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[Page 125]
No. 35
Pte. Oscar Rhodes,
Signaller,
A Co., 20th Battalion,
5th Brigade
A.I.E.F.
Mother's Address: 8 Johnston St., Annandale, Sydney, N.S.W.
Wife's Address : "Doncaster" Fourth Av., Campsie, Sydney, N.S.W.
Bastille – misspelt as Bastile
Cape Guardafui - misspelt as Cape Gardifue
Denos – possibly Delos
Ghezueh Palace Hospital – possibly Ghezira Palace Hospital
Giza – sometimes spelt as Gizeh, Ghizeh, Ghezueh
Gomorrah – misspelt as Gomohrn
Helouan – possibly Helwan
Ismailia – sometimes spelt Ishmalia
Middelkerke – misspelt as Middlekerke
Semendria/Smederevo
Serbia sometimes spelt as Servia
Sirra – possibly Siros
Stry – possibly Stryy, Ukraine
Vilna/Vilnius
Vitz ridge – possibly Vimy Ridge
Wildron's Hill – possibly Walden's Point
Feret ad astra virtus – Virtue will bear us to the skies
Mirabile dictu – Wonderful to relate
Scirocco – Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe
Khamsin or Khamsheen –a hot violent wind in the desert
A.A.G. – Assistant Adjutant-General
D.A.C.G. – Deputy Assistant Commissary General
G.S.O. – General Staff Officer
K of K – Kitchener of Khartoum
N.Z.M.R. Bde. – New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
[Transcribed by Judy Gimbert and Lynne Frizell for the State Library of New South Wales]