Postcard From Claude Rollet World War One 1917

P241747.   The Houseboat, Wanganui River, N.Z.   Copyright Photo by W. Beattie

MAORILAND POSTCARD
CARTE POSTALE
CORRESPONDENCE    ADDRESS
TANNER BROS LTD.
WELLINGTON, AUCKLAND AND LONDON.

C/- G.P.C WELLINGTON   2/10/17

Dear Mrs Massey,
Just a line to let you know I have had the good luck to get back home for a while.  I hope to get up to the Whana some time next month. Kind regards to you all
C Rollet

Mrs S. Massey
C/- G.R. Beamish Esq,
Whana Whana
Hastings
Hawkes Bay

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Postcard is from the postcard album of Elsie Massey, a girl living on Whana Whana Station, also known as Dot or Biddie. The station cook, Tom Rouse, bought her the album in January 1911 and her collection of postcards and photos includes the First World War. Claude Rollet worked as a station hand at Whana Whana previously and sent this postcard to Elsie’s mother, Fanny Edith Massey.

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Date published

2 October 1917

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  • Claude Frontin Rollet (29/1/1890-1/12/1977)

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