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Great War Stories: Leonard Hart

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In this Great War Story we follow the uncensored letter from Leonard Hart in which he describes the awful encounter on 12 October 1917 at Passchendaele.

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Ian McGibbon, First World War – Western Front, 1916 to 1917, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/46404/great-war-stories-leonard-hart (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian McGibbon, published 23 October 2014.