IMAGE
Soldiers of the Maori Battalion waiting to depart for service during World War II
- Date
- [ca 7 May 1940]
- Reference
- PAColl-6348-60
- Description
Soldiers of the Maori Battalion waiting to depart for service during World War II (possibly upon the ship Aquitania, from Wellington) circa 7 May 1940. Shows soldiers with their kit bags. The soldier standing in the middle holds a kit bag with “Pte R Hohua 39072” stencilled on the front. Photographer unidentified.
Publication note - Not published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 29 May 1940 or 5th June 1940.
Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Information regarding the possible location (Wellington) and a possible name for a ship they might have been about to board (Aquitania), from a Library client, 15 Feb, 2007.
Inscriptions: Verso - A small party of the Maori Coy about to go on board; Verso - Staff 7/5/40; Verso - [stamped in ink] Approved for publication 23 May 1940 Not to be used until released by Director of Publicity
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.7 x 15.7 cm
Processing information: Scope and name terms updated to include Pvt Hohua, following information from researcher, 11 May 2023.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 12
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 20.7 x 15.7 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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