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Date: 1915-1918

By: Curtis family

Reference: MS-Papers-9234

Description: Collection comprises World War One letters from Michael Curtis in Egypt back to his family in Dannevirke. These letters describe his time in Egypt, visiting the pyramids and Cairo. Comments on fellow soldiers from Dannervirke that he has met including sons from the Allardice family. Describes living conditions at camp, and comments on periods when he has been recovering from battle wounds. Also includes further letters from or to other Curtis family members and ephemera concerning Michael Curtis' death. Source of title - Supplied by Library Papers concern Sergeant Michael Curtis who served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in World War One, dying from wounds in 1917. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & printed matter

Date: 1914

By: Corbin, Jane N, active 2002

Reference: PAColl-7420

Description: Photographs of camps and troop movements in New Zealand during the World War, 1914-1918. Many show the camps at Tauherenikau and Trentham. One shows soldiers on board a train at Lambton Station Wellington, and another the deck of a ship crowded with troops. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1918 - 1930

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-WI-1920-01

Description: Shows the names of eleven men from the Omata District killed during the First World War, and fifty others who served in the war. Those killed were: Corporal T S Crompton, Private E L Allen, Private P Wood, Rifleman W H Millman, Private E Anstis, Private J J Crompton, Lance-Corporal L A Warren, Private N Wood, Private D Mace, Corporal R Kidd, Private H A Prujean. Among the remaining fifty, some bore the family names of Crompton, Mace, and Anstis. At the lower edge is a landscape of the Omata area showing rolling country, the Omata Stockade and Mount Taranaki in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, coloured, 375 x 245 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2004.