Rowan Carroll
26 Nov 2010
Families requested an oak was planted to memorialise their lost sons. The North Otago Museum Archive holds this collection of poignant letters, some are brief and come straight to the point, stating simply that their son was killed while others describe in detail how their son was killed and the anguish the family felt.

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