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Printed below photo, as caption: “Anzac’s Shirt Inspection. Gallipoli.”

Written (faded) below photo: “This is what we do here.”

Letter penciled on back: “Somewhere in France, June 26th, 1916.

Dearest Con & Beryl,

I received three letters from you yesterday after waiting over two months for mail. You can imagine how pleased I was to get them. The peach & cream was lovely. You are hot on it, just as well the censor doesn’t see it, he would wonder what the devil he had struck. Am going up to the front tonight to try my luck & have not much time now to write. Will drop a letter when I get up there & let you know what it is like. Oh, what about an “intro” to Boosie. She will do me, will swing on her neck as soon as I see her. (Get off my neck). Well give my love to them all at home & stacks of love & kisses for yourselves. Claude.”

Postcard entitled “ANZAC’s Shirt Inspection, Gallipoli”. Picture shows nine soldiers examining their shirts while sitting on the ground. On the reverse side is a message from “Somewhere in France” dated – June 26th, 1916, and addressed to Con and Beryl. The message is quite cryptic, so as to beat the censor, and is signed from Claude. (See notes field)

1 Sepia tone postcard

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