Rewai Street : World War II letters
Summary Letters from Rewai Street to his parents, Samuel and Beatrice Street in Nelson. The letters run from 1941 to 1945, there are gaps of some months in each year.
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- List of letters
- 1941
- View Letter, 3 December 1941 as PDF [452 KB]
- View Letter, 14 December 1941 as PDF [749 KB]
- View Letter, 21 December 1941 as PDF [1.7 MB]
- View Letter, 26 December 1941 as PDF [1.7 MB]
- 1942
- View Letter, 12 January 1942 as PDF [833 KB]
- View Letter, 19 January 1942 as PDF [958 KB]
- View Letter, 1 March 1942 as PDF [1.2 MB]
- View Letter, 8 March 1942 as PDF [211 KB]
- View Letter, 22 March 1942 as PDF [540 KB]
- View Letter, 3 April 1942 as PDF [492 KB]
- View Letter, 27 May 1942 as PDF [168 KB]
- View Letter, 3 June 1942 as PDF [133 KB]
- View Letter, 4 June 1942 as PDF [128 KB]
- 1943
- View Letter, 12 February 1943 as PDF [1.6 MB]
- View Letter, 21 February 1943 as PDF [926 KB]
- View Letter, 3 March 1943 as PDF [758 KB]
- View Letter, 7 March 1943 as PDF [379 KB]
- View Letter, 30 April 1943 as PDF [787 KB]
- View Letter, 20 June 1943 as PDF [1 MB]
- View Letter, 9 July 1943 as PDF [997 KB]
- View Letter, 11 July 1943 as PDF [2.3 MB]
- View Letter, 15 July 1943 as PDF [2.5 MB]
- View Letter, 21 July 1943 as PDF [556 KB]
- View Letter, 26 July 1943 as PDF [131 KB]
- View Letter, 24 August 1943 as PDF [638 KB]
- View Letter, 3 September 1943 as PDF [1.5 MB]
- View Letter, 14 November 1943 as PDF [429 KB]
- View Letter, 21 November 1943 as PDF [1.6 MB]
- View Letter, 28 November 1943 as PDF [295 KB]
- View Letter, 31 December 1943 as PDF [347 KB]
- 1944
- View Letter, 27 March 1944 as PDF [1.1 MB]
- View Letter, 30 March 1944 as PDF [383 KB]
- View Letter, 9 April 1944 as PDF [1.1 MB]
- View Letter, 18 February 1945 as PDF [370 KB]
- 1945
- View Letter, 21 March 1945 as PDF [466 KB]
- View Letter, 25 April 1945 as PDF [438 KB]
- View Letter, 23 May 1945 as PDF [141 KB]
- View Letter, 15 July 1945 as PDF [361 KB]
- View Letter, 18 July 1945 as PDF [379 KB]
- View Letter, 25 July 1945 as PDF [376 KB]
- View Letter, 1 August 1945 as PDF [375 KB]
Collection location Private collection
Publication information Unpublished
Additional information
Rewai Tomlin Street (1910-1986) served in 2NZEF from 1941 to 1945.
Rewai Street was born in Seddonville, and educated at Riwaka Primary School, Nelson College, Victoria College and the Wellington Teachers Training College. He taught at schools in the Wairarapa, Timaru and Christchurch. He was teaching at St Albans Primary School when the second World War broke out. In May 1941 Rewai Street entered Burnham Training Camp. He left New Zealand in September 1941 and arrived in Egypt in October. Rewai served in Egypt, Libya, Palestine and Italy. He was wounded in July 1944 and returned to New Zealand in September 1945.
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