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Letter book
Date: 20 Aug 1914-3 Jan 1915
From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters
Reference: MSX-2549
Description: Letter book records military memoranda and detailed letters from Malone to his wife. Also letters to family members, friends and business colleagues. Memoranda was written 20 Aug 1914 when Malone was based in the Awapuni Camp. Letters continue from early Oct 1914 as the transport ships prepare to leave Wellington for Egypt. Most letters are written to Mrs Ida Malone. Final letter in volume is sent from Zeitoun Camp, Egypt on 3 Jan 1915. Malone expresses his affections for his wife and the difficulties of separation from his family. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Contains ink sketches including a drawing of transport ships from the perspective aboard the `HM NZT No.10 Arawa', page 8. Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 107 digitised images. Page 82 is missing.
Letter book
Date: 5 Oct 1914-6 Apr 1915
From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters
Reference: MSX-2550
Description: Army correspondence book records notes to Officer Commander (O/C), B Company, 5 Oct 1914. Notes on a military exercise in Karori, Wellington in early Oct 1914 including sketch maps. Letters start 7 Feb 1915 from Kubri, Egypt to his military commanders. Also weekly military reports and letters home to family and friends in New Zealand from Zeitoun Camp. Note on 8 Apr 1915 acknowledging a censor's stamp for the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, NZ and A Division. Last letter of volume on page 97 to Lady Godley regarding the care of the sick soldier "Gordon", written in Zeitoun Camp, 13 Mar 1915. Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (98 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book) Volume includes ink sketches Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 60 digitised pages. Pages 50 and 51 include original and carbon copy pages. Some pages have been removed throughout the volume.