SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff Letters, telegrams and a Christmas card Penman sent home just before he was killed in action in Italy. As a soldier in World War II he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery, and bar. They came by ship.’’About 3 million handwritten letters were sent around the world to and from New Zealand during the World Wars. In Hāwera, Ivan Schultz has letters from World War II sent from his uncle Valentine Martin Kreegher, known as Mick. While Lesley Herlihy from Inglewood has an embroidered card sent to her grandmother, Marion Julian, from Herlihy’s uncle Eric Julian.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2021 17:00 UTC