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Pte. Ernest Thompson Greenwood
Australian Imperial Force 6th Btn.
from:Ballarat, Victoria, Aust
My grandfather, Ernest Greenwood, served in France in 1917 and 1918. I have letters he had sent to his parents about his time at the war and his time at First Southern General Hospital.
He specifically requested that his brother Hedley not be allowed to enlist because of the slaughter and carnage that was involved. Being a builder by trade, he said that the hospital wasn't very well built as compared to what his building capabilities and standards were, which used to give us all quite a good laugh. He was extremely grateful to the care he received and all the staff involved. He used to joke, as he was balding, that he stuck his head out of the trench too far, and the Germans shot his hair off.

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