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Card, greeting   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Card, greeting
Object type Crafts/wars; letters home/wars; casualties/wars
Classification: 77203
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English: Embroidered postcard, sent by 25-1840 Rifleman Frank Silk Whitaker to his son during WW1; Happy Birthday - Somewhere in France, 27.6.1916
Date circa 1916
date QS:P571,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; Unknown; 1916-1917
Dimensions notes: 140mm x 90mm (h x w)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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Place of creation Western Front; Passchendaele; France
Notes embroidered postcard sent by Rifleman Frank Silk Whitaker 25-1840, NZ Rifle Brigade, to his son in New Zealand Rifleman Whitaker was killed in action at Passchendaele 12.10.1917 Text on postcard- "Somewhere in France 4-6-16 My dear Son it was your birthday when I was on the Troopship but this is the first time I could get a Post Card good enough for you and I hope you get it all right and I hope you are a good boy and looking after your dear mother while your old dad is away at the War. I have not much to say this time so I will say goodbye look after your Mother and you will please your old dad. I remain your loving Father, FSW XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX from dad to Charlie"
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