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Pat (Percival) Argyle (1890-1915) was the son of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. At the time of this letter he was working as a labourer near Ohakune. This letter is to his mother and tells of his work.

Pat and his brother Len enlisted and served in World War One together. They both died at Chunuk Bair in 1915.

Identification

Object type
Correspondence
Archive
Argyle Family
Date
June 26, 1907
Digitisation ID
2019P_2019-25_026436
Format
Paper

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