A New Zealand soldier with his tame magpies, France - Alexander Turnbull Library

A New Zealand soldier with his tame magpies, France


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Date: 1 August 1918

Description: A World War I New Zealand soldier with tame magpies named Jerry and Mother. One bird is feeding from a container and the other is standing on top of the cage. The soldier is kneeling beside the cage that is a wooden crate with chicken wire over the top. Photograph taken Couin 1 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-094. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative - bottom left: H853. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches.

Usage: Unknown?

Subject: Soldiers, France, Magpies, Cage birds, World War, 1914-1918, Military life, Couin


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