New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
| New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| Years active: | – |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Service: | New Zealand Army |
| Branch: | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| Type: | Machine gun corp |
| Specific type: | unknown |
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Contents
Personal narratives
John Walter (Jack) Thomas
C Company 13th Reinforcements. No 3 Company NZ Machine Gun Corp.
Correspondence, 1915-1918, by Jack Thomas (Service No 24247 ), Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-1543)
Letters home to his younger sister Annie Thomas (later Payne). Papers also include letters from brothers George (Service No: 6/367) and Frank (Service No: 35504) and family friend Alick McKay (Service No: 24195)
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