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  • Other Name

    Small fibreboard suitcase (descriptive name)

    Right Honourable Sir William Joseph Jordan, NZ High Commissioner in UK, WW2 (associated name)

  • Description

    Small suitcase used by the Right Honourable Sir William Joseph Jordan, NZ High Commissioner in Britain during WW2

    brief tan coloured fibreboard suitcase with hinged lid; leather and metal fittings

    markings: name stencilled on lid in black ink [paint]: W JORDAN / AUCKLAND; printed shipping label on front: NEW ZEALAND LINE / Passengers Name “RT. HON. W.J. JORDAN” / 1 / “RANGITATA” / ROYAL ALBERT DOCK LONDON. E / BAGGAGE ROOM; circular shipping label on one side: printed in black on orange: THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. LTD around edge and “J” at centre; typed paper label on other side: JORDAN, Sir William Joseph / 1879-1959 / Papers Box 3 / Collection of photos relating to duties as NZ High Commissioner in Britain during WW2, Index in Box 1”

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

    London/England

  • Accession Number
    1977.127.1
  • Accession Date
    1977
  • Other Id

    2009.x.6

    HT00/88

  • Department

    History

    War History

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