field post office


noun
  1. a place to which mail intended for military units in the field is sent to be sorted and forwarded: Abbreviation: FPO

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How to use field post office in a sentence

  • We receive and send telegrams every hour either to a field post office or to headquarter staffs.

    The Postage Stamp in War | Fred. J. Melville
  • He never could quite make out where she was, addressing her only to her symbol in the Field post-office.

    If Winter Comes | A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • A field post office contingent was also sent to Bushire in 1918 in connection with the operations between Bushire and Shiraz.

  • On the 30th March the force moved out to Mardan and the head-quarters field post office went with it.

  • Later on it was possible to register a small parcel in the field post office—for home.

    Five Months at Anzac | Joseph Lievesley Beeston