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On active service / [Owen Gatman] ; edited by Martyn Thompson.

Title
On active service / [Owen Gatman] ; edited by Martyn Thompson.
Author
Gatman, Owen.
Publication
Auckland, N.Z. : Longman, c1999.

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Thompson, Martyn.
Description
ii, 128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 23 x 31 cm.
Summary
This book commemorates, through the letters of one soldier, the contribution of those New Zealanders who volunteered to go to war in far-off lands because they believed their values and their country were worth fighting for. Owen Gatman's letters home provide a first-person perspective on how his initial feelings of adventure and excitment were gound down by boring routine, barely sufferable climatic conditions and the realities and horrors of modern warfare. Amazingly, despite everything he experienced, Owne still managed to retain his faith in the goodness of human nature and an ability to see beauty amidst the trials of battle.
Alternative Title
5177 O.R. Gatman 2 NZEF, September 1939 - November 1941
Subject
  • Gatman, Owen > Correspondence
  • New Zealand. Expeditionary Force, 2nd
  • Soldiers > New Zealand > Correspondence
  • Soldiers > New Zealand > Biography
  • New Zealand > History, Military
  • New Zealand > History > 1918-1945
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0582542014
OCLC
51344240
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library