Letter, Percy R Manson
Maker
Manson, Percy Robert
Production date
1916
Object detail
Brief Description
Letter from Percy R Manson to his mother and dated 1916. The letter was written while on active service during World War I. The paper has a picture of a soldier with a rifle in a landscape with hills, a bay and boats in the distance. The letter reads:
Egypt
Aug 12th 1916
Dear Mother
Here I am again scribbling a few lines to you wondering how you have been getting on these last few months I have been away. Well mother I am keeping in the best of health considering the different life we are leading here to what we had at home. The weather has not changed much it is still just as hot as ever & I am beginning to get used to it by now. I suppose you have heard of the fighting in Egypt quite a number of our men have been killed , but the Turks got the worst of it. Bert Houghton is out here, he has not altered much and not grown so very much. I had a letter from Mrs MacKechnie and also received an Auckland Weekly she sent. How is Papa(?) getting on I expect it has been fairly cold up the Main Trunk Line this winter, as I heard that the winter had been very wet in New Zealand. I only wish it would rain where we are now as with the hot weather and the sand nearly up to our knees it makes us feel pretty dry especially when we are a long way from water. The war news seems a little better now but I don’t know how long it will last. The Russians are doing well & I think the British will have the Germans moving back soon. I expect Walter will be coming to the war now Gordon MacKechnie coming. By jove Mrs MacKechnie will miss Gordon as he has been the only one home with her this long time.
Well I think I will have to close this short note as there is not much news over here at present. Hoping this will find you all in the best of health.
I am
Your loving son
Percy R Manson.
Written with a Young Men's Christian Association logo on a red triangle and the heading Young Men's Christian Association with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. Contains spaces to write the military camp and date.
Egypt
Aug 12th 1916
Dear Mother
Here I am again scribbling a few lines to you wondering how you have been getting on these last few months I have been away. Well mother I am keeping in the best of health considering the different life we are leading here to what we had at home. The weather has not changed much it is still just as hot as ever & I am beginning to get used to it by now. I suppose you have heard of the fighting in Egypt quite a number of our men have been killed , but the Turks got the worst of it. Bert Houghton is out here, he has not altered much and not grown so very much. I had a letter from Mrs MacKechnie and also received an Auckland Weekly she sent. How is Papa(?) getting on I expect it has been fairly cold up the Main Trunk Line this winter, as I heard that the winter had been very wet in New Zealand. I only wish it would rain where we are now as with the hot weather and the sand nearly up to our knees it makes us feel pretty dry especially when we are a long way from water. The war news seems a little better now but I don’t know how long it will last. The Russians are doing well & I think the British will have the Germans moving back soon. I expect Walter will be coming to the war now Gordon MacKechnie coming. By jove Mrs MacKechnie will miss Gordon as he has been the only one home with her this long time.
Well I think I will have to close this short note as there is not much news over here at present. Hoping this will find you all in the best of health.
I am
Your loving son
Percy R Manson.
Written with a Young Men's Christian Association logo on a red triangle and the heading Young Men's Christian Association with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. Contains spaces to write the military camp and date.
Collection
Production date
1916
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten in pencil on blue lined paper. Printed black and red ink.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 258 x 207mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
12 Aug 1916
Credit line
from the Viv Millin Collection
Other number(s)
m2002/25/400, 55410
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