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[Hand written note]
Head Qrs2nd Military DistI know nothing whatever about this matterThe claim appears to be for supplies obtained in August last from the S S [Matarain?] and placed on board S S Kanowna at Thursday Island for the use of the Troops from 1st Military District which were then about to be despatched on foreign service -These troops did not ccome under my command until I arrived at Thursday Port Moresby on 5th September which place they had reached some time previously and as I considered them unfit for active service they were returning almost immediately to Townsville - They were only under my command for about 3 days
Colonel [Holmes]Comg Naval & Military Expeditionary Force
Sydney 3rd Feb 1915
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