Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Thinking of you
Primary Maker
Place
Date
1916
Physical Description
embroidered silk and card : col. ill. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Level of Current Record
Single Item
Media
Subject Category
Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Belgium
World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Belgium
Passchendaele, Battle of, 1917
World War, 1914-1918--Casualties--New Zealand
World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
Fathers and sons--New Zealand
World War, 1914-1918--New Zealand--Social aspects
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, New Zealand
Content
Handwritten message reads:
“Some where in France 9/6/16. My dear Son, I am sending this pretty postcard to you and I hope you get it all right. I sent you a postcard for your birthday I was a long time sending it but Sonie you must remember I have never been in a town since I left you and your Mother in Wellington but I have past through many a big town and I never had a chance to get a birthday card for you but Sonie better late than never. I hope you like this postcard [for] it is the best I could get for you and I will send you some more next time I write and I hope you won’t forget your old dad. … Boy I do hope you are a good boy to your [dear] Mother. Look after her [Sonie] for [daddy] and don’t forget that song that they sang that night you remember the one it started like this. Goodbye [?] your dear mum knew the one you ask her she will tell you but look here Sonie, for she will need all the help that you can give her so do the best you can for her and you will please your old dad. Now dear boy I am going to say good bye, god bless you dear old [?] I remain your loving father F.S Whitaker. Xxxx xxxx xxxx from your old dad.”
Public Access Text
See MS-93-81 for a letter relating to the death of F.S. Whitaker.
History department has 10 other postcards from Frank Silk Whitaker, addressed to his son.
Subject Notes
Frank Silk Whitaker was a rifleman with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade during the First World War. He was killed at the 3rd battle of Ypres, also known as Passchendaele, on October 12, 1917. See Online Cenotaph database for more information.
Copyright
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Last Update
14 Nov 2022
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