Horace S. Bolitho

History

Horace Stanley Bolitho

Legacy

World War One service recognised on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

Notes

LIFE IN EGYPT, BALLARAT SOLDIER'S LETTER Mr Horace Stanley Bolitho, who was employed by the Ballarat Gas Company as a collector, and left with the Australian Expeditionary Force for service abroad, writes from Mena Camp, Cairo, to his mother. Mrs Bolitho, of 410 Errard Street south, Ballarat, as follows: - Cairo is very busy just now; the reason being so many soldiers in the town. I wish Ballarat was like it; she would be her former self once again. We were all sitting in our tents thinking of home, and friends on Christmas eve. On Christmas Day we had a church parade. ...

...The Pyramids are wonderful. The Great Pyramid is about 475 feet high. A place has been cut in the side through which we entered. There are tombs of kings and queens. It seems the Pyramids were built on solid rock, being hollowed out with implements of that period. All the bodies have been taken out. We were shown the casing that contained at one time the body of a famous king. Near the Pyramids are some wonderful temples. All the kings supposed to worship here. The temples are built of red granite, and are as smooth as glass; no cement of any kind being used.

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--Beth Kicinski 13:38, 17 June 2013 (EST); --Clare K.Gervasoni 23:21, 7 April 2015 (AEST)