Park, Keith Rodney (Sir), 1892-1975

Date: 1944-1945

By: New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force; Evatt, Gerald Sinclair, 1906-1981

Reference: PAColl-0338

Description: Photographs of the Japaneses capitulation in South East Asia and the Pacific, particularly Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. They include a number of photographs of Japanese prisoners of war being marched to camps; the signing of surrender documents by Australian officers; painting Japan Surrenders on the underside of RAAF plane wings to inform Japanese forces; the announcement of the Japanese surrender by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in Singapore; the Duke of Gloucester, Governor General of Australia, visiting troops; a Japanese tank on fire; and earlier photographs of Allied forces on Bougainville in 1944. The photographs are nearly all official Royal New Zealand Air Force and are captioned on the reverse. Also included with the collection is a copy of New Zealand Freemason frm May 1977 which includes a photograph of the NZEF Masonic Association meeting in 1918 in France.. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1982-1985]

From: Davin, Daniel Marcus, 1913-1990 : Literary papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5079-191

Description: Holograph drafts of `When mum died', `Cassino collapse' and Dictionary of National Biography entry for Keith Park Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Record updated 3 November 2023 when the requirement to permission for access was removed.

Date: 1976

By: Wootton, Frank, active 20th century; Museum of Transport and Technology

Reference: C-077-024-a

Description: Shows an airfield during second World War Limited edition of 850 copies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Col. photolithographs 340 x 450 mm, on sheet 420 x 530 mm

Date: 1976

By: Wootton, Frank, active 20th century; Museum of Transport and Technology

Reference: C-077-024

Description: Shows an airfield during second World War Limited edition of 850 copies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Col. photolithographs 340 x 450 mm, on sheet 420 x 530 mm

Date: 1982

From: Davin, Daniel Marcus, 1913-1990 : Literary papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5079-428

Description: Correspondence, notes and draft of a biographical essay on Sir Keith Park prepared for the Dictionary of National Biography Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Processing information: Record updated 3 November 2023 when the requirement to permission for access was removed.

Date: 1942-1945

By: Park, Keith Rodney (Sir), 1892-1975

Reference: PAColl-7835

Description: Photographs collected by Sir Keith Park (1892-1975) during the period 1942-1945, when he was Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Malta (July-1942-January 1944), and later Commander in Chief of the Air Forces in the Middle East (January 1944-February 1945). Includes scenes in Malta, including the George Cross ceremony and visits of King George VI, President Roosevelt, General Eisenhower, Field Marshall Smuts, Field Marshall Alexander, Air Chief Marshall Sir Charles Portal, Air Marshall Sir Arthur Tedder, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, Field Marshall Lord Gort, and General Giraud (Commander of Free French Forces). Also includes the surrender of the Italian Grand Fleet on 10 September 1943 and scenes in Greece 1945. Quantity: 3 album(s).

Date: 1970-1979

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-1970s

Description: Includes: 1970s?: Air Pacific [Sheet of address labels] Atlantic & Pacific Travel International. Auckland Wellington Christchurch Sydney. Three luggage labels (2 orange, 1 red. One is filled out in the name of Doreen Blumhardt) Support N.Z.'s Combinair ship development project. [Flier] (2 copies) 1970: Air Pacific boarding pass. Flight number FJ [Fiji. ca 1970] [Avis rental car advertisement on verso] Bay of Islands Aero Club. Flight training, air charter, aerial photography, scenic flights. Pamphlet [ca 1970] 1971: Tauranga Air Taxis. Airport Mount Maunganui. Timetable card [1971] BOAC world-wide route maps [1971]. Booklet 1972: Auckland International Airport permanent terminal buildings [1972]. Information pamphlet [Flyer and information form for ordering aviation prints by artist Reginal Mason, showing the Fokker Dr 1 triplane and the Airco DH2. 1972] 1972: Let us put YOU in this picture. Join the John Sinclair All Black Supporterd good will tour. Fly BOAC. Depart 20 November 1972; return 18 January 1973. Itinerary pamphlet 1975: Float-Air Picton Ltd. See the marlborough Sounds with Float-Air Picton Ltd. Picton's mini-airline. Capital Air Services. [ca 1975]. Pamphlet 1976: Capital Air Services Limited. Timetable no. 3, July 5 - October 3, 1976. The Museum of Transport and Technology of New Zealand Inc. presents 'The hall of fame', honouring the pioneers of New Zealand aviation. 1977: New Zealand Ministry of Transport. The Calibration flight. November 1977 New Zealand National Aviation Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, New Zealand, November 3, 4, 5, 6, 1977. Pamphlet (2 copies) 1978: Rex Tours Ltd. Easy reference travel guide from Rex Tours, 33 Waitoa Road, Hataitai, Wellington. [Pamphlet listing fares] British Airways 747 timetable. Auckland-London-Auckland, effective April 1978 Stewart Island Air Services. Timetable pamphlet 1979: Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medecine. Fit to travel [ca 1979]. Booklet Museum of Transport and Technology of New Zealand Inc. invite you and your friends to spend an evening with Miss Jean Batten ... Greenstone Room, World trade Centre, 5 December [1979?]. proceeds to go to the Sir Keith Park Memorial Appeal. For military aviation, see Eph-A-AIR-FORCE Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, offset prints, on flyers and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - PAColl-8307.

