Transcript of a WWI letter originally published in Cobourg World, Pte. George F. Hatch, 10 December 1916, Colborne, Cramahe Township

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Cobourg World Letter: 1917 January 12th
Date: January 12th 1917
From: George Hatch

PTE. GEO. F. HATCH of COLBORNE WRITES

Active Service, Dec. 10th, 1916

"Feeling O.K. once more after a month in hospital with trench fever. It's not a very nice thing to have, but we must look on the bright side of things. While in hospital was not dodging Fritz's shells. I came into trenches today to stay for six days. Our dugout is quite neat. We have part of a table and a piece of looking-glass, and three badly battered chairs, some post cards from far away friends tacked on the wall, a stove which has been pretty well blown to bits but we make it answer the purpose, and a lighted candle on the table. Taken all through we have a nice dining room, although it is in the cellar of a house that has been blown to pieces, we dare not go above the cellar or a Fritz sniper might puncture us. Seasons Greetings."

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"Cobourg World
This collection contains nearly 300 letters from World War One published in The Cobourg World, a local newspaper published in Cobourg, Ontario. Newspapers across Canada regularly printed letters home from overseas, either letters written directly to the newspaper by the soldiers, or first written to the family and then contributed to the paper by the family. Collections such as those from The Cobourg World provide a fascinating look at the relationship of community and war as played out in the pages of the local newspaper. All letters in the collection have been previously published in the newspaper and were also later collected by local historian Percy Climo in a work entitled "Let Us Remember". The dates for which the letters are listed represent the dates on which they were published, as the original dates of the letters are not always indicated. Where the original date of writing is known it will be part of the letter text. Introductions to the letters and editorial comments as they appeared in the newspaper have been left as published. All transcriptions have been taken from copies on microfilm and as such there are no scans for this collection."

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