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Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, was sent from Zeitoun Camp in Egypt. He mentions that they may be sent to the Dardanelles soon.

Len and Pat both died at Chunuk Bair in 1915.

Identification

Object type
Correspondence
Archive
Argyle Family
Relation
CA: Argyle Family
Date
April 30, 1915
Digitisation ID
2019P_2019-25_026456
Format
Paper
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Place
Egypt

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soldiers,
world war one,
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