Wrote letter c/- Town Hall, Wellington, to A H Turnbull; wrote to Elsdon Best in 1916 while on active service at Tel el Kebir (Serial No. 12374). Died of wounds on 18 June 1917 at Ypres, Belgium. Son of James and Julia Freyberg, of Wellington.
Freyberg, Paul Milton, 1884-1917
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Manuscript
Inward correspondence - F-H
Date: 1886-1930
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-03
Description: Contains inwards correspondence from people whose surnames start with the letters F, G and H Transcriptions of selected letters from Fleck to Best published in: Alice Hunt, 'Samoa, 1917. Dear Mr Best ~: Letters 1917-19, Samuo to Wellington' (Palmerston North: Manuia Books, 2016). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Manuscript
Letters from Henry Cock, Paul Freyberg and S A Atkinson
Date: 19 July 1909, 8 Sep 1913, 6 Mar 1918
From: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0057-151
Description: Two letters are from Henry Cock of Nelson, (1) explaining to A H Turnbull that he is returning to him a faulty copy of a book by McNab which had duplicated and missing sections (19 Jul 1909) (2) photocopy of a covering letter for a collection of poems he sent to Turnbull (16 Mar 1918); the third, from Freyberg, in which he enclosed a `yarn of an old Picton crack Britannia which you may remember meeting in the Sounds...' (8 Sep 1913) Also letter from S A Atkinson accompanying pamphlets returned to Turnbull (1909) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (l leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Transferred from the Printed Collections in 1991; found in pamphlet, `Universal miliary training: extract from an address by Col R H Davis' (Pam 2628 1903)
Manuscript
Kenny, Edith Mainana Daisy, 1890-1976 : Letter from Paul Freyberg
Date: 15 Apr 1917
By: Kenny, Edith Mainana Daisy, 1890-1976
Reference: MS-Papers-9117
Description: Letter written by Freyberg while serving on the Western Front during World War One. He thanks Daisy for the Christmas cake she sent him which took 5 months to arrive and describes his present location in a French village behind the front lines as well as making general comments about his recent stint at the Front. He also comments on the class snobbery of the English and their attitude towards privates. Accompanied by an extract from the Kenny family tree. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr C Moody, Wellington, 2008 Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts, transfers made from here. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - 3 framed black and white engravings (Samuel Brees prints) (A-343-041/043).