King, Wedding

Production date
15 Jul 1944
 Description
Wedding party of six. Serviceman Miles Newton King (1924-1984) and his bride Margaret (Bunny) King (nee Matthews) (1923-2021) with two unidentified bridesmaids and two unidentified groomsmen, also wearing serviceman uniforms. Miles trained with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Calgary before serving as a pilot with the RNMAF in the Western Pacific. He survived being shot down by the Japanese over Bougainville on 26 June 1945, crash landing into the sea, and later wrote an autobiography called 'The Sky My Canvas'.
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Object detail

Artist/Maker
Production role
Photographer
Production date
15 Jul 1944
Production place
New Zealand/Taranaki/New Plymouth
Production period
1940s
World War II (1939 - 1945)
Subject person
Classification
Photograph/Original Art/Art Object
Collection
Swainson/Woods Collection
Credit line
'Swainson/Woods Collection, Puke Ariki and District Libraries'
Accession number
WD.057582
Collection type
Photographs
Material
Black and White Sheet Film
Black and White Negative
Photographic Negative

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