Born London; served with 2NZEF, 1940-1943, 1944-1945; Deputy Chief of the General Staff in New Zealand, 1943-1944, 1946-1947; attended Imperial Defence College, London, 1948; Adjutant-General. 1949-1952; Chief of the General Staff, 1952-1955. (WWNZ). See also a two page biography on Te Ara (Encyclopedia of New Zealand) at http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5g6/1 (accessed Jul 2012)
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Date:
1944-1945
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
PAColl-4161-01-093
Description:
Photographs taken at the dedication of the Polish Memorial on Mt Cassino, erected to all Polish troops of the 3rd Carpathian Division, 18 Jul 1945. Photograp...
Date:
1945
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By:
Wood, W J (Private), active 1945
Ref:
PAColl-4161-01-089
Description:
All photographs were taken by Pte W J Wood and include captions (multiple copies of most).
Include: Group of officers and nurses taken after the ceremony wit...
Date:
1939-1945
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By:
New Zealand. National Film Unit; Marriott, (Lieutenant), active 1943
Ref:
PA1-q-292
Description:
Photographs of military activities and war work in New Zealand during World 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This...
Date:
1940-1943
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
PAColl-4161-01-215
Description:
Series of photographs taken during Lt Gen B L Montgomery's visit to NZ Division to present decorations awarded for gallantry. Those who received decorations ...
Date:
Dec 1939-Oct 1945
By:
Gentry, William George (Sir), 1899-1991
Ref:
MS-Papers-5525
Description:
Gentry describes his life while he served during WWII with 2NZEF in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert, Libya, Tunisia and Italy. He refers frequently to his ...
Date:
1944-1945
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
PA1-q-301
Description:
Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in Italy during World War 2, 1943-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purpos...
Date:
[ca 1942-1945]
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
PAColl-4161-01-208
Description:
Shows returned men and men on furlough parading through streets of Wellington on their way to luncheon given by RSA in their honour. The Police Pipe Band le...
Date:
[Between 1939 and 1942]
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By:
Fox Photos Ltd
Ref:
PA1-q-285
Description:
Official photographs of World War II. This album chiefly shows the NZEF, First Echelon. Many photographs have captions, the information from which is mostly ...
Date:
1945 - 1955
By:
Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991
Ref:
E-935-q
Description:
Sketchbook containing mainly pencil drawings but a few in ink, of people in the Arbitration Court, of which there is also a sketch. The people sketched are: ...
Date:
1942-1943
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
PA1-q-298
Description:
Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in North Africa and the Pacific during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compi...
Date:
1941-20 Feb 1989
By:
Gentry, William George (Sir), 1899-1991
Ref:
PA-Group-00788
Description:
Photograph albums compiled by Sir William Gentry. Chiefly relate to his military career but also a few taken following his retirement from the army. Most im...
Date:
Jul 1978-1979
From:
Barber, Richard Ainslie, 1914-1981 : Correspondence and papers relating to military history enquiries
Ref:
MS-Papers-7816-3
Description:
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
1/1-012834-F
Description:
War Hist
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
1/1-012836-F
Description:
War Hist
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
1/1-012835-F
Description:
War Hist
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Date:
[ca 1950s]
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
1/1-012837-F
Description:
Portrait of William Gentry, taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1950s
War Hist
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Film n...
Date:
1955
From:
Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Ref:
EP/1955/1640-F
Description:
Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Descrip...
Date:
1940
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
DA-00548-F
Description:
Group of senior officers seated at a dining table in Maadi military camp. Identified as: Major W G Gentry, Lieutenant Colonel W G Stevens, Major General B C ...
Date:
1945
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Ref:
DA-09378
Description:
Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, General McCreery, and Brigadier William George Gentry outside the Headquarters of the 9th New Zealand Infantr...
Date:
Apr 1943
From:
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By:
Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010
Ref:
DA-03011-F
Description:
General Bernard Law Montgomery and Brigadier William George Gentry in Tunisia during World War II. Photograph taken probably in April 1943 by H Paton.
Quant...
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