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Medal, long service   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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George Thomas White
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Medal, long service
Object type Classification: 76796
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English: New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal (1916) Medal awarded to Major C McGilp, NZ Field Artillery, NZEF. Mounted on bar with New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, circular silver medal; ring suspension; with ribbon obverse- wreath of oak leaves (lhs) and fern fronds (rhs) encircling crown on cushion with crossed sword and taiaha; initials below- . N . Z .; four stars, above, below and on either side of the crown reverse- inscription- FOR LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE ribbon- maroon with two white stripes at centre named on edge- MAJOR C. MC GILP, N.Z.F.A. (1916) markings- obverse- medallist's initials below wreath- (H T WHITE)
Date 11 Nov 1981; George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; NZ Territorials-military period
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diameter: 38mm
width: 35mm

width: 35mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
809229 (object number)
Exhibition history Display: 3E
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1950
Notes New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal Medal awarded to Capt. Clyde McGilp, New Zealand Field Artillery in 1916. It was awarded for 16 years' continuous service and is mounted on a bar with his New Zealand Territorial Service Medal. Clyde McGilp, of Birkenhead, Auckland, served with the Field Artillery in Egypt, Gallipoli, and Western Europe. He received a recommendation for his Gallipoli service during Sept. - Dec.1915 .in particular for his very able handling of his battery which “almost enfiladed the whole of the Chunuk Bair position”. The Battery was also thanked by Brigadier-General Hobbs CDA, First Australian Division for their assistance in the attack on Lone Pine Ridge. Citation for DSO awarded in 1917 acknowledged his command of the Battery in the heavy fighting if Gallipoli. On 14 November 1918, four months after his discharge from active service, Clyde McGilp died of influenza while working at the Featherston Training Camp.
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