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Cap, skull   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Ted Frost; Boyle, Tom
Title
Cap, skull
Object type Knitting/crafts; knitting/wars
Classification: NM3.2093
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English: Knitted skull cap made for wearing under helmet; made by Tom Boyle of Waimate who took his knitting needles with him; he knitted a skull cap for each man in his unit; this one belonged to Gunner EA (Ted) Frost, 7th Anti Tank Regiment, NZ Artillery, 2NZEF, WW2 wool; khaki; stocking stitch with border of 2x2 rib; ribbing stitch; close fitting circular cap; evidence of repairs
Date 05 Sep 2007; 07 Aug 2007; 1939-1945; World War 2-wars; (1939-1945)
Medium Knitting/needlework
Dimensions notes: hxw: 150mm x 204mm (at widest point)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
2007.78.4
Place of creation Unknown; Italy; North Africa; Greece
Notes knitted skull cap made for wearing under helmet; made by Tom Boyle of Waimate who took his knitting needles with him; he knitted a skull cap for each man in his unit; this one belonged to Gunner EA (Ted) Frost, 7th Anti Tank Regiment, NZ Artillery, 2NZEF, WW2 Note with hat- "Dig's 'Tin Hat' skull cap - we used to knit these during 2nd W. War every spare few moments we had. Who knows - it could well have been Mum or me. Jan '84." Also noted that- "Tom Boyle from Waimate took his knitting needles with him" Ted Frost grew up on a Waikato farm. He enlisted for service in 1940 joining the 7th NZ Anti-tank regiment. He served in Greece (was in one of the last groups to get off Greece), North Africa (wounded at Sidi Rezegh) and Italy. On his discharge from the army Ted bought a dairy farm at Te Hoe in the Waikato. He met and married his wife Honour Marshdale in 1946. The collection includes personal gear - including a knitted skull cap made by Ted or by one of his mates, sewing kits, souvenir cloths, and souvenir badges, together with a selection of photographs and papers documenting Ted's war service and rehabilitation.
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