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Christmas greeting card

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Christmas greeting card from [William] Ivan [Lynn Mavitty], 2NZEF, Middle East, to his mother, 1941.

  • Other Id

    3624 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2006-36 (Reference Number)

    68489 (DBTextworks system ID)

    2006/36 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Christmas greeting card
  • Primary Maker

     William Mavitty

  • Date
    1941
  • Physical Description

    1 folder (1 item)

  • Level of Current Record
    Single Item
  • Related Object Notes
    Cenotaph database record.
  • Provenance Details
    Provenance: Item was found amongst Mavitty's papers in the possession of the donor and forwarded to the Auckland War Memorial Museum for inclusion in its manuscripts collection.
  • Subject Notes
    William Ivan Lynn Mavitty (23335) served with 6 Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery, 2NZEF, in the Middle East during World War II. He died on 3 December 1941 of wounds received at Bel Hamed on 30 November, and was buried at the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.
  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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