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puttees

human history
  • Other Name

    Pair of puttees, WW1 (descriptive name)

    Lt RP Towle, NZ Specialists, NZEF (associated name)

  • Description

    Pair of puttees that belonged to 32551 2nd Lieutenant Rowland Percival Towle, NZ Specialists, NZ Engineers, WW1

  • Associated Place

    Western Front/Europe

  • Accession Number
    1990.102
  • Accession Date
    05 Jun 1990
  • Other Id

    U297 (uniform)

  • Department

    History

    War History

puttees U297

Images and documents

Images

  • puttees U297
  • puttees U297
  • puttees U297
  • puttees U297

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, U297
  • Public Access Text

    WW1 puttees that belonged to 32551 2nd Lieutenant Rowland Percival Towle, NZ Specialists, NZ Engineers, WW1

    Rowland Towle left New Zealand on 12th June 1917 with the 27th Reinforcements Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section

    He brought back to New Zealand a collection of items including including German dog tags; haversack, German mug, machine gun protractors, sandbag samples, pair of spurs, German shoulder straps, web gear, whistle, 2 ash trays, a mug, badges, money belt, NZ Onward badge, 16th Waikato badge, pair of 16th Reinforcement badges, German belt buckle, kangaroo corkscrew; other badges (WW3296-W3310)

  • Date
    [1917-1918]
  • Associated Notes

    WW1 puttees that belonged to 32551 2nd Lieutenant Rowland Percival Towle, NZ Specialists, NZ Engineers, WW1

    Rowland Towle left New Zealand on 12th June 1917 with the 27th Reinforcements Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section

    He brought back to New Zealand a collection of items including including German dog tags; haversack, German mug, machine gun protractors, sandbag samples, pair of spurs, German shoulder straps, web gear, whistle, 2 ash trays, a mug, badges, money belt, NZ Onward badge, 16th Waikato badge, pair of 16th Reinforcement badges, German belt buckle, kangaroo corkscrew; other badges (WW3296-W3310)

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Associated Person

     Lieutenant Rowland Percival Towle

     1NZEF: New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

  • Associated Place

    Western Front/Europe

  • Associated Date
    1917-1919
  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

  • Classification

    puttees

    uniforms

    Puttee

    Footwear

    Clothing

    03 Personal Artifacts

  • Last Update
    12 Jul 2023
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