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#814153 Pte. Donald Ross
187th Batt
C.E.F.
1898 ~ 1918

Copyright Stephen Workman

War Hospital, May 3 1917

Dear Katie

No doubt you will be wondering why I have not written. Well you can see by the address that I have been wounded. I have been in bed almost a month. I was shot through the right foot on the morning of April 9, Easter Monday. I was unable to get to the first aid station until Tuesday morning and then I had to crawl a mile on my hand and knees as I was unable to walk. It was very swollen as I was unable to dress it properly in the field. When I got to a clearing station in France I was put under chloroform and the doctors literally cut my foot all to pieces....

Your loving brother Donald.

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