1919 British Army in Austria APO R7 censored to Chatham
Code: B34728
British Army in Austria / Italy: 1919 (13 February). On Active Service postcard to Chatham, Kent struck by Army Post Office R.7 datestamp and #430 censor cachet. Following the Armistice with Austria-Hungary, one British battalion was selected from the forces then in Italy and sent into the Austria as part of the Allied occupation troops. It as stationed in the town of Imst in the Tirol from 28November 1918 to April 1919. Lacking local fiels post facilities, mail was taken back to either the 7th Division Railhead or a Field Distribution center in Vicenza, Italy for postmarking.
