Reference NumberPhoto 15-059DescriptionAcknowledgement Elizabeth Rust. Scan of photograph of WWI POW survivor Robert (Bob) Long on his wedding day. Handwritten on reverse "Aunty Meta wore the colour Helia a pale violet. Best man Bertie Grey, a friend of Meta's." In another hand "My wedding day. December 23 1919." A third hand "Grandma (Elizabeth Moorhead/Long)". 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 15-059
