Letters from Thomas Noonan to home from the front

• November 19, 2017 04:27:09 Paivi Tenhunen

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  lucky that time
  

           I will give an account of what happened
  

  since I wrote last. We marched from
  

  our camp on Sunday April 11th and took train
  

  for Alexandria, arriving there on monday
  

  morning. We embarked during the day
  

  and sailed at noon on Tuesday on H.M.A.S.
  

  ''Ascot''.   We passed through the group
  

  of  Aegean Islands, and arrived at Port Mudros

  Lemnos Island near the entrance to the
  

  Dardenelles on April 17th. This is a
  

  large bay surrounded by hills but of
  

  course it has no wharves only a small
  

  wooden Pier  built by the Admiralty. The
  

  place was full of transports warships and
  

  men as it was here they concentrated
  

  before attacking the turks. The
  

  inhabitants of the island are Greeks and they
  

  sold us bread, fruit, fish, and lots of other
  

  
  

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• December 2, 2016 15:03:33 Jake Warren

  (2)
  

  Lucky that time
  

           I will give an account of what happened
  

  since I wrote last. We marched from
  

  our camp on Sunday April 11th and took train
  

  for Alexandria, arriving there on monday
  

  morning. We embarked during the day
  

  and sailed at noon on Tuesday on m.a.t.
  

  ''Ascot''.   We passed through the group
  

  of  Aegean Islands, and arrived at Port Mudre

  Leminos Island near the entrance to the
  

  Dardenelles on April 17th. This is a
  

  large bay surrounded by hills but of
  

  course it has no wharfs only a small
  

  wooden Pier  built by the admiralty. The
  

  place was full of transports warships and
  

  men as it was here they concentrated
  

  before attacking the turks. The
  

  inhabitants of the island are Greeks and they
  

  sold us bread, fruit, fish, and lots of other
  

  
  

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