Letter from James SCOTT to son Pte. Albert SCOTT 892 notifying of his brother death; Pte. David SCOTT 613

“Burrekupp / Collie Bridge 12/6/15 / My Dear boy / We have been waiting / patiently for a letter from you, and expect to / receive one be the next mail, which arrives in / day or two. We have had very sad news / about poor Dave, our dear brave boy was / killed in action, at the Darddanelles. Oh it is / very hard to hear, we can’t realize that it is / mistake. Your mother feels it very much, it is / pitifull [to] see her. Also poor Ada & Essie, and Jack / they also feel it, we have had a lot of / sympathic letters abd telegrams from friends all over the country / the poor boy was so well know, and liked by everyone. / I would give my own life, to have you both home / here again it is dreadfull the ammount of suffering / that men in high places have brought to the people / but God will deal rightly, and Justice will prevail / in the end. We are convinced of the righteouness / of the cause for which you and your dear brother are / fighting for, and feel that you are doing God’s work / in trying to defeat the selfish and Devilish work / of the Germans and Turks. My Dear boy be a man / trust in God do what is right. Do your duty to your / King and country take every care of yourself consistant with / your duty. For your mother sake and myself I ask this from you /and hope it will not be long untill this / dreadfull war with its horrors is over, if you can / get any information at Cairo about Dave, hoe he / died or any thing about his last days or hours, we / will be thankful for them. Every one that knows / you is enquiring for you and wishing you well / everybody is filled with admiration at the part the / Australians have taken and especially the 16th, there / can’t be many of them left at the front. We are all / grieved at their losses. / I am still on the Collie bridge expect to / finish about the end of the month. Mr Driver / is always asking about you. George Rossetter / is up a blackboy hill. I hear that Errick Duce / is enlisting now that he has come of age. They are / still calling for recruits, and the shirkers / will soon appear very prominent indeed. / Well we are as well as it is possable to be under / the circumstances. Hoping you are well, and God / bless you, and keep you, my boy, and bring you home / safe and sound to us again, is the prayer of your / poor anxious mother, and father, sisters and brother. / Martin Christensen has just come in and wishes to be / remembered to you, / Your loving Father /James Scott” written in ink.