Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2016.45.1
Grift of Mackenzie family
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1902
Associated Notes
Bugle given to Nursing Sister Elizabeth (Bessie) Hay, at the end of the Anglo Boer War.
During the Anglo Boer War New Zealand Nursing Sister Bessie Rennie Hay served at several hospitals, and for a time worked under the direction of Dr Arthur Conan Doyle at the Langman Field Hospital, Bloemfontein.
Associated Event
Anglo Boer War (South African) 1899-1902
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
Feb 1900
Period
Media
Measurement Reading
280mm (mouth piece to bell)
175mm (top of bell to bottom of tubing)
940mm (top of bell to end of attached cord and tassles)
Subject Category
Classification
Last Update
15 May 2023
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Department HistoryDescription Red Cross flag ; rectangle shape; white background with red cross in the centre; associated with Anglo-Boer War, and given to Miss Elizabeth Hay, the last trained nurse to…
Red Cross flag ; rectangle shape; white background with red cross in the centre; associated with Anglo-Boer War, and given to Miss Elizabeth Hay, the last trained nurse to leave the Langman Field Hospital, Bloemfontein in November 1900
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flag, national
Department HistoryAccession Date 1970Description Union Jack associated with Anglo-Boer War, rectangle shape; navy base with red and white union jack crosses; given to Miss Elizabeth Hay, the last trained nurse to leave the…
Union Jack associated with Anglo-Boer War, rectangle shape; navy base with red and white union jack crosses; given to Miss Elizabeth Hay, the last trained nurse to leave the Langman Field Hospital, Bloemfontein in November 1900
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