Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 100 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)
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1916 August 31 - Sutton Veny - p.7
Australian patient discharged looking "perfectly ripping" in riding breeches, slouch hat, "swanky leather leggings", presented her with "a quaint little Kaffir bracelet, wasn't it sweet of him?".
[Note from astonished scanner: Australians were using the South African term "Kaffir"? Basically, it is the "N-word" Boers used for Africans, now not tolerated.) Was this bracelet from Africa, or were they using that word for their own
Australian Aboriginals at this time?]
"Oly's parcel arrived, so I sent it off to Major J.A. Ross D.S.O., together
with the Calgary Eye-Opener which Elaine sent."
[This is just 16 days before Major Ross's death at the Somme (Courcelette),
probably the last communication he ever received.]
Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 100 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)