Letter writer
Martin George Brown
- Corporal
- Auckland Infantry
- Born 14 December 1885, died 4 September 1966
- Auckland
Auckland teacher Martin Brown wrote to his family from hospital about the Battle of Messines.
Before the war: School teacher
Their 9 letters
- 20 Jun 1917Just a few lost toes
- 20 Jun 1917Carried by German soldiers
- 20 Jun 1917On the front line
- 20 Jun 1917Gas makes the eyes run
- 20 Jun 1917My trust and faith in the Almighty
- 20 Jun 1917A scarf and balaclava, please
- 21 Jun 1917The safety of the trenches
- 21 Jun 1917A gas attack
- 21 Jun 1917The mines explode