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Lot 1362 | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY - CORRESPONDENCES [ View this Category ]
Correspondence of Corporal James Mitchell Sleeman No. 30609: James Mitchell Sleeman enlisted in Melbourne on 15 September 1916, and embarked for England on 23 November. He was sent to France as a Gunner with the 10th Field Artillery Brigade on 19 June 1917. He suffered a severe ear wound on 24 September and was returned to England. Sleeman was promoted to Corporal on 27 February 1918, and during further service in France was wounded on a gas attack on 12 August. Following convalescence he returned to Australia on the Anchises on 28 February 1919. The correspondence comprises 14 letters. The first dated July 1915 to his mother discusses his wishes to enlist, then a series of letters from June 1917 cover his service in France and England with a range of cds and censor marks. The final letter dated 3 April 1919 was written on board 'Anchises' and bears a circular 'A.I.F./POSTAGE/FREE'. Two covers with stamps removed, many with flaps faulty or removed (14 covers)     | ||
