Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2014.69.14
Bequest of Mr Arie de Geus
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Date
[1939-1945]
Associated Notes
Souvenir silk cloth with map of Japan [WW2]
Belonged to Major TA Blake
History not known, possibly WW2
Thomas Arnold Blake (1882-1966) was a member of the Rangoon Vol. Rifles from 1906. By 1913 he was living in New Zealand and tended horses of the Special Constables camped in the Auckland Domain during the 1913 Waterfront Strike, probably as an employee of the Department of Agriculture.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
WW2; 1939-1945
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Last Update
15 May 2023
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