Archive for July, 2012

Artefact of the Week: Leather Bound Soldier’s Paybook

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

This week’s museum artefact is a leather bound paybook owned by Corporal Alexander Brodie of the Corps of Royal Engineers during the New Zealand Wars.

Brodie enlisted with the Royal Engineers in Edinburgh and was stationed in the United Kingdom before embarking overseas to New Zealand in 1863. He served as a Telegraphist throughout the Waikato campaign (1863-1864) often operating in an extremely hostile environment.

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