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Papers relating to Frederick Charles Soar, 1914

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  • Description

    Personal diary (16 October - 7 December 1914); letter, dated 26 December 1914, from Soar to Edna Davies, who would later become his wife; and a typed copy of Soar's diary transcribed by his granddaughter, Jenny Carter (nee Soar), that also includes family photographs and the Soar family tree.

  • Other Id

    10620 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2014-4 (Reference Number)

    ACQ-2014-36 (Acquisition number)

    2014/4 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Papers relating to Frederick Charles Soar, 1914
  • Primary Maker

     Frederick Soar

  • Physical Description

    2 folders

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Member Object

    4 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Notes
    2/154 Sergeant Frederick ('Fred') Soar, 1NZEF, travelled from Wellington, New Zealand, to Cairo, Egypt, aboard the troopship 'Limerick', where he spent four months training. He served on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918 and was at Passchendaele (France) in October 1917. Soar was appointed Captain prior to the end of the war and returned to New Zealand in February 1919 (from the Forward to "Diary of a soldier", by Jenny Carter). He left the army with the final rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Soar and his wife Edna started Soar Printers in Onehunga, Auckland, in 1920. Their granddaughter, Jenny Carter, is the third generation Soar to co-run the family business.
  • Credit Line
    Donated by Jenny Carter (granddaughter) on 24 October 2014.
  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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