IMAGE
Military training and the `Achilles'
- Date
- ca 1939 - 1940, 1950
- By
- Crago, Eric William, 1904-1992; Kingsford, Alfred Reginald Bellingham, 1891-1987; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Snowden, James Robert, 1904-1982; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980
- Reference
- PAColl-0785-1-011
- Description
Photographs of soldiers in military training camps at Papakura (1939), Trentham (1939), Waiouru (1940) and the Naval Training Station at Motuihe Island, Hauraki Gulf (1950), taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Also photographs of crew members of the `Achilles' (1939-1940). Photographers include George Weigel, S C Smith, A R Kingsford and B Snowden.
Quantity: 82 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives / Photographic prints
- Format
- 82 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin prints
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Farewell party for soldier leaving on 3rd Echelon - Photograph taken by Bert Snowden
Date: [Ca August 1940]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-011-01
Description: Group farewelling soldier about to leave for the Middle East on the 3rd Echelon. The departing soldier, wearing a party hat and holding a cigarette and glass of beer, is seated on a chair in a living room with a woman and child, while three men play fiddle, ukelele and concertina. Photograph taken ca 19 August 1940 by Bert Snowden of Kingsland, Auckland. Publication note - Published in Free Lance, 28 August 1940, with caption "A happy party for a soldier of the third echelon of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force". Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Final leave. Happy farewell party.; Verso - bottom left - .. Echelon story, 28/8/40, p21. A happy party 19/8/40 The 3rd Echelon left New Zealand 27 August 1940. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 21.7 cm