New Zealand flag from Quinns Post

This New Zealand national blue ensign flag was flown at Quinns Post, Gallipoli, in 1915. The flag was brought back to New Zealand by Private John Taylor, Canterbury Infantry Regiment.

In the top left hand corner the flag has been signed by members of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment. The names include: J. Taylor; R.A. Humm CQMS; T. Gardiner; D. Dobson; C. Jenkinson; W.E. Cookson; and J. Seary. Although the names are very faded, Cookson's appears to to be annotated 'killed in action' (Corporal Walter Evan Cookson was killed in France on 19 July 1916).

• Find out more about the people listed on this flag on the Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database

Image courtesy National Army Museum Te Mata Toa
Accession Number: 2000.533
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