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[Page 69]
Mrs E. Murray
C/- S. Monaghan Esq
Nowra
N.S.W.
Australia
Passed by Censor
Transcriber's notes:
p. 1 MMII – Military Medal and Bar
p. 5 "Doughty Willi" – possibly means Doughty Wylie
p. 5 Luisitania – sunk May 7th 1915
p. 5 Lieutenant William Dawkins – killed in Action 12th June 1915 (see 2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers, AIF, Roll of Honour - War Memorial, Canberra)
p. 11 Krithia – approx. 4 miles north of Cape Helles
p. 19 Sap Turnbet – Claude Douglas Turnbet – grave location I.C. 16, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
p. 21 "Sari Bahr" means Sari Bair
p. 21 "Tantalous Island" - the "Royal Edward" was sunk by UB-14 on 13th Aug. 1915 off Kandeloussa Island – loss of over 900 men
P. 25 "Portiano", "Condia" & "Simandria" - possibly means "Portianou", "Kontias" &"Tsimandria".
p. 27 "Gurkas" - means Gurkhas
p. 29 revetting – to retain an embankment with a supporting material
p. 33 "Snaefel" - means "Snaefell"]
[Transcribed by Alison O'Sullivan, Val Ridley, Patricia Ryan for the State Library of New South Wales]