Frank Piesse, John Salisbury's Model T, 1914

Maker and role
Photographer: Walter Guy (b.1887, d.1918)
 Production date
1914
 Photo collection reference number
315213 See full details

Object Detail

Description
Outdoor view of a child seated in a car holding the steering wheel.
Object type
glass plate negative
Media/materials description
Glass plate.
Media and materials
Glass Monochrome/Media/Photography
Measurements
half plate
Collection
Guy Collection
Maker
Maker biography
Sergeant Walter Alexander Cochrane Guy (serial no. 25996).
Born on 20 August 1887 in Ngatimoti, Nelson, New Zealand.
On the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database his next of kin is listed as John Guy (father), Ngatimoti, Nelson, New Zealand.
Worked for himself as a farmer before enlisting with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War One.
Embarked with the 19th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company on 15 November 1916 from Wellington, New Zealand for Plymouth or Devonport, England.
Served for less than a year in Western Europe.
The last unit Guy served with was the Canterbury Infantry Regiment.
Killed in action in the Somme, France on 27 March 1918. He was thirty-one years old.
Memorial is located at Ngatimoti War Memorial, Tasman District, New Zealand.
Accession number
A4033
Credit line
Frank Piesse, John Salisbury's Model T, 1914. Nelson Provincial Museum, Guy Collection: A4033 315213

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