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tally, cap

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  • Other Name

    cap tally NZS Amokura (descriptive name)

    William Waihora McNeil (associated name)

  • Description

    sailor's cap tally : NZS Amokura : pre-WW1 : William Waihora McNeil

    ribbon, black

  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    2015.28.4
  • Accession Date
    03 Jun 2015
  • Department

    History

    War History

tally, cap / 2015.28.4 / ©Auckland Museum CC BY

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  • tally, cap / 2015.28.4 / ©Auckland Museum CC BY
  • tally, cap / 2015.28.4 / ©Auckland Museum CC BY
  • tally, cap / 2015.28.4 / ©Auckland Museum CC BY
  • tally, cap / 2015.28.4 / ©Auckland Museum CC BY

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2015.28.4
    Gift of Mary, William, Kenneth and Bruce Grant
  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Date
    Pre 1914
  • Associated Notes

    NZS Amokura cap tally that belonged to William Waihora McNeil who served on NZS Amokura and the ferry steamer Maori, pre-WW1.

    NZS Amokura was a warship of the Royal Navy, then a training ship of the New Zealand Government.

    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.”

    10/463 Private William Waihora McNeil (known as “Waihora” and nicknamed “Scotty”), born 17/08/95, was a seaman prior to the outbreak of war. He served on the New Zealand training ship “Amokura”, and later on the ferry steamer “Maori”. Waihora was killed in action on 8 August 1915, on Chunuk Bair:

    “West Coast Company on the left, and Hawkes Bay on the right were to lead the advance, supported by Taranaki right and Ruahine left…

    “Into the welter of the 8th August, the 5th Reinforcements had been plunged. Not many of them survived. The Regiment was but a shattered remnant now as it bivouacked on the side of Cheshire Ridge. Including the additions from the 5th Reinforcements, West Coast Company numbered only 51 instead of its full strength of 227. Other companies were in similar plight.”

    Source: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Well-t1-body-

  • Associated Event
    pre-WW1
  • Associated Person

     Pte William Waihora McNeil

     NZS Amokura

  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Period

    pre-WW1/Wars

  • Signature/marks

    "N.Z.S. AMOKURA" (vessel name)

  • Media

    ribbon

  • Measurement Reading

    940mm

    30mm

  • Classification

    tally, cap

    headgear

    uniforms

  • Media/Materials Notes

    black

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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