Letterhead: National Patriotic Fund Board New Zealand. ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

8-3-44 No 455695 PTE C W L Davis 28th NZ Maori Battalion 2nd NZEF M.E.F.

Dear Mum

Just a few lines to let you know that I am fit and well. We have been in action since I last wrote and will be going again shortly I received your letter and was very pleased to get it I also received Charmain letter which I shall answer I got a letter from Phil on an airgraph and Ill have to answer that to. I wrote you a letter just befor I wrote Valmai’s I don’t know if you got it or not I supose you did. The mail gets mixed up some times over hear

but you all ways get it even if it takes a little while to get hear I have- n’t heard a things about the parcle yet but I’ll sen- d you a cable as soon as I get it so you should know before you get this I have no [need..demand] of money over hear but you can send me a parcel of eats every now and then. But cake chocolate and anything eatable in them. send one every month or so Tom and Friday send their love and wish to be rembered to all at home Friday says

rember me to all at home and write and tell me what the boys are doing and how they are doying give my love to grandma & Pa I’ll have to drop them a line when I come out next time it is sundown and jerry is sending over a few shells just to let us know he is still there. If you see a good jersy anywhere about send it over get a good heavy one Well dear there is on news over hear so Ill close now with love to all Your loving son Chas for Shorty xxxxxx I’ll have to stop calling hear Shorty she can’t be short now.