Auckland Museum · Pou KanohiLetters from the front line

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Duty

12 letters touch on this theme.

  1. 11 May 1915A big responsibilityAlfred Charles Bluck, Captain — Aegean Sea, Ottoman Empire
  2. 3 Jun 1915Never thought I'd be a soldierLeddra Le Gallais, Private — Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
  3. 15 Jun 1915King Harry!Henry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Wellington, New Zealand
  4. 27 Mar 1916Duty firstHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — In Egypt somewhere, Egypt
  5. 7 May 1916Awaiting the order to chargeHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  6. 9 May 1916A new babyHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  7. 24 May 1916Tell her I am coming homeHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  8. 15 Jun 1916And if I goHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  9. 3 Oct 1916A plain case of dutyCharles Stewart Alexander, Lieutenant — Wellington, New Zealand
  10. 12 Jan 1917The conscriptsHarry Delamere Dansey, Captain — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  11. 17 Dec 1917Be of good cheerHenry Herbert Gill, Sapper — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  12. 28 Feb 1918A touch of gasHenry Herbert Gill, Sapper — Flanders Fields, Belgium