Item 08: General William Holmes notebook, 21 August-September 1914 - Page 13

[Page 13]

Head Quarters
4th Aus Div
5th May 17

1st Anzac Corps
Death sentence in case of No 3301 private H R Edwards 50th Battalion.
I have given this case very careful consideration and although it would appear from the evidence that there was very little doubt that the desertion was deliberate with a view of avoiding a specific duty

[Harold Roy Edward's death sentence was commuted to 5 years in prison. He returned to Australia in 1919]