Date14 January 1918CreatorJohn Knox PerryNumber of Pages1DimensionsH: 254mm x W: 185mmAccession Number15.641Access AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of Yarrila Arts and Museum.
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Letter from Private John Knox Perry to students of Coffs Harbour Public School, dated 14 January 1918. He thanks the children for the present they sent, and remembers his teachers. In the top left hand corner is a drawing he made of him as a boy smiling. John Knox Perry died in France on 24 August 1918, age 50. He suffered a shell wound that perforated his stomach.
John Knox Perry, Letter from Private John Knox Perry, 14 January 1918 (14 January 1918). Coffs Collections, accessed 03/07/2026, https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/73511