John Foster and the "Dead Man’s Penny" (Threads of Memory, 2015)

Date2015DescriptionIn 2015 John Foster came in to the Tauranga City Libraries to remember his great grandfather John McLaren Lett, as part of the Threads of Memory project. In this photograph he holds up the family's "Dead Man's Penny". This Memorial Plaque was issued after World War I (19141918) to the nextofkin of all British and Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war. The bronze plaques became known as the "Dead Man”s Penny", because of the similarity in appearance to the somewhat smaller penny coin. Photo: Lee Switzer. Please note: Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Remembering War basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Debbie McCauley), on July 08, 2015. Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/remembering_war/images/show/10422 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International. Sometimes images contributed to Tauranga Memories by the community were uploaded by a library staff member. If this has resulted in your photographs being mis-attributed to a staff member, please let us know so we can correct this.The original Tauranga Memories site also sometimes collected the following (blank where empty): First name: John Surname: Foster Place of birth: Date of birth: City: Tauranga, New Zealand Year: 2015 Photographer/CreatorSwitzer, Lee

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John Foster and the "Dead Man’s Penny" (Threads of Memory, 2015)

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