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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 Trentham Military Army Camp while they were in training before embarking for Europe.

Len and Pat both died at Chunuk Bair in 1915.

Identification

Object type
Correspondence
Digitisation ID
2019P_2019-25_026449
Title
Letter from Len Argyle, from Trentham in WWI
Relation
CA: Argyle Family
Format
Paper
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Argyle Family

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Creation

Created By
Place
Trentham, Upper Hutt
Date
February 7, 1915

Object rights

Credit Line
Ian Matheson City Archives

Taxonomy

Tags
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trentham military camp,
world war one,
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