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Australian Naval & Military Expedition:
Government House,
Rabaul,
New Britain,
€‹13th September, 1914.
My dear Lord Mayor;
By H.M.A.S. "Melbourne", which also takes this letter, I am forwarding the German Imperial Flag removed yesterday on my arrival here, from the German Government Administrative Buildings.
If this Flag can be made use of in any way to stimulate the interest in recruiting at Sydney for the additional forces which are sure to be required to help dear old Motherland to which we own so much, then I hope you will do so to the utmost. I would at the same time have you remember that to attain this Flag some of the best Australia's blood had to be spilled and gallant young lives sacrificed; I refer to the death of young Dr. Pockley and the others under my command who fell with him, but after all it is a small price to pay, and there are thousands of others ready to follow their bright example in the best interests of the Grandest Empire on which the sun never sets.
Believe me,
My dear Lord Mayor,
Yours sincerely,
Colonel.
Commanding Aust. Navel & Military Expd.
The Right Honorable,
The Lord Mayor of Sydney: