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    Australian Army Postal Unit commences operation

    Field Post Office at Sarpi Rest Camp. Note the large number of mail bags, underscoring the importance of letters and parcels from home.

    FIELD POST OFFICE AT SARPI REST CAMP. NOTE THE LARGE NUMBER OF MAIL BAGS, UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF LETTERS AND PARCELS FROM HOME. nM7Bo6ZY - STATE LIBRARY NSW

    An Australian Army Postal Unit began operating at Lemnos from May, from aboard the depot ship HMT Aragon. Once Sarpi Rest Camp was established in September, a field post office operated there. 

    Following a visit to the camp from East Mudros, Corporal Harry Gissing expressed in his diary the joy of receiving mail: ‘1 paper, two parcels & three letters awaiting me, a truly splendid day ... I spent a real good half hour opening my treasures.' The following day he ‘Wrote some letters at night in the YMCA tent’.