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flag

human history
  • Other Name

    Union Jack flag with signatures, WW2

  • Description

    Union Jack flag with signatures ; rectangle shape with blue base and union jack crosses over top; signatures run along the white bands of the union jack; flown at HQ of 18th Army Troop of Engineers, NZEF in Fiji, WW2

  • Place
    [New Zealand] [United Kingdom]
  • Associated Place

    Fiji

  • Accession Number
    1965.14
  • Accession Date
    1965
  • Other Id

    F012 (flag)

    W1766 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766

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Images

  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766
  • flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, F012
  • Place
    [New Zealand] [United Kingdom]
  • Date
    [1939-1945]
  • Associated Notes

    Union Jack flag with signatures flown at HQ of 18th Army Troop of Engineers, NZEF in Fiji, WW2

    Names and numbers of members inscribed on flag. Officer Commanding: Lieutenant JA Goodsir, later Engineer with the Auckland harbour Board.

    markings: Pencil notes on correspondence: "It was a detail of the 18th Army Troop of Engineers under the command of Lieutenant JA Goodsir. / Detachment building Sababula [Samabula], near Lautoka, at Mamaka, near Nadi"

  • Associated Event
    WW2; 1939-1945
    Pacific Theatre of War
    Fiji
  • Associated Person

     O.C. Lieut J A Goodsir (Flag maker)

  • Associated Place

    Fiji

  • Associated Date
    1939-1945
  • Media

    cloth

  • Measurement Description
    3'5" x 7'6"
    885mm x 830mm
  • Measurement Reading

    1050mm (re-measured during photography)

    2200mm (re-measured during photography)

  • Classification

    flag, national

    flag

    Flag, National

    Flag

    Organisational Objects

    Ceremonial Artifacts

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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