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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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British Empire Aviator's Certificate
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Norman Hassell and Pony Johnston, Cheops, Egypt
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Admission ticket to Grand Wireless Concert
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