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Letter from Walter Cass to Helena Holmes, 1916 September 25

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 1/3

Dates

  • 1916 September 25

Additional description

Note:

He discusses a review of all Australian troops by the King, to be held on Salisbury Plain on Wednesday. He talks about how in his absence some things 'did not go well' and that there is 'nothing definite yet about the move.' He 'got a very nice letter from the man now running my battalion.' He had a letter from his adjutant that 'tells me that my Sargt Stringer has been given the Russian "Cross of St George, 4th Class" in addition to the D.C.M. Good for Stringer.' [Sergeant Francis Thomas Stringer].

Physical storage information

  • box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 1/3 (Text)

Repository details

Repository details

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