File:Box base (AM 2014.68.19-5).jpg
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[edit]Box base
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Box base |
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| Object type | World War 2/wars; casualties/wars Classification: 82349 |
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| Description |
English: Cardboard box base used to house loose campaign medals of 2nd Lieutenant Bruce Ingham Dent MC. |
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| Date | post-WW2-wars; 10 Sep 2014; (1945); 1943-1944; 10 Jul 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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length: 130mm |
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2014.68.19 |
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| Place of creation | Bougainville; New Zealand; Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2014.68.19 Gift of Beverley Ingham Wilding |
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| Notes | Contained the campaign medals of 2nd Lieutenant Bruce Ingham Dent MC, Fiji Defence Force, New Zealand Infantry, Third Division, WW2 2nd Lieutenant Dent MC joined the army in November 1941 and left for Fiji in December 1942 where he helped train the 4th Battalion of the Fiji Infantry Regiment. Nine months later he received his commission and joined the 1st Battalion Fijian Infantry Regiment which was serving in the Solomon Islands. On December 21, 1943 the Battalion was moved to Bougainville where it was engaged in jungle warfare. Dent was killed in action on 25 March 1944, and awarded the Military Cross posthumously for “outstanding leadership during the Ibu campaign,” Bougainville. He is buried in New Caledonia at the Bourail New Zealand Cemetery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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