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Sunday at Hastings, 28 December 1913 Till we meet again. From the album Photograph album; 1913; Adkin, Leslie, 29 December 1913, Hastings, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (O.031239)

For family or for Empire? The risks of staying home during war

On: 6 Oct 2017

Kirstie Ross considers other notions of duty and service that many men, like Levin farmer Leslie Adkin, had to weigh up in the face of the demands being made on them to serve as soldiers.Read more

Man and woman sit at a table outside having tea

We need you to help bring Leslie Adkin’s diaries to life

By: Kirstie Ross

On: 7 Sep 2017

We’re asking for volunteers to transcribe Leslie’s dairies from October 1917, just after he was conscripted to serve in the army, through to the end of the conflict in November 1918.Read more