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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

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

2017-10-06
By: Kirstie Ross
On: 6 Oct 2017
In: History

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