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Box 3

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

File of copies of letters relating to the Otto Schmidt case; copy of statement by Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby regarding the removal of the Pitcairners to Norfolk Island; copies of letters concerning the life of the islanders. [14]l, typescript (carbon copy).

 File — Box: 3
Identifier: MSS. Archives. A-54. Series 2/2. File 2/2/2
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers contained in the following two folders were donated with the papers of Professor Thomas by his son Norman Russell Withiel Thomas in the 1960s. However, these papers are in reality Norman's own papers dating from 1933 to 1942 and relate to his brother Acland's interests in Norfolk Island.Ackland Withiel Thomas an architect served as an Engineer with the NZEF in France during the First World War where he was awarded an MC and lost his left leg at Le Quesnoy....
Dates: 1871 - 1967