item details
NameLabel, 'Deceased Man's Kit'
ProductionGovernment of the United Kingdom; commissioner; 1916; United Kingdom
Classificationlabels
Materialspaper, ink, string
DimensionsOverall: 105mm (width), 69mm (height), 4mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH021581
Credit lineAcquisition details/history unknown. Found in collection, 2011
Overview
This label identified the deceased man's kit belonging to Captain George Middleton Turner (15th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, United Kingdom), who served on the Western Front in the First World War.
Captain Turner, however, was not deceased - the label documents a case of mistaken identity. Turner survived the war and after travelling widely through the 1920s, he settled in New Zealand. He retired to Nelson and died 1973. The label was found amongst his collected emphemera.