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CASUALTIES: Exhibit pages of postcards & covers with Hospital cachets including ovoid 'FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL' x3 (one is superb) at Heliopolis, ovoid 'SECOND AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL' at Mena House, '3rd AUXILIARY HOSPITAL/HELIOPOLIS/AIF', oval 'No 1 AUXILIARY/CONVALESCENT DEPOT' (Sep 1915) at Abbassia & another apparently with the top line excised (Oct 1915), two items from HMHS "Assaye" one with oval 'HM HOSPITAL SHIP/ASSAYE' h/s, etc, and a PPC from a Nurse who asks for "...a new pair of feet...mine are too tired for anything", condition variable; also JW Beattie (Hobart) real photo postcard of C Section 3rd Field Ambulance members & real photo PPC of a huge ward full of sick soldiers. (21 items)