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Letter to wife

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Contains photocopied material. Item 1 -- Last letter written by 2624 Sergeant Alan Blow, 'A' Company, 18 Battalion, 2NZEF, to his wife Mona Alice (nee Morley), sometime in November or early December 1941 and shortly before his death on December 4th. Content is mostly of a personal nature; however, Blow does briefly mention his interaction with the men of 28 (Maori) Battalion. (holograph; 7 leaves)

    Item 2 -- Photocopy of Item 1. (holograph; 7 leaves)

    Item 3 -- Cover page of Life magazine, dated 24 February 1941, featuring photograph of soldiers with the caption "Anzac Conquerors".

  • Other Id

    3659 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2007-4 (Reference Number)

    69951 (DBTextworks system ID)

    ACQ-2004-5 (Acquisition number)

    2004.46.1 (accession number)

    2007/4 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Letter to wife
  • Primary Maker

     Sgt Alan Isbister Blow

  • Date
    1941
  • Physical Description

    1 folder (3 items)

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Related Object Notes
    PH-ALB-497
    Cenotaph database record.
  • Provenance Details
    Provenance: The letter and photograph album belonged to Mona Alice Pearce (nee Morley), who married three times: first to Alan Blow, second to Alex Harvey and third to Alan Pearce. She outlived all three. Upon her death, on 18 January 2004, the items were passed to her stepdaughter, Mrs Valerie Bieleski (nee Harvey).
  • Subject Notes
    Sergeant Alan Blow served in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. He died on 4 December 1941 and is buried in the Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
  • Credit Line
    Donated by Roderick L. [Leon] and Valerie M. [Mary] Bieleski on 5 March 2004.
  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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