World War II letters and cards, 1940-1945
Summary The letters are written by Howard Kippenberger (Kip) to Glen and May Morgan.
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- View Letter, 7 June 1944 as PDF [112 KB]
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Collection location Archive 752
Publication information Unpublished and published.
Additional information
Howard Karl Kippenberger (1897-1957) was born in Ladbrooks, south of Christchurch. In 1916 he served at the Somme, where he was wounded and discharged. He trained as a lawyer, practising in Rangiora. In 1922 he married Ruth Isabel Flynn in Lyttelton. In 1939 at the outbreak of war he was given command of the 20th Canterbury/Otago Battalion. As these letters show, he served in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, rising to the rank of Major General. In Italy he stood on a land mine, losing both his feet. He became an administrator, in charge of the relocation of prisoners of war. Back home in New Zealand after the war he was appointed Editor-in-chief of the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.
Service numbers: WWI 11682, WWII 7128.
Related pages
- Military personnel file for Howard Karl Kippenberger, Archway, Archives New Zealand
- Cenotaph record for Howard Karl Kippenberger, Auckland War Memorial Museum
- Howard Kippenberger, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
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