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flag, ensign

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    British White Ensign, WW1 (flag name)

    Motor Launch Pahoe (ML 555) (associated name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    British White Ensign; rectangle shape with damage to the right side which has obscures the shape; white base with red cross and union jack in the top left corner; flag has been greyed from a smoke screen;

    from Motor Launch Pahoe (ML555), Dover Patrol, WW1

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    1932.462
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1932
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    F057 (flag)

    W0593 (war)

  • Wāhanga
flag, ensign, 1932.462, F057, W0593

Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga

Mātātuhi

Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, F057
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     unknown (Flag maker)

  • Wāhi
  • [1914-1918]
  • Tuhipoka Hāngai

    British White Ensign from Motor Launch Pahoe (ML555), Dover Patrol, WW1

    The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during WW1, which played a significant role in blocking German shipping and which and took part in raid on Zeebrugge carried out in 1918.

    Saddler Andrew Gilmore Carnahan of 72 Victoria Rd, Devonport, Auckland, enlisted on 21 August 1918 with the Field Artillery, embarking with the Main Body, 1NZEF, on 16 October. He served on Gallipoli and later on the Western Front, receiving a promotion to the rank Sergeant in 1916.

    In January 1918 Carnahan was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR).

  • Mahi Hāngai
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Tangata Hāngāi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Rā Hāngai
    [1918]
  • Pāoho
  • Whakaahuatanga Ine
    2'4" x 3'6"
  • Raraunga Ine

    711mm

    1067mm

  • Huinga Kaupapa
  • Taumata whakarōpū
  • Whakahounga o Mua
    15 May 2023
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