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jacket, battledress

human history
  • Other Name

    battledress jacket : NCO : Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps : 1959-61 (descriptive name)

    Sgt Colin Whyte, RNZAMC, 1959-1961 (associated name)

  • Description

    battledress jacket : NCO : Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps : 1959-61

    Belonged to Sgt. Colin Whyte, Royal New Zealand Medical Corps, and worn in Malaya 1959-1961

    khaki woollen cloth; waisted with belt buckle at side; patch pockets with box pleat and 3-point flap; with Royal NZ Army Medical Corps shoulder titles in old gold on dull cherry cloth, and Sergeants stripes on sleeves

    markings: maker's label: SIZE 18 / Height: 6ft. 1in. - 6ft. 2in. / chest: 43in. - 44in. / THE LANE MFG. / Co. Ltd. / GISBORNE / 1958 / QUALITY MADE

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1979.59
  • Other Id

    U162.2 (uniform)

  • Department
jacket, battledress U162.2

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Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, UU162.2
  • Public Access Text

    battledress jacket : NCO : Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps : 1959-61

    Belonged to Sgt Colin Whyte

    Worn during g early period in Army.

    Colin Whyte served in Malaya from November 1959 to November 1961, and later served in Vietnam and with the ANZUK Singapore Forces,.

  • Place
  • Date
    Circa 1959
  • Associated Notes

    battledress jacket : NCO : Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps : 1959-61

    Belonged to Sgt Colin Whyte

    Worn during g early period in Army.

    Colin Whyte served in Malaya from November 1959 to November 1961, and later served in Vietnam and with the ANZUK Singapore Forces,.

  • Associated Event
    The Malayan Emergency; 1948-1960; Malaya/Malaysia
  • Associated Person
  • Associated Place
  • Associated Date
    1959-1961
  • Period
  • Media
  • Measurement Reading

    360mm

    330mm

    175mm

  • Classification
  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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