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Manuscript lettercard describing the difficulties of every day life in the camp in the mountains of North Africa, including references to a party held in their honour at the local village hotel, Tunis, Tobruk, Benghazi and the Eight Army. Storks and…

Manuscript letter card mentioning the moving of the camp site to a place with electricity and Bianca Scafidi and her story.

Manuscript lettercard from the Lybian desert including a draft of the poem 'Tobruk' and revisions to the poems 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein'.

Manuscript air letter including references to life in the camp in Sicily, mentioning dust, his jeep and camouflage techniques.

Manuscript air letter including references to the Mareth line, the 'Desert Victory' and the difficulties of communicating by letters.

Manuscript letter card about Janet Susan, Jarmain's daughter.

Manuscript letter card from Sicily.

Manuscript lettercard from the Lybian desert including a draft of the poem 'Your Peace'.

Manuscript letter card mentioning Collins, the publication of his poems, the preparation of another poem, life in the army and learning Italian in Sicily.

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Manuscript letter card mentioning that the Sicily campaign is ended and his battery didn't take part in its final phase. Also including references to his time on the island and the South coast bombing stage of invasion.

Manuscript letter card mentioning Bianca and an Italian family met in Sicily and Jarmain's practicing Italian language.

Manuscript lettercard including a draft of two more poems to be included in the collection 'Poems in the Western desert': a revised version of 'Tel El Eisa' and 'Sandbags'.

Manuscript lettercard describing life in the camp along the Mediterranean coast in North Africa, a change of battery, the cost of clothes and the Utility clothing scheme.

Manuscript air letter from Sicily about Jarmain's children and wife, including a draft of the poem ''Faith'.

Manuscript air letter including references to life in the camp in Sicily.

Manuscript air letter including references to his battery having been in Sicily since the invasion began, his life on board of the ship during the sea journey to Italy, Mount Etna, landscape and Syracuse.

Manuscript lettercard including references to everyday life in the army camps in the desert near Cairo.

Manuscript lettercard including the poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems', probably written from the Mareth line and sent from Medenine in Tunisia.
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