Letter from William Bassett to his nephew Pte Leslie Bassett, encouraging him to take a positive view of the progress of the war, dated 9 Apr 1918.
Press cutting pasted to last page of letter, pasted in scrapbook.
Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).
From a collection of 82 letters, cuttings and maps related to the service and death of Pte Leslie ‘Jack’ Bassett, serving with the 32nd Bn Australian Infantry Force in France during World War One (1914-1918). 
Bassett was born in London and emigrated to Australia, where he enlisted, and was batman to Brig Gen C S Davies, Bassett died in Harefield Hospital on 10 Jan 1919 of a weak heart.