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Newspaper |
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| Object type | Newspapers/wars; letters home/wars Classification: NM3.12829 |
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English: Al Ahram Arabic Daily Paper - Egyptian newspaper, sent by 7-1323 Corpl. Len Shaw, Egypt, c.1915-16, to his niece, Jessie Osborne of Opuatia (near Mercer). Handwritten on upper corner- Dear Jessie, We are just leaving Egypt and I have no time to write so am sending a local paper which will give you all the news. L.J.S." |
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| Date | 12 Sep 2002; 30 Sep 2002; (1915-1916); World War 1, 1914-18-wars | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Printed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002.82.6 |
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| Place of creation | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of the family of the late Jessie Pearson (née Osborne), niece of the late Leonard James Shaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Al Ahram Arabic Daily Paper, Egyptian newspaper, sent by Corpl. Len Shaw, 2nd Auckland Infantry Battalion, NZEF, Egypt, c.1915-16, to his niece, Jessie Osborne of Opuatia (near Mercer). Handwritten on upper corner- Dear Jessie, We are just leaving Egypt and I have no time to write so am sending a local paper which will give you all the news. L.J.S." GENERAL NOTES- While serving overseas during WW1 Len Shaw (2nd Lieutenant Leonard James Shaw, 7-1323, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment) of Opuatia near Mercer, corresponded with his niece Jessie Osborne (then aged 12-14 years). Among the letters she received is a letter enclosing a pressed poppy he had picked in the front-line trenches. Len Shaw was killed in action France on 29.9.1918. His brother Leslie Shaw wrote home describing the circumstances of his brother's death. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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