More Info →Sgt. John Dixon, Bereavement Card, 1942

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Folded card (with red & blue stripe across top right-hand corner), photo glued inside, and gold printing throughout.

Printed on front of card: “Mr and Mrs J.A. Dixon and family thank you sincerly for your kind expression of sympathy in the loss of their dear son and brother Jack. 42 Racecourse Road, Waipukurau.”

Printed inside the card (left side): “He gave life itself for God, For King and Country, For loved ones, home and Empire, For the sacred cause of justice and The freedom of the world. —-- Greater love hath no man than this!”

Printed inside the card (right side, below photo): “34012 Sgt. JOHN DIXON Killed in action, 22nd July, 1942.”

Sgt. John Dixon, bereavement card, 1942. A folded card with photo glued inside, and gold printing. An informal portrait, with Sgt Dixon in his army uniform.

B & W photo print, mounted

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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