Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 7, drawer F, medal position 8
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.473.6
Brent Mackrell Collection
Collection
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1945]
Associated Notes
Defence Medal 1939-45
Captain Squadron Leader Thomas Gerald Harpur
Captain Squadron Leader Thomas Gerald Harpur OBE (Mil) NZMC RNZAF
Military Service:
WW1: as a doctor with the New Zealand Medical Corps in the UK, France,and Western Europe, attached to 2nd Akld Regt
WW2: NZ Medical Officer Fanning Island, then home service
post WW2: with New Zealand Territorial Service and RNZAF to 1953.
Associated Event
WW2; 1939-1945
Associated Person
Associated Date
1939-1945
Period
Media
Measurement Description
medal: 36mm diameter
ribbon: 32mm wide
Measurement Reading
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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