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ration pack

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    US Pacific 24-Hour Ration Pack, Supper, WW2 (full name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    US Pacific 24-hour Ration - Supper, emergency ration pack, WW2

    sealed metal ration pack; black painted exterior with instructions in yellow on lid and brand "A 'METAL BOX' CONTAINER'

    contents: tin opened in 2009: contents include: oatmeal blocks, cheese, fruitbar, sweets, salt tablets, can of ham and beef, biscuits, latrine paper, a packet of V matches, a packet of Craven A cigarettes and a can with tea rations. Also includes a contents list: Ham and Beef, Biscuits, Oatmeal Blocks, Cheese Blocks, Fruit Bar, Tea Ration

    Sweets, Cigarettes, Salt Tablets, Latrine Paper; with instruction for preparing and using oatmeal, cheese blocks and salt tablets

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    1989.10
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1989
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    W3066.3 (war)

  • Wāhanga

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Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1989.1, W3066.3
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     US Military Forces (Issued by)

  • Wāhi
  • Circa 1945-1950
  • Tuhipoka Hāngai

    US Pacific 24-hour Ration - Supper

    Emergency ration pack prepared for US forces serving in the Pacific during WW2

    These WW2 packs were subsequently issued to the Royal Dutch Forces operating in Indonesia 1945-50.

    The donor, Mr WJ Schwarz, was in the Guards Regiment Fusiliers (part of Princess Irene Brigade) of the Free Dutch Forces in Britain during WW2 and subsequently served with the Royal Dutch Forces in Indonesia, during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949

  • Mahi Hāngai
    WW2; 1939-1945
    Indonesian War of Independence; 1945-1949; Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
  • Tangata Hāngāi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Rā Hāngai
    1945-1950
  • Whakaahuatanga Ine
    133mm x 144mm x 44mm
  • Huinga Kaupapa
  • Taumata whakarōpū
  • Whakahounga o Mua
    09 Feb 2024
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