Lt. Col. Smith Letter to Mrs. E. Pick - April 27, 1920
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War Office, Cornwall House, Stamford Street, S.E.1. 27th April, 1920 9/Medical M./700 (A.M.D.1.) Madam, In reply to your letter of the 21st instant regarding the present whereabouts of Captain J. Milne, R.A.M.C., T.F. I am directed to inform you that this Officer was demobilised on 6thApril, 1919. I am to add that it is not the practice of this Office to give an Officer's private address, but any letter addressed to Captain Milne, C/o this Office, will be forwarded to him. I am, Madam, Your obedient Servant [signature]Lieutenant Colonel, for Director General, Army Medical Service. Mrs. E. Pick, 16th Stalbridge House, Hamstead Road, N.W.1.
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| Title | Lt. Col. Smith Letter to Mrs. E. Pick - April 27, 1920 |
| Creator | Smith, Lt. Col. |
| Source | Smith, Lt. Col. Lt. Col. Smith Letter to Mrs. E. Pick. April 27, 1920. John Franklin Hardesty Papers, 1867-2007. A2293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | John Franklin Hardesty entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps and volunteered to serve as a surgeon with the British Army during WWI. In March of 1918, he was captured by Germans in Amiens, France. Hardesty was imprisoned at Ratstatt and Villingen Prisoner of War Camps for eight months. This letter from Lt. Col. Smith, Army Medical Service was written to Mrs. E. Pick in regards to Captain J. Milne. Milne was also a prisoner at Villingen Prisoner of War Camp. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners; Military discharge |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | April 27, 1920 |
| Language | English |