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Fitchett, W B, fl 1960 :Photograph album depicting the departure of Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
- Date
- October 1914, February 1919
- By
- Fitchett, W B, active 1935-1960; Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942; Maybury, Horace R, active 1907-1943; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Tibbutt, Walter Francis, 1872-1929
- Reference
- PA1-f-022
- Description
Album mainly of photographs of the assembly and departure of the Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, from Wellington in October 1914. It includes photographs of the troopships, Japanese and British naval escort, temporary camps, exercising of horses, embarkation of soldiers and loading of supplies. One photo showing the Verdala (As HMNZT No 13) with a pencil annotation reading 'Verdala with reinforcements' from December 1914. Most photographs were taken by S C Smith, with others taken by H R Maybury, Leslie Hinge and W F Tibbutt. It also includes a photograph of Queens Wharf, Wellington, taken February 1919 by H R Maybury.
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Blue cloth bound album 27.4 x 39 cm
Provenance: Album formerly in the possession of W B Fitchett, Lowry Bay.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Blue cloth bound album 27.4 x 39 cm
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UnknownWarship escorts for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Date: October 1914
From: Fitchett, W B, fl 1960 :Photograph album depicting the departure of Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Reference: 1/4-009671-G
Description: Japanese sailors being rowed to their ship, the Ibuki, on Wellington Harbour. The warships Ibuki (three funnels) and Minotaur (four funnels), can be seen in the background. Photographed by an unknown phototgrapher in October 1914. The warships were escortes for the New Zealand expeditionary force. The Ibuki would have travelled with the convoy though the Pacific, as under the Japanese-British naval treaty of 1902-1922, the Japanese agreed to support British interests in the Pacific. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 11 x 8 cm
Wellington Infantry Battalion embarking on HMNZT No 10, Arawa - Photograph taken by S C...
Date: October 1914
From: Fitchett, W B, fl 1960 :Photograph album depicting the departure of Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Reference: PA1-f-022-6-1
Description: Wellington Infantry Battalion embarking on HMNZT No 10, Arawa, at Wellington Wharves. Photograph taken October 1914 by S C Smith. Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - Wellington Infantry Battalion embarking on Troopship no. 10 "Arawa".; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - S. C. Smith Photo, Wellington N.Z. (blind stamp) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.2 x 20.9 cm, mounted on album page