Object Record
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Object Name |
Braces |
Year Range from |
1916 |
Year Range to |
1919 |
Description |
Braces with purple and lavender stripes. metal clasps for adjustment and leather joiner and ends. A section of another material that was probably originally elasticated makes up the back strap. No maker's marks or lables noted. |
People |
Rhodes, Robert Alfred Cecil |
Subjects |
Military mobilizations War Military personnel Military service World War I Military uniforms |
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 |
2024.7.8 |
Credit line |
Gift of Tania Pring |