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Arthur Batchelar served in the Manawatu Mounted Rifles in both the Boer War and World War One. The postcard was sent from Zeitoun, which was the New Zealand military training camp outside Cairo, Egypt. The photograph features uniformed soldiers beside tents at the camp.

Identification

Object type
Postcard
Relation
CA: Batchelar Papers
Date
May 8, 1915
Digitisation ID
2008Pa_BATCHELAR-S5_LET_2093
Held In
"Community Archives"

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Letter to Major Arthur Batchelar as Officer Commanding troops on the ‘Tofua’, regarding a route march in Albany, Australia
Reply to invitation to the 21st birthday celebrations of the Alwyn Physical Culture Club
Letter on the retirement of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Batchelar from the New Zealand Military Forces
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British Empire Aviator's Certificate
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Norman Hassell and Pony Johnston, Cheops, Egypt
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