letter, France, December 12, 1916, page 1 1916 Special Collections SC074/Personal External Source Letter, page 1, Keith Macgowan fonds: "Dearest Mother: Nothing new to tell you. We are still in the same place & same billets. We expect to have a good bath in a few minutes down at the mines. The weather was fine yesterday but today cold & a slushy snow falling ... On our way across Canada we met girls at almost every stop and consequently gathered a lot of addresses. I only sent a card to one however & received an awefully nice letter from her. I met two of them together at Montreal and they afforded me an hours very pleasant conversation ..." See above link to read full transcripts.