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Letter from Captain Alexander Wallace to his fiancee Ethel, 22 May 1916
letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.1991-03-43-36

Description

Letter from Captain Alexander Wallace to his fiancee Ethel, 22 May 1916. One of circa 143 letters, 1913-1918 written by Capt Alexander F Wallace, a medical officer, attached A Coy, British South Africa Police, to his fiancée, Ethel (later his wife), World War One, East Africa (1914-1918). Wallace was serving with the British South Africa Police during World War One (1914-1918) when he wrote this letter. His unit was about to depart Abercorn (Mbala) in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) to invest Namema across the frontier in German East Africa (Tanzania). The letter describes his concerns at the start of the operation. He describes using a captured German mountain artillery battery against the Germans; the German Herero muleteers were ‘keen to fight against their former masters’.

Campaigns

World War One, East Africa (1914-1918)

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