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Officer of the Government but you are aware that I am not a military man & am therefore an unacquainted with the minutiae of forms customary in the dispatch of business.

Trusting to receive an early reply and asking your indulgence for troubling you with this letter

I am
Lieutenant
Very Respectfully Yours
A.F.N. Rolfe

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