Lisle, John, Letter, 24 December [1943]

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Description: 
Letter to his family

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Case Study: 
Life as a Prisoner of War: The John Lisle Letters
Creator: 
Lisle, John
Source: 
letter
Date: 
24 December [1943]
Place: Germany
Collection/Fonds: 
Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
Rights: 
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
00000405
Language: 
eng
Type: 
image
Format: 
jpg
Transcript: 

December 24th
Dear All—Well this is Christmas Eve my first & my last in a Kriegie Camp I hope. I am glad to say I am fit and well—although the constant boredom of waiting for the end of the war is rather a strain—if only we knew when it would all be over—we should have something concrete to look forward to, its just like waiting for Dad to come from a customer's only instead of maybe two hours—its months—however it will end eventually no doubt and then when I get home I'm off on the binge. In the meanwhile well we shall just have to go on sitting I suppose. By the way please send some cigarettes and photographs hundreds of them—haven't had any yet almost forgotten what you look like—have just had a portrait drawn by one of the camp artists very good can't send it I'm afraid too big. Please will you send cheque to Mr B.M. Watene, Bank of N. Zealand 1, Queen Victoria St London E.C. 4 for £4.10.0
Love
John