Historical information

Letter written by Alfred G Ferris No 2156 AIF while on his way to England. Refer cat No 4138.3P for his service details.

Physical description

.1) Letter with YMCA logo, yellow colour paper, print in red and black, hand written in black pen mostly in pencil.
.2) Envelope, YMCA logo, stamped in black RH corner, red oval stamp on left, hand written address to in black pen, a pencil entry unclear.

Inscriptions & markings

Letter main points, “On Water, Aug 13th 1916”, “Dear Marian & all”.
Envelope stamp, “Army Post Office A 14 de 16 S.W.4”.
Addressed to, “Mrs W Ferris Terrick Terrick Via Pyramid Victoria Australia”
Oval red stamp, “1984” readable.