Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 10, drawer B, medal position 28
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2016.35.7.1
Purchase
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1918]
Associated Notes
1914-1915 Star awarded to 13/887 Trooper Stanley Blackburn, A Squadron, Auckland Mounted Rifles, 4th Reinforcements, NZEF.
Stanley Blackburn was born on 26 March 1889 at Hackney in London. But at the time of his enlistment he was working as a farmer employed by Mr Bowron of Parua Bay, Whangarei, and his parents were living on Guernsey.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
05 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915
28 Aug 1915
Period
Media
Measurement Description
medal:
height (including suspension ring): 62mm
width: 44.5mm
ribbon: 32mm wide
Measurement Reading
62mm (medal including suspension ring)
44.5mm (medal)
32mm (ribbon)
Subject Category
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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