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Andrew Balneaves, WWI Letter - October 4th

 Digital Image
Identifier: D28410007
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Dates

  • 1918

Creator

Transcription

France

Oct 4th 1918

Dear Kate

I received your letter of July 31st and as things are quiet today I may as well answer it. Just now we are keeping the old hun on the move and helping to win the war. We had a very good spin this time and nabbed a lot of jerries also a quantity of material. Bill found four revolvers and a pair of glasses in a dug-out so we are all wearing one now. The other night the CO wanted a wire run up forward to a certain corner in a trench and Bill & I landed the job. However we got up so far and did not have enough wire to go the

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Extent

1 digital object : TIF file.

Physical Description

Pencil on paper.

Dimensions

H 200mm x W 120mm

Content Note

Letterhead: YMCA. On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force

Repository Details

Part of the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives Repository

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