Object details

From:Mataura Museum

Name/TitlePhotograph [Tom Shepherd's Military Funeral Procession, 1923]

About this objectA copy of a black and white photograph capturing a moment in a funeral procession heading towards the Mataura Cemetery along Crawford Road. The cortège was for World War One veteran Thomas Shepherd. Tom was only 25 years old when he died in November 1923.

According to the book 'Mataura: City of the Falls' (pg. 457) funerals in those early years were attended by all the local men who would all follow the horse-drawn hearse up to the cemetery. It was the accepted thing that women did not attend the burial.

Place MadeNew Zealand, South Island, Southland, Mataura

MakerClayton, Charles (Gore)

Maker RolePhotographer

Formatphotograph, black and white

Date Made14.11.1923

Medium and Materialsprocessed material, paper

Inscription and MarksHandwritten on front of photograph, photographer's name and note: 'CLAYTON / No. 1'

On reverse of photograph:
on a white sticker, handwritten in pen - 'FUNERAL Tom Shepherd / DIED 14th Nov. 1923 / Aged 25yrs. ' Donated by A Barclay'
handwritten in blue pen - 'E33 - 31'

Techniqueprinted

Measurementsh 224mm x w 245mm
small

Subject and Association Keywordsclothing/fashion/costume/dress

Subject and Association Keywordsmilitary/world war one

Subject and Association Keywordspeople

Subject and Association Keywordsgenealogy/personal and family names

Credit LineFrom the collection of the Mataura and Districts Historical Society Incorporated.

Object Typephotograph

Object numberMT2011.185.293