Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, 1906-1977

Date: [ca 1944-1945]

By: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, 1906-1977

Reference: PAColl-8767

Description: Photographs of scenes in prisoner of war camps during World War II, comprising: Two photographs of a play performed by prisoners of war at Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Germany Photograph of a man in a sports day running race at a prisoner of war camp, Modena, Italy Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - E-275 : Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, b 1906 : A wartime log 1944-1945.

Date: 1944 - 1945

By: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, 1906-1977

Reference: E-275

Description: Cartoons, portraits, incidents in life as a prisoner of war at Oflag 79 at Braunschweig (Brunswick) in Germany. The first drawing is a self-portrait. Includes MS notes of names and addresses of fellow prisoners, words of songs, ration lists Pages [77-81] contain names and address of South African prisoners Page [82] contains names and addresses of Canadian prisoners (with Indian head, maple leaf and beaver) Pages [83-84] contain names and addresses of American prisoners Pages [85-87] contain names and addresses of English prisoners (with pink rose) Pages [88-89] contain names and address of Scottish, Ceylonese and Indian prisoners (with Scottish thistle) Page [90] contains names and addresses of Irish prisoners, with shamrock leaves Pages [92-93] contain names and addresses of Australian prisoners (with a young woman framed in wattle flowers and leaves) Pages [96-99] contain names and addresses of New Zealand prisoners (with a drawing of a Maori girl and fern) In the first half of the book, reference numbers for each page follow the printed numbering of the book, but in the centre, several other pages are inserted, thus altering the reference numbering of following pages in the last half of the book. Inscriptions: Some signed: D.G. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Crayon and pencil drawings in notebook 170 mm green buckram, black spine

Date: 1940-1946

By: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, 1906-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-2086

Description: Letters from his wife Gay, 1941-1942; from June M Cummings, Dec 1941; Gray's soldiers' service and paybooks, 1940-1946; photographs, mainly of Gay Gray, 1941? Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See also Gray's wartime log, 1944-1945 located in Drawings and Prints Section (E275) Gray served with the 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in North Africa and was captured by enemy forces in Nov 1941. Quantity: 4 folder(s) (33 pieces). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter and photographs

Date: 1944 - 1945

From: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, b 1906 :A wartime log 1944-1945

Reference: E-275-003

Description: A self-portrait, showing the artist seated at a dining table, smoking a cigarette. He is refusing a plate of cake being offered to him by a waiter on the right. Refers to his lengthy experience of imprisonment, and being undernourished as a prisoner of war in German and Italy, 1941-1945 Possibbly added to the collection after the artist's release from imprisonment Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title and initials DG Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing glued into notebook, 167 x 116 mm

Date: 1944 - 1945

From: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, b 1906 :A wartime log 1944-1945

Reference: E-275-009

Description: Shows a bespectacled man playing an accordion, with a snake (cobra) dancing at lower right. This may be a self-portrait. Other Titles - The master Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Initials DG Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on page of notebook, 171 x 122 mm

Date: 1944 - 1945

From: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, b 1906 :A wartime log 1944-1945

Reference: E-275-001

Description: A self-portrait, showing the artist sitting up in bed, possibly waking from a nightmare, an agonised expression on his face. He is being tormented by little black demons drilling and hacking into his head, a snake about to bite him and a frog. May refer to post-war stress from his years of being a prisoner of war Probably added to the collection after the artist's release from imprisonment Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title and initials DG Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon and pencil drawing glued into notebook, 167 x 116 mm

Date: 1942-[ca 1950]

From: Blundell Bros Ltd : Records

Reference: 2003-212-2/11

Description: Includes `For you the war is over' by Gordon Horner (1948) describing his experiences as a prisoner of war; letter written by George Gray while a POW, May 1942 and photographs of German POW camp Oflag 79 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, photographs and printed matter

Date: 1944 - 1945

From: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, b 1906 :A wartime log 1944-1945

Reference: E-275-002

Description: A self-portrait, showing the artist's face only. He is smoking a cigarette and wears round glasses. The number below was his identification number in the Air Force Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title and initials DG Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon and pencil drawing in notebook, 171 x 121 mm

Date: 1942-1945

By: Wairarapa Archive; Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, 1906-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-12976

Description: Comprises three letters, and two postcards written by Lt George Duncan Dunbar Gray, to his wife Gay Gray in Wellington. Letters concern Gray's experience serving in World War Two. Title supplied by Library. Related material at Library reference MS-Papers-2086, and E-275. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library inside a plastic file slip. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Original plastic housing has not been retained.