Wikimedia Commons

File:Rifle (AM 1940.173-14).jpg

Original file (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 696 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

edit
Rifle   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Royal Small Arms Factory: Enfield
Title
Rifle
Object type Classification: 76578
Description
English: Lee Enfield Mk 1 (Long Tom) rifle and P1888 Mk 1 bayonet and scabbard, Anglo Boer War Belonged to Tpr James Madill, 6NZMR .1- rifle- carved butt; .303inch calibre; with cut off slide and lobbing sights .2- bayonet- P1888 Mk 1 with scabbard Carving on butt- SOUTH AFRICA 1901-2 - BOER WAR - NEW ZEALAND - VI - TROOPER MADILL No 3263 markings- .1 rifle- serial number on rifle and barrel- 5337 on butt- STF 29 maker's marks- ENFIELD - 1897 - LE 1 .2- bayonet- maker's marks- 8 '01 - Sanderson, sheffield other marks- "(crown) - S - 42 - (crown) - S - 42" and "(broad arrow) - (crown) S - 73 - X" manufacturer rifle- Enfield, England, 1897 carving- James Madill, circa 1901
Date 1940; Anglo-Boer War; Circa 1900
Dimensions

length: 1270mm

notes: overall length: 1270mm calibre: .303 inches
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1940.173
Place of creation Europe
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1940.173, W0961
Notes Carved Lee Enfield Mk 1 (Long Tom) rifle and bayonet Rifle carved by Trooper James Madill- SOUTH AFRICA 1901-2 - BOER WAR - NEW ZEALAND - VI - TROOPER MADILL No 3263 James Madill, farmer of Tuakau, enlisted with the 6th New Zealand Mounted Rifles on 15th January 19012 and embarked aboard the Cornwall on 30th January. He returned to New Zealand via Australia on the Cornwall and Monowai, and was discharged having completed 1 year 27 days' service. d.24.6.1959, Auckland). Occupation- Farmer; next of He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, SA1, SA2. He died in Auckland in 1959. See- Carvings from the Veldt, Part Two- Rifle Carvings from the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 by Dave C George, pp 42-43
Source/Photographer

API data
Catalogue record

Photo
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page.
Other versions

Licensing

edit
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: Auckland Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current05:36, 12 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 05:36, 12 October 20193,264 × 2,448 (696 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Auckland Museum Page 245.8 Object #24507 1940.173 Image 14/20 http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/344864

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Rifle_(AM_1940.173-14).jpg&oldid=823592775"