From a letter written by Pte Kelly on 10 August 1943 about events on the night of 13-14 May.
During the night I had a strange dream. I dreamt that I was with Mum. She turned to me and said: “You will be all right.” I woke up and was worried; the words I could still hear them: “You will be all right.” After a while I went to sleep again. I don’t know how long I had been asleep when I had the same dream again. This time the words were louder.
I woke up and didn’t know what to do. I sat on the side of my bunk and looked at the other chaps all asleep. I wanted to wake them up and tell them about my dream but I thought they might laugh at me and think I was mad. I wish now I had woken them up.
But after thinking for a while I thought it would have been silly waking them because of a dream. I even told myself that in the morning I would laugh over it myself, but it was not to be.