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Summary
Binoculars
( )
Artist
not researched
Title
Binoculars
Object type
Classification: 75456
Description
English: Binoculars in case, stamped C178 on lid that belonged to either 50113 Trooper Frederick Tucker, Wellington Mounted Rifles (killed in action, WW1) or 61715 Private George Mudgway, Wellington Infantry Regiment, WW1
Date
circa 1914
date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; 13 Jan 2004; 06 Jan 2004
Dimensions
length x width x depth (l x w x d): 148 x 152 x 80mm
length x width x depth (l x w x d): 140 x 135 x 60mm
notes: binoculars
notes: leather case
Collection
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Native name
Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Coordinates
36° 51′ 37″ S, 174° 46′ 40″ E
Established
October 25, 1852
Website
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/
Authority file
: Q758657
VIAF: 37914585811082302207
ISNI: 000000012174295X
ULAN: 500281217
LCCN: no99028491
NLA: 35670621
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
2004.5.5
Place of creation
Sinai-Palestine; not researched
Exhibition history
Display: 35189
Credit line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2004.5.5
Notes
binoculars in case, stamped C178 on lid that belonged to either 50113 Trooper Frederick Tucker, Wellington Mounted Rifles (killed in action, WW1) or 61715 Private George Mudgway, Wellington Infantry Regiment, WW1 50113 Trooper Frederick Tucker, 2nd Squadron Wellington Mounted Rifles, son of Edward and Sarah Ellen Tucker of Island Bay Wellington was born on 14 October 1872. A married man with one child he enlisted in 1917, commencing duty on 3 November, and embarking with the 29th Reinforcements on 13 November 1917, on SS Tofua. He served in Palestine where he was killed by a sniper on 1 April 1918. George Edward Mudgway (61715) was born on 1 April 1894 at Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand. He served with the Wellington Infantry Battalion, 1NZEF, during World War I and was discharged from active service in New Zealand on 27 May 1919. His wife Molly was the daughter of Trooper Frederick Tucker. George Mudgway died on 30 June 1966 at Otaki, aged 72 years
Museum Tag: Rafah
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A pair of antique binoculars.
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Canon EOS 6D
exposure time
0.008 second
f-number
18
focal length
50 millimetre
ISO speed
100
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