Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 2, drawer B, medal position 26
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1571.2
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1919]
Associated Notes
British War Medal 1914-192, WW1
Medal awarded to 2/2032 Sgt. Albert Woolley, 5 Battery New Zealand Field Artillery,1NZEF.
Albert Woolley of Devonport enlisted in April 1915. He was initially posted to C. Coy, 6th Reinforcements, and transferred to te New Zealand Field Artillery in June 1915. He left New Zealand in October that year arriving at Suez in November. The following March he embarked for France.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Associated Person
Associated Date
1914-1920
Period
Signature/marks
BM (maker's mark)
W.M.c.M (maker's mark)
Media
Measurement Description
medal: 36mm diameter ribbon: 32mm wide
Measurement Reading
36mm (medal)
32mm ( ribbon)
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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