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badge, award

human history
  • Other Name

    Scouting Thanks Badge (badge name)

    Ernest William Welch (recipient name)

  • Description

    Scouting Thanks Badge awarded to Ernest William Welch of Hawkes Bay [1950s?]

    bronze pin badge with fleur de lis and THANKS . BADGE inside octagonal garter

  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Associated Place

    Hawkes Bay/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    2003.19.8
  • Accession Date
    14 Apr 2003
  • Department

    History

    Social History

Scouting Thanks Badge

Images and documents

Images

  • Scouting Thanks Badge
  • Scouting Thanks Badge

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Gift of Mrs Jean Stewart (née Welch)
  • Primary Maker

     unknown (Badgemaker)

  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Date
    [1950s]
  • Associated Notes

    Scouting Thanks Badge awarded to Ernest William Welch in 1960

    Ernest William Welch, born in Howick in 1897, was working as a ploughman at the Rissington Station, Hawkes Bay before enlisting for military service as a Private with the Otago Infantry Regiment at the age of 20. He embarked from Wellington with the 28th Reinforcements, F Company, aboard the HMNZT 89 (Waitemata), destination Plymouth, England arriving 24 September 1917.

    During his service on the Western Front Ernie Welch narrowly escaped death when his shaving kit, carried in his breast pocket stopped the impact of a piece of shrapnel. During his service he also suffered from measles, scabies, influenza, bronchitis and gassing resulting in the loss of one lung.

    Ernest Welch had a significant involvement with the scouting movement before and after the war and this is mentioned in his his obituary.

    Other members of the Welch family are represented in the Museum's collections including Memorial Plaques and medals belonging to three of his cousins who were killed in action during WW1.

  • Associated Person

     Pte Ernie Welch

     Scout Association of New Zealand

  • Associated Place

    Hawkes Bay/New Zealand

  • Associated Date
    1950s-1960s
  • Period

    Elizabeth II (1952 - 2022)/House of Windsor/English reign

  • Measurement Description
    l x w: 62mm x 16mm
  • Measurement Reading

    62mm

    16mm

  • Classification

    Badge, Service

    Badge, Insignia

    Insignia

    Status Symbols

    Personal Symbols

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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