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medal, campaign

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    1914-1915 Star, WW1 (descriptive name)

    3/273 Col. Donald N.W. Murray, New Zealand Medical Corps, NZEF (associated name)

  • Description

    1914-15 Star, WW1

    Part of mounted medal set of 3/273 Col. Donald N.W. Murray, New Zealand Medical Corps, N.Z.E.F.

    a bronze four pointed star with crown at top; across the face are two crossed swords; suspension ring; with ribbon

    obverse: central scroll with date 1914-15 surrounded by an oak wreath; superscribed below, monogram initials GV

    reverse: flat and plain; stamped with recipient’s details

    ribbon: watered ribbon of red merging into white which merges into blue

    medal named verso: 3/273 COL. / D.N.W. MURRAY. / N.Z.E.F.

  • Place
    England
  • Accession Number
    1946.208
  • Other Id

    N1294 (numismatics)

    W1121.7 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Pou Maumahara

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Images and documents

Images

  • medal, campaign, 1946.208, N1294, W1121.7, Photographed by Ben Abdale-Weir, digital, 13 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1946.208, N1294, W1121.7, Photographed by Ben Abdale-Weir, digital, 13 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1946.208, N1294, W1121.7, Photographed by Ben Abdale-Weir, digital, 13 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1946.208, N1294, W1121.7, Photographed by Ben Abdale-Weir, digital, 13 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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

     W H J Blakemore (Medallist)

  • Place
    England
  • 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)

    Career summary from J.B. McKinney, Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy (http://www.ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/NZmed/nznotes.html)

    Colonel D. N. W. Murray, CMG, [First World War] DSO, [First World War] m.i.d. (3).

    Born Auckland, 28 Aug 1876

    occupation: Medical Practitioner, Auckland

    War Service

    South African War 1900, Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC).

    WW1: NZEF 1914-19: Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Germany; Commanding Officer Mounted Field Ambulance; Commanding Officer No 2 Field Ambulance; President Travelling Medical Board, Anzac Corps, France; Assistant Director Medical Services (ADMS) New Zealand Division, Germany; Commandant Second Army Medical School, France

    Post-war: Commanding Officer Military Hospital, Auckland, 1919

    WW2: Officer Commanding Troops Hospital Ship Maunganui April 1941-February 1942

    Colonel Murray died in Auckland on 4th September 1945.

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Associated Person

     Colonel D N W Murray

     1NZEF: New Zealand Medical Corps

  • Associated Date
    05 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915
  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

    George V (1910 - 1936)/House of Windsor/English reign

  • Signature/marks

    3/273 COL. / D.N.W. MURRAY. / N.Z.E.F. (recipient's name)

  • Media

    bronze/copper alloy/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material

    grosgrain ribbon/ribbon

  • 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

    medal, campaign

    medal, campaign

    medal

    Medal, Campaign

    Insignia

    Status Symbols

    Personal Symbols

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Media/Materials Notes

    medal

    ribbon

  • Last Update
    19 Mar 2024
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