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  • Ingoa Kē

    Union Jack flag with signatures, WW2

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Union Jack flag with signatures ; rectangle shape with blue base and union jack crosses over top; signatures run along the white bands of the union jack; flown at HQ of 18th Army Troop of Engineers, NZEF in Fiji, WW2

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    1965.14
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1965
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    F012 (flag)

    W1766 (war)

  • Wāhanga
flag, 1965.14, F012, W1766

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Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, F012
  • Wāhi
  • [1939-1945]
  • Tuhipoka Hāngai

    Union Jack flag with signatures flown at HQ of 18th Army Troop of Engineers, NZEF in Fiji, WW2

    Names and numbers of members inscribed on flag. Officer Commanding: Lieutenant JA Goodsir, later Engineer with the Auckland harbour Board.

    markings: Pencil notes on correspondence: "It was a detail of the 18th Army Troop of Engineers under the command of Lieutenant JA Goodsir. / Detachment building Sababula [Samabula], near Lautoka, at Mamaka, near Nadi"

  • Mahi Hāngai
    WW2; 1939-1945
    Pacific Theatre of War
    Fiji
  • Tangata Hāngāi

     O.C. Lieut J A Goodsir (Flag maker)

  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Rā Hāngai
    1939-1945
  • Pāoho
  • Whakaahuatanga Ine
    3'5" x 7'6"
    885mm x 830mm
  • Raraunga Ine

    1050mm (re-measured during photography)

    2200mm (re-measured during photography)

  • Taumata whakarōpū
  • Whakahounga o Mua
    15 May 2023
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