Would like someone to bring up one of those Balaclava caps & a suit of Pyjamas, as it is very cold just now, also some Solution & rubber from amongst the Oil & parts in the cellar. Our "Company has just purchased a "Kettle drum,Ģ Footballs, (one Soccer one Rugby), & 2 sets Boxing gloves, so that we can fill in our spare time. The cornet player is very good & gives us several selections morning & night.
![fun at the chatwood estate gay nifty fun at the chatwood estate gay nifty](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/03/24/22/11404192-6845427-image-a-3_1553466224609.jpg)
Plenty of singing, music, mouth organs, Concertinas, & even a cornet- puts me in mind of Bob Whit. New faces are arriving every day & there are some I know pretty well. Tonight we are having our first taste of rain & it sounds very soothing from inside the tent, but I would not care to change places with the Guard & Pickets who are posted all round the grounds all, two hours on, 4 hours off. We have had nice weather all this week, except for the coldness in the early mornings. He says he does not want leave this till Saturday week, but I would not impose on the Military, besides I was off last week end & there are others who are due for leave. It is practically certain that I shall not be home this week end, as it is my mate’s turn off. Here I am again, but with no fresh news to add to my last. Re solution – you will find it in a vaseline bottle, Les Nuttal will show it to you. They have been transcribed in the correct order, but the pagination does not reflect the original page numbering] The letters are bound into a volume, often not in chronological order.
![fun at the chatwood estate gay nifty fun at the chatwood estate gay nifty](https://nhm.org/sites/default/files/styles/asp_switcher_4_3_med/public/2021-05/catalogue_1.png)
He gives excellent descriptions of scenes around him in Egypt and in France. These letters were written by Harrie Cave to his parents from his position as a private in training camp at Warwick Farm, Sydney, and include the voyage to Egypt and training there and events in Northern France where he joins other Infantry forces around various villages.
![fun at the chatwood estate gay nifty fun at the chatwood estate gay nifty](https://www.ohio.edu/student-affairs/sites/ohio.edu.student-affairs/files/2022-01/MBS_Head-Photo-01.jpg)
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales Cave letters, 1915-1919 / Harrie Joseph Cave