Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 1, drawer A, medal position 11
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1294, W1121.7
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1918]
Associated Notes
1914-15 Star, WW1
Medal awarded to 3/273 Col. Donald N.W. Murray, NZ Medical Corps, N.Z.E.F.
citation: mid: L.G. 4 January 1917, p262 :
"Mentioned in despatch from General Sir Douglas Haig, GCB, Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, dated 16th November, 1916."
Colonel Donald Norman Watson Murray CMG, DSO (28 August 1876 - 4 September 1945)
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Associated Person
Associated Date
05 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915
Period
Signature/marks
3/273 COL. / D.N.W. MURRAY. / N.Z.E.F. (recipient's name)
Media
Measurement Description
medal: height (including suspension ring): 62mm width: 44.5mm ribbon: 32mm wide
Measurement Reading
44.5mm ( medal)
32mm ( ribbon)
62mm (medal including suspension ring)
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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