Letters from Thomas Noonan to home from the front

• November 19, 2017 04:07:49 Paivi Tenhunen

  in Melbourne they thought I was lost. I had a

  few hours rowing on the Yarra river that flows through

  Melbourne, and was in the park and saw the splendid

  mansion where Sir Munro Fergueson [sic] the Governor

  General of Australia lives. We left Melbourne

  on tuesday and arrived in Sydney on thursday

  June 25th at 3 o'C seven weeks exactly since

  we sailed from London.
  
  Molly Tess + auntie met me at the wharf and they saw me and I them  Tear in the letter

  got alongside. Tess has not changed very

  much but the spectacles  But a change in

  Molly. I met Jack Hartnett + Mrs also Madge

  Uncle Tom + Uncle Dave and Dave Noonan from

  Perth Jack Manning + Tom Melody.
  
  How is Father, Mick , Willie are they strong.

  I will write to them later on. How is Maggie

  I heard she is left Gerald Griffin St.  I will

  write to her next week. Tell Uncle Will

  I was asking for him, Also Bill Nicholl and

  Mrs + Miss Nicholl. I will let you have more

  news about Sydney next time.
  
  Goodbye for the present.
  
  Your loving son
  
  Tom

  
  

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• March 28, 2017 18:06:31 Lucas Diaz

  in Melbourne they thought I was lost. I had a

  few hours rowing on the Yarra river that flows through

  Melbourne, and was in the park and saw the splendid

  mansion where Sir Munro Fergueson [sic] the Governor

  General of Australia lives. We left Melbourne

  on tuesday and arrived in Sydney on thursday

  June 25th at 3 o'C seven weeks exactly since

  we sailed from London.
  
  Molly Tess + auntie met me at the wharf and they saw me and I them  Tear in the letter

  got alongside. Tess has not changed very

  much but the spectacles  But a change in

  Molly. I met Jack Hartnett + Mrs also Madge

  Uncle Tom + Uncle Dave and Dave Noonan from

  Perth Jack Manning + Tom Melody.
  
  How is Father, Mick , Willie are they strong.

  I will write to them later on. How is Maggie

  I heard she is left Gerald Griffin. It I will

  write to her next week. Tell Uncle Will

  I was asking for him, Also Bill Nicholl and

  Mrs + Miss Nicholl. I will let you have more

  news about Sydney next time.
  
  Goodbye for the present.
  
  Your loving son
  
  Tom

  
  

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• November 9, 2016 09:10:52 Adrian Murphy (Ireland)
  in Melbourne they thought I was lost. I had a few hours rowing on the Yarra river that flows through Melbourne, and was in the park and saw the splendid mansions where Sir Munro Ferguson the Governer General of Australia lives. We left Melbourne on tuesday and arrived in Sydney on thursday June 25th at 3 o'C seven weeks exactly since we sailed from London.
  
  Molly Tess + auntie met me at the wharf and they saw me and I them ... got alongside. Tess has not changed very much but the spectacles  But a change in Molly. I met Jack Hartnett + Mrs also Madge Uncle Tom and Uncle Dave and Dave Noonan from Perth Jack Manning and Tom Melody.
  
  How is Father, Mick , Willie are they strong. I will write to them later on. How is Maggie, I heard she is left Gerald Griffin. It I will write to her next week. Tell Uncle Will I was asking for him, also Bill Nicholl and Mrs + Miss Nicholl. I will let you have more news about Sydney next time.
  
  Goodbye for the present.
  
  Your loving son
  
  Tom
  

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