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bag, first aid

human history
  • Other Name

    bag for gauze swabs - Remuera EPS, WW2 (descriptive name)

    Miss Elsie Greig, EPS (owner's name)

  • Description

    First aid bag marked "Remuera / Gauze Swabs"; probably part of WW2 EPS kit, which belonged to Miss Elsie Greig.

    white cotton bag, woven cloth tag (red on white) sewn to inside top: "HORROCKSES REGD CLOTH"

    marked in ink on side: "gauze swabs"; marked along outside top edge: "Remuera"

  • Place
    Remuera/Auckland/New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Remuera/Auckland/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1995.129.8
  • Accession Date
    31 Aug 1995
  • Department

    History

    War History

First aid bag

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  • First aid bag
  • First aid bag
  • First aid bag

    Artefact

    • Credit Line
      Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1995.129.8
    • Place
      Remuera/Auckland/New Zealand
    • Date
      Circa 1940
    • Associated Notes

      First aid bag marked "Remuera / Gauze Swabs"; probably part of WW2 EPS kit, which belonged to Miss Elsie Greig.

      Elsie Greig trained as a nurse in New Zealand but at the outbreak of WW1 was nursing in Australia. She enlisted and served overseas with the Australian Army Nursing Service. Elsie later returned to New Zealand and lived in Remuera where she cared for her mother. During WW2 she did some work with the Emergency Precautions Scheme in Remuera.

    • Associated Event
      WW2; 1939-1945
    • Associated Person

       Nurse Elsie Greig (Associated person)

       Emergency Precautions Scheme (Associated organisation)

    • Associated Place

      Remuera/Auckland/New Zealand

    • Associated Date
      1939-1945
    • Period

      World War 2/Wars

    • Signature/marks

      Remuera (written)

      Gauze Swabs (written)

    • Media/Materials

      cotton (textile)

    • Measurement Description
      420mm x 670mm (w x l)
    • Measurement Reading

      670mm

      420mm

    • Subject Category

      nursing/wars

      home front/wars

    • Classification

      bag, medical supplies

      medical equipment

    • Last Update
      15 May 2023
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