Military camps - Samoa
Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948 : Photographs relating to his World War One military ser...
Date: [ca 1914-1938]
By: Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948; Hopkins, Sydney, 1881-1948
Reference: PAColl-1557
Description: Contains black and white photographs. Images chiefly taken by Stephen John Smith; also by Sydney Hopkins and unidentified photographer(s) between 1914 and 1938. Includes: -Photographs of New Zealand troops in Samoa during World War One, including two taken aboard a ship, possibly the Moeraki or the Monowai, and a picture of the nursing staff in Apia, Samoa. Also included is a picture of Samoan stamps, a meal with pineapples and an image of Samoan policemen which was published in Smith's book "The Samoa (N.Z.) expeditionary force, 1914-1915". There are inscriptions on the reverse of these prints. -Two photographs of New Zealand military camps in Samoa during World War One, possibly Vaea Camp. -Two landscape photographs of beaches in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. One of the lagoon at Ngatangiia, and the other near Avarua. The image of Avarua has the H.M.S. Dunedin in the background. -One photograph of the outside of a stone house in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland and two photographs of the inside of the old hall, Weycroft, near Axminster, England. These were possibly sent to Smith by Colonel Robert Logan. Publication - The Samoa (NZ) Expeditionary Force 1914-1915 [Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1924] Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Transfer form with item information filed in the PA14 folder in the staff backfile. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-0047. See also Curios-006-022 in Drawings, Paintings & Prints collection..
Camp of New Zealand railway engineers, Apia, Samoa - Photograph taken by Alfred John Ta...
Date: [1914]
From: Lavo, Barbara :Tattersall photographs relating to NZEF in Samoa
Reference: PAColl-1046-06
Description: The camp of the New Zealand railway enginneers, Apia, Samoa. Photographed by Alfred John Tattersall about 1914. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Camp of NZ Railway Engineers - Apia. Trench from native wars in foreground. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 24.7 x 20 cm