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Harry Delamere Dansey

Portrait of Harry Delamere Dansey
Harry Delamere Dansey Dansey Collection AWMM: PH-1982-7-1
  • Captain
  • NZ Pioneer Battalion
  • Born 7 November 1874, died 29 June 1942
  • Rotorua

Harry Dansey often wrote to his sweetheart Pat. They were married after the war.

Before the war: Engineer

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Their 22 letters

  1. 15 Aug 1914A call to all single men
  2. 31 Jul 1915With all the feelings of my soul
  3. 31 Jul 1915If everything is right with you, everything is right with me.
  4. 31 Jul 1915If only you were close to me
  5. 3 Aug 1915Witnessing loss
  6. 3 Aug 1915To protect you from suffering
  7. 3 Aug 1915War will strengthen the British Empire
  8. 3 Aug 1915Yours is the harder part
  9. 22 Nov 1915Billions of maddening flies
  10. 22 Nov 1915Egyptian mummies
  11. 22 Nov 1915An engineering feat
  12. 22 Nov 1915With love
  13. 30 Sep 1916The death of my greatest friend
  14. 12 Jan 1917Great sportsmen
  15. 12 Jan 1917The conscripts
  16. 11 Mar 1917Could you imagine Auckland destroyed?
  17. 11 Mar 1917We need our jokes
  18. 28 Aug 1917Picturing peace
  19. 15 Oct 1917A hero's end
  20. 29 Oct 1917Will we recover?
  21. 19 Apr 1918Homeless
  22. 15 Nov 1918A fine feat