Letters from the Front.
Mr T. Jackson of this town has reserved a letter from his son, Bugler D. A. Jackson, of the Seventh Contingent. The writer had been laid up with the measles, afterwards contracting enteric fever, and is at present in a field .hospital at Durban. He had the option of being invalided home, but preferred to remain, and hopes to rejoin his column in about a month's time. ' - Bugler Jackson speaks in high praise of the treatment he is receiving at the hands of the nurses, whom he says are most assiduous in their attentions. .The letter is dated November 17, and it is to be hoped BuglfM? Jackson is by this time at the front with his comrades. The Seventh Contingent has had a good deal of hard work since its' arrival at -the seat of war, but the men are still cheerful and earning commendations for' their behaviour in the \ „ , ,-; ■' j
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 149, 7 January 1902, Page 3
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156Letters from the Front. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 149, 7 January 1902, Page 3
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