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Private Seidelman’s letters from October 1916
Part of Seidelman family fonds
This file contains five letters, one postcard and one telegram written by Private Edward Joseph Seidelman to his sister Rachel during October 1916. Private Seidelman was stationed at Camp Hughes, Manitoba. The last letter was written while Private Seidelman was traveling on a Canadian Pacific Railway east-bound train.
Part of Seidelman family fonds
Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 23, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman writes that he will be leaving Camp Hughes in the afternoon on Thursday, October 26.
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Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated November 19, 1916. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England "To all the folks at home". Postcard has embossed paper edges and embroidery of a dragonfly, reads "It will bring you luck".
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Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated January 14, 1917. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman reports that he is no longer under quarantine.
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Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated April 18, 1917. (Assumed sent from France) to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. There are sentences already printed on the back of the postcard and some of these sentences have been crossed out. It looks as if this type of postcard was created by the military for soldiers to quickly communicate their current situation to loved ones when there was not a lot of time to write letters of their own.
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Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 7, 1917. Sent from "Some other place in France this time" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman reports that he is a hospital recovering from shrapnel wounds to his right leg. He also mentions the murder of Chief of Police, McLennan, presumably of Vancouver.
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Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 22, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman talks about how he could not rejoin his battalion yet as another shrapnel piece was found remaining in his leg, and had to be taken out by a doctor. The shrapnel piece was found with the aid of an X-ray scan.
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Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 24, 1917. Sent from "An hospital 'somewhere in France'" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions the English papers saying that conscription is going to be adopted in Canada. He also shares his disapproval of the idea of his younger brother, Harry, trying to enlist for the war, especially lying about his age to do so.
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Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 30, 1917. Sent from "Same hospital in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions that the hospital that he is currently in is not a Canadian one, but an Imperial one.
Private Seidelman’s letters from June 1917
Part of Seidelman family fonds
This file contains seven letters written by Private Edward Joseph Seidelman to his sister Rachel in June 1917. Three of the letters are postcards provided to servicemen by the military. Private Seidelman was stationed "Somewhere in France" at the time. Some of the letters were written while Private Seidelman was in the hospital for a wounded leg. The letters were opened by censors.