Letter book

Letter book begins 17 May 1915 with a letter from Malone to Major Sandford of Taranaki about fighting conditions for his soldiers and the difficulties of obtaining supplies from the Ordnance Stores. In a letter to Bruce H Morison on 19 May 1915 he relates the advancement as a soldier of Morison's son in Gallipoli. He makes the observation that British Regulars regard Malone's Battalion as the "The White Gurkhas" which is seen by everyone as a great compliment. Further letters to family members, military colleagues and friends in New Zealand. Two letters to Miss Thomas are in French. Also includes organisational details for Courtney's Post with sketches. Last letter in book 25 Jun 1915 written at Quinn's Post.

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) (ca100 pages).

Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book)

Includes small pencil sketches

Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project.

Digitisation details - 109 digitised images. Original and carbon pages have been kept and digitised at pages 65, 66, 71, 72, 74, 75, 83 and 84.

Alternative form available: Transcripts available from MS-Papers-8538-14 and MSDL-0226