Robert Long Hawkes Bay earthquake 1932

Reference NumberPhoto 15-055DescriptionAcknowledgement Elizabeth Rust. Scan of photograph of WWI POW survivor Robert (Bob) Long standing outside his collapsed business after the Hawkes Bay earthquake. Handwritten on reverse "Bob Long and on his left Elizabeth Long. After second quake 1932". Elizabeth Rust came into the Tauranga City Library during the 2015 'Threads of Memory' project to tell us about her Irish relative who was captured by the Turks at Suvla Bay. He spent several years as a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.Cultural/Ethical StatusNoaAcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 15-055

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Part of Photograph CollectionOther imagesOther Item(s)Elizabeth Rust: Threads of Memory (2015)

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Robert Long Hawkes Bay earthquake 1932

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