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Q52 Lt AE Hooper
A.N.G.A.U.
N.G.F.
Port Moresby.
21-6-43

My Darling Beloved Nancy,
Another day has passed and I'm still in Sunny Qld.

After writing your letter yesterday I rang the S.D.A. Mission & inquired if the Lock family were still in the town. They were and I spent a more or less enjoyable night at their home. Having nothing better to do this morning I returned there. Here I am writing in their study. You'll remember me telling you of the hospitality these people gave me at Mirigeda, Papua, three years ago. They were very pleased to see me once again. Lois wrote me a letter over 12 months ago & being away from Port I failed to answer her letter. That, connected with rumors led them to believe I was pushing up daisies. They even said a prayer for me. Imagine their astonishment when I showed up. Their family too has been broken up. One boy is in N.G. Commandos, one at College, some in Fiji, & Lois married. Had I been in touch with them before