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entrenching tool

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    entrenching shovel / pick (WW1) (descriptive name)

    17735 Rflm WM Smallfield, 3rd Bn NZRB, WW1 (associated name)

  • Description

    entrenching tool used by 17735, Rifleman William M Smallfield, 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade, Western Front, WW1

  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Associated Place

    Western Front/Europe

  • Accession Number
    2007.55.1
  • Accession Date
    19 Jul 2007
  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Pou Kanohi

entrenching tool 2007.55.1

Images and documents

Images

  • entrenching tool 2007.55.1
  • entrenching tool 2007.55.1
  • entrenching tool 2007.55.1
  • entrenching tool - side view [2007.55.1] Rfln W M Smallfield, 3 Bn, NZRB, WW1
  • entrenching tool - side view [2007.55.1] Rfln W M Smallfield, 3 Bn, NZRB, WW1
  • entrenching tool - top view [2007.55.1] Rfln W M Smallfield, 3 Bn, NZRB, WW1
  • entrenching tool - ruler view [2007.55.1] Rfln W M Smallfield, 3 Bn, NZRB, WW1

Artefact

  • Display location

    Pou Kanohi

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2007.55.1
  • Cultural Origin

    unknown

  • Primary Maker

     unknown (Military equipment/manufacturer)

  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Date
    [1914-1918]
  • Associated Notes

    This entrenching tool was carried by 17735 Rifleman William Mandeno Smallfield, 3rd Battalion NZRB.

    17735 Rifleman William M Smallfield (3rd Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade) joined the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in 1916 aged 21. He left NZ for the UK with G Coy, 16th Reinforcements, on board SS Mokoia. After a period at Sling Camp he made his way to the Western Front where he was wounded in In February 1917, spending some days in hospital before returning to the battlefield. After two and a half years on the Western Front he finally returned to his family in Auckland.

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
    Western Front; 1914-1919
  • Associated Person

     Rifleman William Mandeno Smallfield

     1NZEF: New Zealand Rifle Brigade: 3rd Battalion

  • Associated Place

    Western Front/Europe

  • Associated Date
    1916-1918
  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

  • Media

    wood/plant material

    metal/inorganic material

  • Measurement Description
    length (handle) x length (blade) x width (blade): 445mm x 330mm x 130mm
  • Measurement Reading

    445mm

    330mm

    130mm

  • Classification

    tool, entrenching

    equipment

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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