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Letter, 4 Jan 1916. From 2/Lt Howard Hicklenton in Mudros, to his parents in London, having evacuated from the Gallipoli Peninsular on 1 Jan. ‘I think all troops are being withdrawn as t[he] people in authority see that an impossible task was set’. The Battalion is expected to go on to Alexandria and their kit and guns remain in Gallipoli. Accompanied by Royal Naval Division Christmas/ New Year card, signed ‘Howard to dear Mum & Dad 1/1/16’. With accompanying envelope, postage free with manuscript inscription ‘On Active Service’, ‘A.I.F. [Australian Imperial Force] INTER. [intermediate] BASE P.O. CAIRO 25 JA 16’ circular date stamp and ‘[indistinguishable] BASE AUSTRALIAN DIVISION’ signed censor cachet. From a collection of 54 letters and postcards with accompanying envelopes, 1915-1916. Associated with World War One, Gallipoli, Malta and Egypt.

World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918), World War One, Gallipoli (1915-1916)