DescriptionA postcard showing Milford Haven during WWI. Sent from there by New Zealander Captain Andrew Dougall Blair, a Qship commander in 1915.
A postcard within an album of A.D. Blair.
On reverse the card is addressed to "Mrs John Blair Mount Pleasant Abbotsford Green Island Dunedin New Zealand". It reads "3rd July 1915. Am all right. But very busy. Will write next time in port. Andrew." Handwritten across top in a different hand 'Naval Base Milford Haven Q 17 has/was based there."
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Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Remembering War basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Harley Couper), on November 05, 2013.
Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/remembering_war/images/show/6330 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License.
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Year: 1915
Location
Map AddressWaarderweg/Drongelen,Land van Altena,Noord-Brabant,4267 ERLatitude/Longitude[1]