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pendant, partly made

human history
  • Other Name

    partly worked plastic pendant : 423170 Private Ralph Turner, 21 Battalion, 2NZEF, WW2 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    partly worked plastic pendant made by 23170 Private Ralph Turner, 21st Infantry Battalion, during WW2 using his trench kit

    'spade' shaped pendant of clear plastic

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    2007.10.10
  • Accession Date
    21 Feb 2007
  • Department
partly made pendant; Pte R Turner, 21 Bn, 2NZEF, WW2… … Read more

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Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2007.10.10
  • Cultural Origin
  • Primary Maker
  • Place
  • Date
    Circa 1939-1945
  • Associated Notes

    Partly worked pendant; made by 23170 Private Ralph Turner, 21st Infantry Battalion, during WW2 using his trench kit.

    Ralph Turner, farmhand of Wayby (near Wellsford), enlisted in 1942 (9th Roll Embarkations) and served with the 21st Infantry Battalion in North Africa and Italy. He carried his 'trench kit' with him everywhere and "when there was nothing to do made his souvenir "stuff - it was how they kept their sanity". He gave pieces that he had made as gifts to women (in Italy) or swapped pieces for rations. A second tin container was used to carry small souvenir pieces.

    The trench kit consisted of a metal sweet tin with files, whetstone, wax, sandpaper, leather for polishing, polishing cloth, wire and pieces of perspex, rivets etc together with some unfinished pieces made from perspex and aluminium. The donor believes that the metal tin was originally received by her father as a container for a food parcel from home.

  • Associated Event
    WW2; 1939-1945
  • Associated Person
  • Associated Place
  • Associated Date
    1939-1945
  • Period
  • Media
  • Subject Category
  • Classification
  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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