Comments on: Stories from the First World War: Sergeant-Major Vandersluys

By: Adele

Adele — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:12:55 +0000

Kiera, as its nearly the 100 year anniversary of the start WW1, will Te papa be having a display on about soldiers who went to War… I would love to be able to show you some of my research on soldiers who died at Featherston and buried there, so many died of influenza after fighting overseas

By: Conor Yardley

Conor Yardley — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:55:10 +0000

Hello Kiera,

I am a current serving member of the Royal New Zealand Military Police and am writing a Book on the History of New Zealands Military Police, I would love to speak to you about your reasearch can you please email my work address attached. I am based out of Trentham.

Regards,

Conor

By: Stories from the First World War: The Costello Family « Te Papa’s Blog

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:55:52 +0000

[...] as a starting point for research, some of my searching has proved successful. You can read the fascinating story of Sergeant Major Vandersluys, the sad story of two brother from the Jessen family and more First World War Stories in my [...]

By: More Stories from the First World War « Te Papa’s Blog

More Stories from the First World War « Te Papa’s Blog — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:14:53 +0000

[...] a challenging task, but I have had some success. My previous blog posts have told the stories of Sergeant-Major Charles Vandersluys; the two brothers Donald and John Jessen; and the New Zealand soldiers buried at Walton-on-Thames [...]

By: Kiera Gould

Kiera Gould — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:18:36 +0000

Thanks Lucy I’ve just sent you an email!

By: Lucy Jerram Moore

Lucy Jerram Moore — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:56:37 +0000

Great stuff Kiera, fascinating stories. I would love to meet you at Te Papa some time, I’m on the Host team and also have an ongoing interest in NZ’s First World War history. I’m on the internal email directory on lucy.moore@tepapa.govt.nz

By: Stories of the First World War: John and Donald Jessen « Te Papa’s Blog

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:53:58 +0000

[...] Read another ‘Story of the First World War’ here – Sergeant-Major Vandersluys [...]

By: adele pentony-graham

adele pentony-graham — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:06:41 +0000

Screentime TV have some of my work for a programme next year, also Maori TV do some on Anzac Day… nice to be able to share it around..

By: Kiera Gould

Kiera Gould — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:23:37 +0000

Thanks Adele, your project sounds fascinating as well. I’m really enjoying the project, it’s so interesting encovering the personal stories. Hoping to write up some more posts soon. Best of luck to you too.

By: theresacosgrove56

theresacosgrove56 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:54:46 +0000

Wow, this sounds like a wonderful project. Hope it goes well. x