John Francis Stewart, in uniform

photograph

John Francis Stewart, in uniform

Circa 1915

160 mm. x 108 mm. (print)

254 mm. x 209 mm. (mount)

Child

Paumea Horton McKay photographs.

paper (fiber product)

Gelatin silver print

Silver print

Monochrome photographic print

Photographic techniques

Stewart Family

Soldiers--Portraits

Portrait photography--New Zealand--20th century

Maori (New Zealand people)--Portraits

Tango whakaahua/Ngā Upoko Tukutuku - Māori Subject Headings

Toa/Ngā Upoko Tukutuku - Māori Subject Headings

photographic prints/positives/photographs/AAT Visual Works

On mount front: "Dave Stewart = Emily Mair - Major Mair = Raiha Jannis (?), John Stewart = Martha Mitchell (Ian)."

On verso: "John/Jack Stewart unplaced on Stewart of Bute, Scotland. Auck and Wanganui, N.Z. Tree O.M.P. May 1974."

Photograph taken by Charleton and Son in Newbridge and Curragh, Ireland.

John Francis "Jack" Stewart son of Dave Heta Reweti Stewart and Emere Mair. Born in Thames.

Photographed in Ireland where he worked in munitions during the first world war.

Worked at Auckland War Memorial Museum from 1929 to 1964.

John Francis married Martha Mitchell in 1924.

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03 Feb 2025