I have collections of postcards from each of my grandmothers from around the time of the first world war.
These include 8 embroidered cards sent in 1917 from "somewhere in France" to my paternal grandmother from Tom whom she married in 1922 (at least I've always assumed it was the same Tom!) Also 9 embroidered cards from her brother Albert between 1916 & 1918. Albert and her other brother Will had emigrated to Australia on 18 January 1912, but returned to fight in WWI. Albert was in the 2nd Battalion of the New South Wales Company, 1st Australia Division. Albert & Will returned to Australia after the war. I also discovered today that one of the cards is from "your Aussie pal, Whit" Who knows, I could have relatives living round the corner from you!! I have never really investigated all the cousins over there - not since the 1970s when I used to write to some of them Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Ligeti To: Arachne Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:44 PM Subject: [lace] ANZAC Day An ANZAC Day Greeting to all ex-pat. Aussie and New Zealand Lacemakers on this ANZAC Day. I have 5 of the beautiful embroidery-on-gauze cards that my Grandfather sent to my Mother and Aunt from France during WWI. They are priceless to me. They were for birthdays and Christmas. He was in the Ypres campaign, and I have his campaign badge. ( He was in the British army, of course, - I am originally English!!.) "Lest We Forget." Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 155 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
