GROUP
Papers and photographs relating to World War One
- Date
- 1916-1919, 1987-1989
- Reference
- Series-5541
- Description
Includes letters E S Bibby wrote to his family while on active service, diaries 1917-1919, military documents, photographs, and ephemera relating to his military service and correspondence with researchers about his recollections of aspects of World War One, 1987-1989. Also includes letters written to family members by his brother, Bruce, from military camps in New Zealand, 1918. Also includes photographs taken or collected by E S Bibby while on military service.
Other photographs of Edward Stuart Bibby's war years and of Waipawa peace celebrations are at Library references PAColl-9161, PAColl-2838-1m, and PAColl-5636-1.
Edward Stuart Bibby spent most of 1916 in military camps in New Zealand. He sailed for England with the 23rd Reinforcements for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force aboard the `Ruapehu', leaving Wellington on 14 March 1917. Shortly after arriving in Etaples training camp in France in July 1917 he developed pneumonia and was shipped to England where he spent time at New Zealand military hospitals in Walton, Hornchurch and Codford. After his recovery he was sent to Sling Camp and returned to Etaples in February, 1918. In the following month he rejoined the Otago Regiment and saw action during the remainder of the war during which time he was wounded. After the war ended he returned to Sling Camp and left England for home aboard the `Tahiti' in May 1919.
Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 33 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 1 album(s).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
- Format
- 40 b&w original photographic print(s), 33 folder(s), 3 volume(s), 1 album(s), Diaries, Ephemera, Personal correspondence, Photographs, Postcards
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Letters from E S Bibby to his sister Ann Bibby during World War One
Date: [1917-1918]
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 90-370-1/05
Description: Comprises 20 letters from E S Bibby to his sister Ann while in service during World War One. Also includes one letter from E S Bibby to his brother Bruce Bibby. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from E S Bibby to family during World War One
Date: [1917-1918]
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 90-370-1/04
Description: Comprises 29 letters, to family from E S Bibby during his service in World War One, including his first letter from England. One letter was enclosed in an envelope postmarked 1949; however the letter is a wartime letter. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to family
Date: January-February 1917
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/04
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to family
Date: January-February 1918
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/11
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to family
Date: July-August 1917
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/07
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Letters to family
Date: September-October 1917
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/08
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Letters to family
Date: [June-July1919?]
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/18
Description: Includes empty envelopes from letters written home. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Letters to family
Date: May-June 1917
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/06
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to family
Date: March-June 1918
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/12
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to family
Date: February-March 1919
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: 91-147-1/16
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).