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Archive File

New Zealand Wools

1927-1930

Research notes, correspondence and reports relating to experiments on wool produced by various breeds of sheep from New Zealand. Including Romney, Corridale, and Leicester.

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Archive File

Correspondence with Morton Sundour Fabrics

1928

A small amount of correspondence about natural coloured wools and Camel wool.

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Category: Burial

W J Shaw R N 4.5.15,8.5.15,8.10.14

Category: Rats

R.E.Wilson (GS) letter 19, 5.8.16.

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Category: Attitudes/Opinions - Towards Civilians, Homes and Parents

W.J.Shaw R.N. 20.5.15-8.7.15.

Category: Enlistment/Recruitment/Training

J.R.Lucas (GS) Diary 5.8.14 - 21.6.15.

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Category: Artillery - Trench Mortars

R.P.Hemphill (GS) Letter 5,8,15 for description of Minenwefer Bombs.

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Category: Mining and Messines

R.L.Bradley (GS) Letter 215 (8.5.16) re mine crater.

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Category: Submarines: Anti

H. R. Cooper (RNMN) - Numerous 1918 diary references, 9.5.18 and 21.8.18

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Category: Mobilisation and Arrival of B.E.F. in France - August 1914

R.Dawson (GS) Diary No.2 5th August 1914- 26th July 1915. 5th Aug.- 8th Aug.

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