Soldier boy : a young New Zealander writes home from the Boer War / compiled by Kingsley Field.

By:

Gilbert, Henry George

Contributor(s):

Field, Kingsley

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : New Holland Publishers, 2007.Description: 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9781869661779
186966177X

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

968.0483 22

LOC classification:

DT1916 .G55 2007

Summary: In April 1901 Harry Gilbert joined the 7th Canterbury Mounted Rifles and set off to fight the Boers in South Africa. Although he was away for not much more than a year, during that time Harry wrote more than 30 letters home. Most of these letters have survived to the present day and are presented here in the poignant account of a young man's introduction to the terrible consequences of war.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	968.0483 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00459313

In April 1901 Harry Gilbert joined the 7th Canterbury Mounted Rifles and set off to fight the Boers in South Africa. Although he was away for not much more than a year, during that time Harry wrote more than 30 letters home. Most of these letters have survived to the present day and are presented here in the poignant account of a young man's introduction to the terrible consequences of war.

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