Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1995.95.3
Primary Maker
Date
[Circa 1899]
Associated Notes
Binoculars"captured from Boers" brought back to New Zealand by 1438 Pte Walter Hubbard, 8 Company 4th New Mounted Rifles Contingent
Paeroa farmer Walter Hubbard enlisted with the 4th Contingent New Zealand Mounted Rifles (8 Company). He received the following clasps to his Queens South Africa Medal: Cape Colony, Transvaal, Rhodesia and SA01. He died in the Waikato on 26.2.1964.
Associated Event
Anglo Boer War (South African) 1899-1902
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
1899-1902
Period
Media
Measurement Description
length (closed): 154mm
length (extended): 186mm
height x width: 68mm x 140mm
Measurement Reading
Subject Category
Classification
Last Update
15 May 2023
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