Readiness and Sacrifice: World War I Archives
When:
| Thu 18 Dec 2014, 9:30am–5:00pm | |
| Fri 19 Dec 2014, 9:30am–5:00pm | |
| Mon 22 Dec 2014, 9:30am–5:00pm | |
| Tue 23 Dec 2014, 9:30am–5:00pm | |
| Wed 24 Dec 2014, 9:30am–1:00pm |
Where: Archives New Zealand - Dunedin Office, 556 George Street, Dunedin, Otago
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Admission: Free
The exhibition includes letters to families, a war diary illustrating troopship life and soldiers' training, fitting out the Hospital Ship 'Maheno' with a bacteriological laboratory and the Dunedin Fire Brigade appeal to the Otago Military Service Board for exemption from service. Of particular interest, are the war diary and letters home from Alexander Mee to his wife, Jessie in 1917. Alexander Mee was from Brighton, near Dunedin. He was declared - Missing Believed Killed - on 12 October 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele.
The image is: New Recruits at the Dunedin Railway Station, c. 1914-1916 [Archives Reference: AAVK/W3493/E7547]
For more information about the exhibition, please email: dunedin.archives@dia.govt.nz,
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