Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2015.28.3
Gift of Mary, William, Kenneth and Bruce Grant
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1914-1918]
Associated Notes
Service kitbag, that belonged to Private Sutherland Sinclair McNeil, 8th (Southland) Regiment, NZEF, WW1
Well-used post-war by family for laundry, school camps etc.
Privates Sutherland and Waihora McNeil were brothers and members of the McNeil family, one of the oldest settler families in Otago. Their grandfather James McNeil arrived from Scotland in 1849 on board the “Mooltan.”
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Associated Person
Period
Signature/marks
"No / 8TH SOUTHLAND REGT" / "[S.MCNEIL]"
"MC GRANT / PIHA PO / AUCKLAND"
"A. DICK"
"A.T. DICK"
Media
Measurement Reading
880mm
480mm
240mm (from table to top of bag base)
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
15 May 2023
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