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Lot 1316 | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY - MAIL TO WOUNDED AND DECEASED SOLDIERS [ View this Category ]
1916 (2 Aug) and (29 Aug) covers (with enclosures) from Sydney to Private A.L. Smith No. 19 of the 1st Australian Field Ambulance, both with mss 'Killed in Action' and with handstruck 'DECEASED' (38 x 5mm) and 'RETURN TO SENDER/SEE BACK' pointing finger. The earlier cover with Sydney Dead Letter Office Return to Sender label, the other with two Dead Letter Office datestamps. Private Smith served in Gallipoli before arriving in France on 30 March 1916. He was killed in action on 17 August, just prior to the despatch of this letter, and was buried in Pozieres Cemetery. One cover with staining and spotting, other relatively fine (2)  | ||