Date: 1940-1983

From: Gentry, William George (Sir), 1899-1991: Photograph albums

By: Green & Hahn (Firm); Wood, W J (Private), active 1945

Reference: PA1-q-1139

Description: Photograph album compiled by Sir William Gentry, chiefly relating to his military career (between 1940 and circa 1955), but also some family holiday snaps as well as two colour images from after his retirement. Some family snap shots are likely to have been taken by Gentry, but for most images the photographer is unidentified. - World War II images feature scenes from army life, mainly during the final campaign and after Allied victory in Europe. Locations featured are in Egypt (Maadi, Alamein) and Italy (Trieste, Venice, Lake Como, Lake Garda, Bolonga, Pisa, Miramere Castle). Events such as the New Zealand Infantry Brigade Ceremonial Parade (Fabriano, Italy, March 1945), Christmas Day Donkey Derby (1944), fishing in the Dead Sea on the 'SS New Zelandia', rugby match between divisions in Fabriano, and El Alamein memorial service (9 Nov 1945) are covered. There is a focus on General Bernard Freyberg, with whom Gentry worked closely during the campaigns in North Africa in 1941-1942. Also contains images of military convoys, meetings (including 1 March 1943), camps, and officers' meals. Miscellaneous images also show bridges and the wreckage of bridges (with Adige River, River Po). - A series of formal and informal group portraits relate to Gentry's time at the Imperial Defence College, England (1948). These include the official class photograph (wearing suits, see album for name listing), and another with subjects in military attire. Related images from this period show Larkhill (1948), a military group in an air hangar in Bristol, and a shot of A M Slessor greeting King George VI. Also contains an Aug 1963 group portrait taken at a reunion dinner of Imperial Defence College attendees in Shelly Bay, Wellington (see album for name listing). - Contains photographs from Asia and the Pacific following Gentry's promotion to Major General in 1952. Images of conflicts cover the Korean War (1951) and the First Indochina War (1953). The latter series show Gentry inspecting troops with General Henri Eugene Navarre and General Rene Cogny (Hanoi), with personnel in Quang Yen and at a concession post, and smoking with General Georges Masson at Nam Dinh. Also a number of Vietnamese landscapes (Reo River Delta, Baie D'Along, and Plain Des Jarres) and an aerial photograph of Haiphong. Further images from Laos (1953) depict discussions at a military camp and parade in Vientiane. Images of military conferences relating to the Pacific region are also contained in the album; Gentry is shown at SEATO (Bangkok), [COGS?] (1954), and as New Zealand's representative at the first ANZUS meeting with Lieutenant General S.F. Rowell and Admiral A.W. Radford (Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, 1952). Hawaian images also show Gentry inspecting a marine guard in Honolulu and tourist colour prints of a volcanic eruption. Also images of Gentry visiting the Fijian Armed Forces and inspecting troops with Queen Elizabeth in New Zealand. - Named figures in group portraits and at events include: Lieutenant-Colonel Albert (Bert) William O'Reilly, Major Denis Wood Porter, and Lieutenant-Colonel James (Jim) Leonard Williams getting awards from General Freyberg; Freyberg, Brigadier Leonard Whitmore Thornton, Brigadier S H Chump, Gentry, and Major C K Reed at El Alamein memorial ceremony (photographed by Private W J Wood); [John Henry?] Nankivell and Buckley at Guadalcanal; Winston Churchill with Gentry and others; Gentry, Molly Raynor (actress in 'On Approval'), Dan Sullivan and Sir Keith Park backstage after performance at the Garrison Theatre; Lieutenant-Colonel H [Ramada-?] with Gentry and the 1st Cavalry Regiment; and Gentry, Major General Graham Beresford (Ike) Parkinson, Keith Stewart, and Brigadier Raymond (Ray) Candish Queree in front of a map (photographed by Green and Hahn, Christchurch [ca 1952]). Others names include Jim Burrows, Major Jock I Thodey, Field Marshall Alexander, General Charles Walter Allfrey, Frame, and [Buffet?]. See name listing for [RCDC?] 1978 reunion dinner (Shelly Bay, Wellington). Contains formal military portrait of Gentry [1942] and two images at an army reunion in Pakuranga [198-?]. - Also contains a set of 82 family snap shots taken at a range of locations including London, England, during the 1948 Olympic Games. Family members featured are son Steven, daughter ? and wife Alexandra (known as Lalla). Images include the voyage to England, Olympic athletics events at Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium) as well as a race on the streets [marathon?], a variety of buildings and landscapes, and a parade of the Royal Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle with notable persons including Princess Elizabeth, her husband Phillip, and King George VI and his queen consort Elizabeth. Also includes views of Capetown (Table Mountain) and Sydney (Harbour Bridge) from at sea, girl guides, camping, fishing, beach scenes, an unidentified wedding, the farewell of Lord and Lady Freyberg, and the Gentry family in Melbourne in 1949. - Ephemera includes notice dropped by the Royal Air Force behind German lines giving the phonetic English for 'I surrender', a newspaper clipping (with photograph) about Gentry being met off the troopship by his father Major F C Gentry, the programme for the 30 Corps Order of Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance after the capture of Tripoli, autographed menu from General Freyberg's farewell dinner at the Hotel Baglioni in Florence, two clippings relating to son Lieutenant Steven Gentry's supervision of the army's erection of a suspension bridge over the Waitotauru stream, and a Greek first day cover from 1981 commemorating the Battle of Crete. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 20 May 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02602-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 20 May 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02605-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 20 Jun 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02601-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 20 May 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02604-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 20 May 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02599-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 20 May 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02600-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 20 May 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02603-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 1944

By: Wood, Frank G, active 1944

Reference: B-168-012

Description: Chalk head and shoulders portrait of Keith Park during World War II, in Air Force peaked cap and grey-blue jacket with a row of stripes at the front below his left shoulder. In January 1944, Park was made Air Office Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command, and it may have been in this capacity that he was drawn by the artist. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Chalk drawing, 450 x 342 mm.

Date: 20 May 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02606-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 20 Mar 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-19761-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 20 Mar 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-19749-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 13 Feb 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12076-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches