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Description	On 7 June 1917 Lieutenant Alan Hurst Preston 10/910 (also known as Allan Henry Preston) was killed in action at Messines while trying to secure positions of safety and establish gun positions. He was awarded a Military Cross in 1916. According to the medal citation published in the London Gazette on 14 November 1916, “He handled his machine-guns under heavy fire with great courage and ability. He set a fine example to his men, and greatly assisted the final success of the operation.” He was also mentioned in despatches in 1915. The photograph above comes from a series created by the National Museum. The Museum endeavoured to obtain a portrait of each New Zealander who had received a gallantry medal during the First World War. Families sent in photographic portraits which were eventually mounted onto board and exhibited. Photographs of other medal recipients can be found by selecting the ‘records’ tab at this link: <a href="https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=25044" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=25044</a> Lieutenant Preston’s military personnel files have been digitised and can be viewed online: <a href="https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10298879" rel="noreferrer nofollow">ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...</a> <a href="https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14967769" rel="noreferrer nofollow">ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...</a> Archives reference: AALZ 25044 Box 5 / F1875 14 <a href="https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24184612" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24184612</a> For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ</a> Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Date	13 May 2020, 15:02
Source	Lieutenant Alan Hurst Preston 10/910, Military Cross
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Image title	Digitization equipment:Copy Lighting Unit: Kaiser RB 5055 HF (AC 230V, 50Hz; 4 x fluorescent lamps of 55W each; colour temperature: 5400 K)Camera sensor: Phase One IQ180Camera body: Phase One 645 DFLens: Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8Capture software: Capture One DB 7.2.1 (64 bit).Digitization notes:Captured in RAW and output as TIFF in Capture One.Capture was flat-fielded to correct for light falloff and lens distortion.No sharpening was applied at either the lens correction stage or in post-production.A Film Standard gamma curve was applied to the RAW image before output.A minority of items were shot under preservation-quality photographic glass due to lack of flatness. These were batched separately to allow for accurate colour correction.Colour accuracy was achieved by shooting an X-Rite Colour Checker Classic as a reference target at the start of each batch. White balance was set via the Neutral 8 square (the second-lightest grey patch, with RGB values of 200), and all conditions and settings were kept consistent to this reference shot for each batch. All RGB values in the Preservation Master are therefore accurate within the Adobe RGB (1998) colour space.Before shooting, testing was done to establish the lens and aperture that would produce the sharpest results. The Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8 produced better results than the Mamiya 645 Macro MF 1200mm 1:4.Some items had significant amounts of cardboard adhered to the surface of the photograph at the edges; for public viewing a cropped Modified Master was created.
Copyright holder	Crown Copyright
Short title	[WWI Medal Recipient]
Credit/Provider	Archives reference (agency and series): AALZ 25044
Source	New Zealand Dominion Museum (1913-1972)
Usage terms	Users must apply to Archives New Zealand for permission to publish or reproduce this archive. Please apply to Research Services with the complete Archives reference and details of the intended publication format.
Date and time of data generation	17:48, 4 June 2014
JPEG file comment	Digitization equipment: Copy Lighting Unit: Kaiser RB 5055 HF (AC 230V, 50Hz; 4 x fluorescent lamps of 55W each; colour temperature: 5400 K) Camera sensor: Phase One IQ180 Camera body: Phase One 645 DF Lens: Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8 Capture software: Capture One DB 7.2.1 (64 bit). Digitization notes: Captured in RAW and output as TIFF in Capture One. Capture was flat-fielded to correct for light falloff and lens distortion. No sharpening was applied at either the lens correction stage or in post-production. A Film Standard gamma curve was applied to the RAW image before output. A minority of items were shot under preservation-quality photographic glass due to lack of flatness. These were batched separately to allow for accurate colour correction. Colour accuracy was achieved by shooting an X-Rite Colour Checker Classic as a reference target at the start of each batch. White balance was set via the Neutral 8 square (the second-lightest grey patch, with RGB values of 200), and all conditions and settings were kept consistent to this reference shot for each batch. All RGB values in the Preservation Master are therefore accurate within the Adobe RGB (1998) colour space. Before shooting, testing was done to establish the lens and aperture that would produce the sharpest results. The Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8 produced better results than the Mamiya 645 Macro MF 1200mm 1:4. Some items had significant amounts of cardboard adhered to the surface of the photograph at the edges; for public viewing a cropped Modified Master was created.
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Date and time of digitizing	17:48, 4 June 2014
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Date metadata was last modified	22:30, 25 August 2014
Writer	Katherine Nagels, Preservation Technician
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Contact information	www.archives.govt.nz 10 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon Wellington, , New Zealand

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