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1937 (Jun 12) Plain envelope by airmail to Major J. Malcolme, Royal Army Medical Corps, Reception Station, Jerusalem & forwarded to 2/3rd Cavalry Field Ambulance, Nathanya bearing Sudan Air Mail 3 Piastre tied smudged Air Mail/Sudan cds & with Air mail etiquette removed for forwarding by D R L S (Despatch Rider Letter Service) & with Army /JSM /Signals (16 Jun) cds with on reverse bi-lingual Caire/Par Avion (14 Jun) transit cds ……………………………………………………………
A full scale uprising in April 1936 by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule in mandated territory resulted in Britain sending more troops and an Army Postal unit via H.M.T “Dorsetshire” where FPO 12 opened on board and a further 10 FPO’s between numbers 15 – 26 on arrival the first opening on 1 October with the last closing on 10 January 1937 after problems had subsided by the end of 1936 only to reoccur again by September 1937.