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Entry last updated: 21/01/25![Image: WW1 soldier Allan McMillan writing at a desk at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England (http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/900353) by [unknown]. Collection: Te Papa.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/myUJkNYapHUENnlGYsAt2/c1d628297e2a6a917d31392dfd5c4ced/World_War_One__primary_sources_.jpg)
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