Auckland Museum · Pou KanohiLetters from the front line

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Family

11 letters touch on this theme.

  1. 14 Jun 1915Just like ChristmasHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Wellington, New Zealand
  2. 15 Jun 1915Messages for my loved onesHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Wellington, New Zealand
  3. 16 Oct 1915One never knows when one is going to get biffedSir George Spafford Richardson, Brigadier general — Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
  4. 19 Oct 1915Only my wife and family matterSir George Spafford Richardson, Brigadier general — Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
  5. 9 Jan 1916You were so braveHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Wellington, New Zealand
  6. 8 Feb 1916Remembering our anniversariesHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Red Sea, Egypt
  7. 8 Feb 1916To my sonHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Red Sea, Egypt
  8. 26 Apr 1916Nearing the big gunsHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  9. 9 May 1916A new babyHenry Thomas Norton, Lance Corporal — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  10. 22 May 1916Trench lifeHarry Frederick Hall, Second Lieutenant — Flanders Fields, Belgium
  11. 30 Oct 1916Sad to partHerbert William King, Captain — In England somewhere, Great Britain and Ireland