Private Jack Sullivan, of papier, wliose parents reside at CrissOgc, in a letter received last week, states that he wa3 shot five times in the leg, which was broken, and once through the right chest, near the shoulder. He was recently removed to a new hospital, the Palate Hotel. Cairo, which is a very beautiful plaice. He says he had to undergo several operations and expected to lose his broken leg, but they managed to save it. "They say now," writes the 6oldier, "that they are not going to bring any more wounded to Egypt, a3 it is too hot. I was to have gone to Malta, but by some mistake I wa3 landed here. The riflo bullets are bad enough, but shells are worse; that's Che thing that lays rliem out. You might see a group of men working in a trench, when, all of a sudden, you hear a screaming noise, and you see the men flying in pieces up in the air. It drive* your blood col*
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1915, Page 5
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170Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1915, Page 5
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