Graves Registration Telegram

Title

Graves Registration Telegram

Creator

Graves Registration Service

Identifier

T100027

Date

1921 February

Description

Telegram notifying John L. Ambuehl of approximate arrival date for John P. Ambuehl's body

Source

Gift of Carol Frost, great-niece of John P. Ambuehl, and Mrs. James E. Higgins, 1981.

Subject

World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Casualties

Contributor

Rachel Dark

Language

English

Provenance

Items were saved by John P. Ambuehl and his family, whose descendants donated them as a collection to WWPL.

Text

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM

9N am CK [?]vt NL
John L Ambuehl Hoboken N.J. 4th
Body of Pvt 1/C John P. Ambuehl, 2110915 will arrive New York City about Feb 15th and will be shipped to you Adam Min, at Government expense but not until you telegraph at goverment expense confirming above shipping instructions about shipping notice before making funeral arrangements or departing for burial destination

Graves Registration Service
Pier 2 - Hoboken N.J.

Original Format

Document - Telegram

To

Ambuehl, John L.

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/T100027.pdf

Citation

Graves Registration Service, “Graves Registration Telegram,” 1921 February, T100027, John P. Ambuehl Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.