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[Letter sent in the above envelope. To Judge Ferguson from Major R.F. Fitz Gerald, with account of 5th May action. See 'of Australia in the War of 1914-1918'; Vol. VII, p. 198]
"Flanders"
9.6.16
Dear Judge Ferguson,
I have your letter of March 5th, which arrived some ten days ago. Our mails are very irregular indeed & we have had no parcels for some little time. However they will all arrive in time.
You will be surprised to hear that Col. Lamrock has left us & is now on his way back to Sydney. He & others were considered too old for the strenuous work this fighting entails, & they have had to make way for younger men. Even the higher ranks are to be thinned. He did not like it at first, but after a talk with that incomparable leader of men, General Birdwood, he was quite satisfied. He is also happy over receiving his C.B. & will probably be decorated by the King before leaving.