Air Mail letter and envelope, Bernard Madden
Maker
Madden, Bernard Oswald Joseph
Production date
26 Mar 1944
Current rights
Public Domain
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Brief Description
Letter and envelope from Bernard Madden to his family in Napier dated 26 March 1944.
a) Bernard writes about being moved to a hospital in Bari, the train trip to the hospital, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a photograph of a girl that looks like his sister Noeline sitting on another man's locker in the hospital, hearing an orchestra event, not receiving any mail as he has been on the move, Pat being in a new POW camp, asking after Uncle Ted and not seeing much action in the area.
Written on National Patriotic Fund Board/On Active Service letterhead.
b) Envelope addressed to Mrs P J Madden, 21 Macdonald Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay. Includes a censor's stamp and postage stamp. Signed by Bernard Madden acknowledging prerequisites of sending post.
a) Bernard writes about being moved to a hospital in Bari, the train trip to the hospital, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a photograph of a girl that looks like his sister Noeline sitting on another man's locker in the hospital, hearing an orchestra event, not receiving any mail as he has been on the move, Pat being in a new POW camp, asking after Uncle Ted and not seeing much action in the area.
Written on National Patriotic Fund Board/On Active Service letterhead.
b) Envelope addressed to Mrs P J Madden, 21 Macdonald Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay. Includes a censor's stamp and postage stamp. Signed by Bernard Madden acknowledging prerequisites of sending post.
Collection
Production date
26 Mar 1944
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed, stamped and handwritten ink on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 210 x 135mm
Height x Width: 100 x 152mm
Height x Width: 100 x 152mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Mar 1944
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Barbara Madden
Other number(s)
2013/65/113, 89211
Accession number
2013/65/113
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