FPO TX October 1917

[Chris Grimshaw]

Field Post Office TX falls in the series allocated to the Canadian Divisional Trains TX, TX 2, TX 3, TX 4

In security swap phase IV I can find no record of use in Proud.  K & C lists as 55? 

Australian Division Train, No's 1, 2 & 3 have no Number allocated in phase IV,

Cover I'm looking at has a Australian style Registration Label with a Handstamp FPO TX instead of the datestamp.

Strongly suspect one of the 3 missing Australian trains. It bears censor 5 / 4068, first example I've seen.

Chris

Does anyone have any records of this FPO in October 1917, 

[Alan Baker]

Looking at AK's index card, he records two items for TX in October 1917.

The first is 5/4068, with a note of an AIF registration label (presumably the one you have). Date 4th October

The second entry is dated 10th October and is 5/2493. Both note a backstamp RW3 - 3 Aus Div Railhead

According to Proud, TX was used by TW3 in Phase IV, i.e. 3rd Aus Div Train. In its place 1 Cdn Train used TP1 (from an extract of B&T Vol 1 provided to me by Wayne Schnarr). This is presumably why there is no record against TW3, as it was not a straight swap

[Chris Grimshaw]

Thanks Alan

Sounds like the same cover, scan attached,

The second entry is dated 10th October and is 5/2493. Both note a backstamp RW3 - 3 Aus Div Railhead is interesting, now recorded by myself.

Found a little more in K & C, Page 38 where they list details of numbers of the various censors, No reference to say if what they'd seen or an Official Document

For Type 5 they show 1 to 5897 France, and from 7/17 to 10/17 No 5189 to No 5434 from Italy.

Currently I only record 2 examples in this block, No 5252 with APO S 85, still in France at St Germain (Transit camp) Opened 21.7.1917,

5265 with APO S 95 in Italy

Chris