No. 106459
Sgt. Len Grundlingh
No. 5 A.L Section
Att 43SGDU
Swartkops Airstation Pretoria
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No. 189281
Gnr. Boy Grundlingh
1st Arti Tank Battery
1st Arti Tank Regt. SAA
UDF WE7
To A.P.O Durban
26 November 1942
Hullo Len
You have us- (quarter of page cut out) –
Thank you so much Len for your last letter card received 8/11/42. I’m going to write very few letters from now on.
Now it is up to you to try and fit in your home leave with ours. Nothing is definite of course but I really have the feeling that if they are going to take us home at all it will be either before or shortly after Christmas.
I think the best you can do is to try a fortnight in January.
Just returned from ----- yesterday. Had a marvellous time. Doug Low who is now an Lt. spent most of the evening together. Had supper with Lt Pete Slabbert one evening. He knows you…. (faded text).
He’ll be getting his second trip soon and ask me to convey his regards. Also met a Van Tonder fellow. He is now with Jack Uyster’s Regiment, the 77B’s and he also asked me to convey his regards to you.
Thanks too Len for those books. But please don’t send any more books or parcels. I think you can even cut out the writing.
The fighting was not too ----, we did our share and then the tommies took over and started chasing the Hun . Now we are in a base camp near (Bruslia?) having a well earned rest.
Cheerio Len
En ek hoop ek sien julle binne kort.
Boy.
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