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Object Name |
Bag, Kit |
Year Range from |
1916 |
Year Range to |
1919 |
Description |
Duffel bag. Cylindrical canvas kit bag with metal eyes around the opening for threading with a cord for pulling and tying shut (no cord present). Stencilled lettering: 29082 R A C RHODES C COMP.Y 18 RFTS N Z. Base also has "66" (or "99") stencilled. One of Robert Rhodes' kit bags dating from the First World War. 29082 was his service number. |
People |
Rhodes, Robert Alfred Cecil |
Subjects |
Bags Military mobilizations War Military personnel |
Provenance |
Found with other items in this accession, all related to RAC Rhodes. Located in a shed that had been used as a chicken coop when the donor was clearing her parents' property at Wainui on Cemetery Road. The donor's parents, Shirley and Clive Butler had no relationship to Rhodes. It is unknown how these the collection came to be in the shed. Rhodes served in the First World War from 1916-1919. His address on his military record was Duvauchelle and his father was at Benoit Street, Akaroa. |
Catalog Number |
2024.7.3 |
Credit line |
Gift of Tania Pring |