MANUSCRIPT
Keating, John Joseph, 1881-1955 : Inward correspondence
- Date
- 1917-1918
- By
- Keating, John Joseph, 1881-1955Keating, James Patrick, active 1917; Walls, Jock, active 1917; Liddle, John Lumsden, 1879-1955
- Reference
- MS-Papers-6887
- Description
Six letters written by Keating's brother, James Patrick, while on active service during World War One. (i) The first three, 11 Sep 1917-25 Jan 1918 are written from camp in New Zealand and the remaining three, 21 Apr-28 Jul 1918 are written from camp in England where he was waiting to be dispatched to the Western Front in France; (ii) three letters written by a friend Jock Walls, from Featherston Camp, 25 Jun 1917, Cannock Chase Camp, England, 10 Oct 1917 which contains a description of his voyage from New Zealand aboard the `Waitemata' and a letter written from No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton on Thames, describing the injuries he sustained on 5 Apr in fighting on the Somme, 7 July 1918; (iii) Letter from J L Liddle of Nelson, 19 Sep 1918
Source of title - Supplied
John Keating was a resident of Greymouth and corresponded with his brother and friends while they were on active service in World War One
Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs
Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project.
Digitisation details - 47 digitised images
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 folder(s), 0.01 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Personal narratives, Manuscripts, Holographs
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