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E.R.H. Commonwealth of Australia. Department of Defence, Melbourne. 19th September, 1916
Dear Madam,
I am in receipt of cable advice to the effect that No 500 Private C.R. Sherwin, 6th Light Horse is returning to Australia and is due in Sydney about the end of September,1916. It ids regretted that the movements or name of the transport on which he is arriving cannot be disclosed.
It is to be noted that owing to possible mutilations in the cabled advice and other causes this notification may not be correct pending verification from the roll on arrival of the Troopship
Yours faithfully J.N.Lean. Major,
Officer i/c Base Records.
Mrs. L.A. Sherwin,
The Moorings Gibb Street Croydon. N.S.W.
[Transcribed by John Kerr for the State Library of New South Wales]