16th May 1918
“If we had been given an occasional spell we would both have been going strong yet. Even if they can’t increase leave they could easily clean out the base jobs now & then & give the old hands in the line a chance of a soft job for a month or two. There are heaps of men in England & here who have been away from N.Z. for one or two years & have never been within about 40 miles of the line.”
Len Shepard – Letter 87 – France
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