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From the Meekatharra Miner, Saturday 22 September 1917. . ‘Extract from letter received by Mrs. J. E. Coombes from her son, Private Russell Wheeler, No. 413, 44th Battalion.’ (Of course, the letter home doesn’t tell the full horror of the trenches) ‘I take this opportunity to tell you about the “Big Push.” that I haveContinue reading “A Soldier’s letter from the Great War trenches”