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Industrialist Philip Proctor, head of tyre company Dunlop, kneels to ‘get his K’ (knighthood) from Governor-General Sir Arthur Porritt in 1971. In the foreground, Comptroller of the Household Colonel Henry Hoare sports aiguillettes, the ornamental braided cords worn by military officers on such occasions.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1971/2509
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