Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
John Francis Stewart, in uniform
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1915
Physical Description
160 mm. x 108 mm. (print)
254 mm. x 209 mm. (mount)
Collection
Level of Current Record
Child
Is Part Of
Media/Materials
Technique
Subject Category
Classification
photographic prints/positives/photographs/AAT Visual Works
Provenance Details
Two versions offered by Pamela McKay:
Elizabeth Tepoona Crapp gave the trunk of photos to donor's father Paumea McKay
Elizabeth Kakuna, Gilbert Mair's daughter gave the collection to donor's father Paumea McKay [Both Elizabeths are the same person, Elizabeth TePoono Crapp nee Mair daughter of Gilbert Mair and Anahera Patara]
Content
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."
Public Access Text
Photograph taken by Charleton and Son in Newbridge and Curragh, Ireland.
Subject Notes
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.
Copyright
Cultural permissions apply
Last Update
03 Feb 2025
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