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Son of Edwin and Emmeline SHORT, Mitta Dam, Albury, New South Wales

SERGEANT SHORT’S END.
Private Errol Devlin, of the 18th Battalion, writing to his mother at Manly, makes reference to Sergeant Douglas Short, whose death was announced a few weeks ago. He says:— "It would be impossible for me to describe the scene of Sunday, 22nd August, when we lost hundreds of men in a few hours. All my mates went down to it that day. I thought at first  that Sergeant Short got away with a wound, but I found his body yesterday (September 1st). I made a nice cross for his grave, with a suitable inscription. Our dead are lying in  hundreds, and it means more loss of life to put them under the ground."

Sergeant Edwin Douglas Short, previously reported missing, is now reported to have been killed at Gallipoli on August 22. He enlisted early in February, and was 24 years of age  on June 25, the day he left Sydney. He was born at Blandford, Dorsetshire, England, and came to New South Wales with his parents 19 years ago. He was the eldest son of Mr. E.  J. Short, of the district works office, Kempsey. Father and son were occupants of the same tent in the same company at Liverpool, but Mr. Short, sen., had to take his discharge owing to a serious illness after serving 141 days. The deceased soldier was an excellent rifle shot, and served three years in C. Company, 4th Infantry Regiment, under Captain  Cragg, Singleton. He was the holder of the Royal Humane Society's medal and certificate for life-saving. At the time of enlisting he was in the employ of Messrs. James Moore and  Co., Ltd., Singleton.