Morning, Toots! I’m continuing to wade through some #FamilyHistory this morning - slower going as I transcribe unit histories, cross match with C.E.W. Bean’s Official History, and my ancestor’s war record. Sounds dry going, but it’s fascinating! Currently in the action of #Pozieres and #Ypres during September, 1916, with the 19th Infantry Battalion.

‘Friday Evening. SS Geelong
Dear Mother,
I’m writing this from nowhere, or somewhere, and under difficulties. The good steamship Geelong is rocking about and it is a bit hard to write.’

“It’s suddenly obvious. Of course. He’d taught himself to write left-handed. Seven months after the Battle of Pozières, he was writing again with the only hand he had.” — #JonathanGreen

#AIF 2/27 Btn. #Anzac / #SSGeelong / #Pozières <https://themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/april/jonathan-green/war-correspondence#mtr>