item details
NameLeave on Discharge Certificate
ProductionDepartment of Defence; publisher; 1919; United Kingdom
W.B. & L.; printing firm; 1919; United Kingdom
W.B. & L.; printing firm; 1919; United Kingdom
ClassificationVisual and Verbal Communication, official documents
Materialspaper, ink
Techniquesprinting
DimensionsOverall: 205mm (width), 173mm (height)
Registration NumberGH022232
Credit lineGift of Cathryn Riley, 2012
Overview
This Leave on Discharge Certificate is part of a collection of official and personal papers which document the military service of Leonard Morrison with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force from enlistment to repatriation.
The certificate notified a soldier returning to New Zealand that he has been granted 28 days' leave after he disembarks from the ship taking him home. The certificate also states that the soldier will be discharged from the N.Z.E.F. on the last day of this leave.