Letter and Envelope, Hardie Martin
Maker
Martin, Hardie
Production date
25 Jan 1968
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
Object detail
Brief Description
Letter and envelope from Hardie Martin to his parents in Napier dated 25 January 1968.
a) Hardie writes about going on a training exercise through the jungle and up a hill, rationing during the exercise, contending with leeches, describing tigers and honey bears, having his pay corrected by his sergeant, men from his platoon being sent to Vietnam attached to other units, a backlog of mail for the unit, items to be sent over for him, British units leaving the area, becoming sunburnt, food being served at the base, receiving a cholera booster shot and weather in the area.
b) Envelope addressed to Mr and Mrs M R Martin, 8 Ellison Street, Napier, New Zealand. Includes an Air Mail stamp, Malaysian post office stamp, Malaysian postal stamp and Hardie Martin's details on reverse. Written on Air Mail envelope.
a) Hardie writes about going on a training exercise through the jungle and up a hill, rationing during the exercise, contending with leeches, describing tigers and honey bears, having his pay corrected by his sergeant, men from his platoon being sent to Vietnam attached to other units, a backlog of mail for the unit, items to be sent over for him, British units leaving the area, becoming sunburnt, food being served at the base, receiving a cholera booster shot and weather in the area.
b) Envelope addressed to Mr and Mrs M R Martin, 8 Ellison Street, Napier, New Zealand. Includes an Air Mail stamp, Malaysian post office stamp, Malaysian postal stamp and Hardie Martin's details on reverse. Written on Air Mail envelope.
Production date
25 Jan 1968
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten, printed and stamped ink on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 200 x 130mm
Height x Width: 130 x 110mm
Height x Width: 130 x 110mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Jan 1968
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
Credit line
gifted by Hardie Martin
Other number(s)
2014/4/13, 89614
Accession number
2014/4/13
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