Nelson Provincial Museum F G Gibbs Collection: A1183.5
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Letter (page 2) dated 17 July 1916, to Fred Gibbs from Harold W Stobaus serving in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) overseas in World War 1. The letter header is the "Presbyterian Soldiers' Institute". This was one of the many groups that cared for soldiers' needs during the war years. Stobaus lets Mr Gibbs know that he is "still in the land of the living" and updates him with news of other soldiers whereabouts. Stobaus was an former pupil of Mr Gibbs and died of wounds 6 May 1917. |
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