Item 4 - Certificate of Special Peace Officer

Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC B16-4

Title

Certificate of Special Peace Officer

Date(s)

  • 1940 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 certificate

Context area

Name of creator

(1894-1970)

Biographical history

Lawrence John Hayns (1894 -1970) was born in the U.K. and served in the army during the Great war. He married Mary Magaret Crane in 1921 in Leicester. A book of his notes on wool, cotton and principles of weaving and knitting suggests that he might have ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by T.E. Burns

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Certificate of Special Peace Officer issued to L.J. Hayns in 1940. A large number of Special Peace Officers were appointed to meet the emergency of the break out of World War II.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

Finding aids

Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at : https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10940/1/HaynsLawrenceJohn_PapersB16.pdf

Dates of creation revision deletion

HE Feb 2018

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