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Souvenir cloth: Souvenir of Egypt, WW1 (descriptive name)
Rifleman Len Truscott, 3rd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, NZEF (associated name)
Description
Souvenir cloth: Souvenir of Egypt, WW1
Souvenir cloth sent back to New Zealand by Rifleman Len Truscott, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade, NZEF
silk satin cloth with lace edging, printed polychrome illustrations: sphinx, pyramids and camel at centre, with border comprising oval portraits of leaders and draped flags of allied nations (Belgium, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Serbia), roses between flags, with printed title on scroll below: Souvenir of Egypt, embroidered message at lower edge: "With best love from Len"
Place
[Egypt]
Associated Place
Egypt
France
Accession Number
1999.223.1
Accession Date
20 Dec 1999
Department
History
War History

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Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1999.223.1
Place
[Egypt]
Date
1915-[1918]
Associated Notes
The embroidered cloths sent home by Len Truscott were a souvenir of his war – and of his life, because Rifleman Truscott, NZ Rifle Brigade, stayed in France, killed in October 1916.

Rifleman Len Truscott, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade, was wounded on 15th September 1916, Battle of the Somme, France. He was transferred to a General Hospital at Rouen, but died in October 1916 aged 27. He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, in France.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Associated Person
Pte Leonard Truscott (Associated person)
1NZEF: New Zealand Rifle Brigade: 3rd Battalion (Associated regiment)
Leonard Truscott (Associated person)
Associated Place
Egypt
France
Associated Date
1915-1916
Period
World War 1, 1914-18/Wars
Media/Materials
satin
lace
Measurement Reading
470mm
470mm
Subject Category
souvenir/wars
casualties/wars
Classification
cloth, souvenir
personal gear

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