General Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 23, 24 September - 26 December 1919, Part 7

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I shall be glad if you will communicate this
decision and the reasons for same to the Defence
Department at the earliest opportunity.
Please acknowledge.
Lieut.-General.
Director-General.
Repatriation & Demobilisation, A.I.F.
 

6511/40/3/8.
10.11.19
A.I.F. Headquarters,
130, Horseferry Road,
LONDON.
10th November, 1919.
Dear Mr. Jolly,
I have received your letter re your loaned
glasses from the Official Secretary, Australia House,
and as I am aware of the whole of the circumstances of
your gift (as you will see by reference to the name on
your receipt attached) am replying direct to you.
At the time of General Monash's appeal the
response was very prompt and I had charge of all the
arrangements for distribution.
Lists were made of all glasses, with
their numbers and the donors names, showing the
officers to whom they were issued, and had all the
original officers returned without any loss of kit, &c.
through shell fire it would be easy to return your
glasses promptly.
Unfortunately, very few of the original
officers of the 4th Brigade came through the conflict.
and even those have, like all others, had their kit
and equipment destroyed and replaced many times.
Further, I have not been connected with the
Brigade sine may, 1915, and there have been many staff
Captains in charge of the records since, but none are
at present on this side of the water.
The records of the 4th Brigade are now en
route to Australia, and (given a moderate time for the
large A.I.F. Records to be assembled in order in
Australia0 the list of donors and receivers will be
found, and it is quite possible that your glasses and
the officer who received them have come through
unscathed. If so, I am sure the officer will be only
Copy for -
Lieut.-General Sir John Monash, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., V.D.
 

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too anxious to hand them back, for the glasses so generously
loaned have been of the utmost value to our
officers many and many times.
I would suggest, therefore, that you write
General MONASH (say in six months' time) when he has
returned to Australia, and I am sure he will be only
too willing to have the records searched and assist you
in return for your kind favour of 1914.
I regret that I shall not be returning to
Australia for a considerable period or I would follow
up the matter myself.
Unfortunately, also, we have no store of war
trophies from which I could get you a pair of German
glasses. Yours sincerely,
C H.Jess.
Brigadier-General,
Commandant, A.I.F. H.Q.
J.M. Jolly Esq.,
34, Bishopsgate,
E.C.
 

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in by S.M.O. Ormonde
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3.2.20
A.I.F. FORM No. 536.
AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
Department of Repatriation and Demobilisation.
MEDICAL REPORT.
Station ..LONDON
Date .. 10.11.19
1. Unit A.I.F.
2. Regimental No. -
3. Rank Lieut. General
4. Name (in Block letters, Surname first)
Christian Names in full.    MONASH.    JOHN
Height 5.10
Chest Measurement 38

 

Hand completed form - see original document
 

[*Draft*]
Court of Inquiry re H.M.A.T. Waimana
12/11/19  (??)
I confirm the findings of this Court of Enquiry. The
evidence does not disclose anything in the nature of specific neglect of
duty on the part of any person concerned. There xxx xxx was a xxx
xxx misunderstanding between those officials responsible for
deciding upon the method of fitting of the ship, and those
other officials responsible for allocating personnel to the ship.
Each group of officials acted xxxxxxx in good faith.
There was however a lack of business precaution, by
putting into practice what was believed to be an xxxxx agreement on a
most important matter, without any confirmation in writing
of such an agreement.
xxx The findings & recommendations should be promulgated
to the heads of all branches & sub-branches directly
concerned, to note & to take all necessary action
to obviate in the future any hitch of such a nature.
Lieut-General.
Send copy of Court to the Minister
 

ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
LIST OF ADDRESSES.
P. P. C. CARDS
Cards despatched
London. 13/11/19
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B
Lady Monash.
Miss Monash
Iona
Toorak.
Melbourne.
P. P. C.
 

C
Lady Monash.
Iona
Toorak.
Melbourne.
P. P. C.