous letter about parcels having been sent out to "the Wesley boys", and he also mentions meeting up with former Wesley classmates whom he refers to as "Stoney" and "Wink". 

Fred notes getting his teeth fixed in the field, and his hopes for leave passes that might get him to London, and expresses his wish that he could get leave to come and see her in Winnipeg. He concluded the letter with a loving contemplation of his and Edith's future, and repeats his expression of joy at having green envelopes to send home once again.

[fromthesomewhere]

28 June 1916 - Letter to Edith from the Somewhere

Fred celebrates the arrival of the Canadian mail, but writes that he is "too sleepy to be joyful," He is working at the guns, and much of his work has to be done at night. Fred indicates that recent rain made the gun pit look like, "a young Venice," forcing the men to spend much of their time focusing on trying to drain the water.

Fred visited a Y.M.C.A. hut* and encountered W.J. Graves, a Wesley College theology student that graduated in 1914 (from Fred's year). Fred reported to Edith, "He's been buried a couple of times, a casualty once, but still in the game and liking it." Fred ate with Graves over tea (including sausages, salmon, jam, and wafers), and was given "a whole handful" of green envelopes to take with him.

Fred notes that he has more to tell, but that the transport had arrived at his location and he wanted to get this letter in the mail that evening. He tells Edith he will write again soon.

*The YMCA hut Fred visited would have looked something like the image shown below in a poster from the Canadian War Museum: