Military chaplains

Date: 1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Wood, W J (Private), active 1945

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-089

Description: All photographs were taken by Pte W J Wood and include captions (multiple copies of most). Include: Group of officers and nurses taken after the ceremony with Lt Gen Freyberg; Freyberg reading his message to the troops; padres J B Dawson, C C Palmer, M A Bennett & F H Walsh; senior officers with Freyberg - Brigadier L W Thornton, Brigadier S H Crump, Brigadier W G Gentry, & Major C K Reed; Freyberg placing a wreath to honour the fallen; Guard of Honour; The Last Post; Padre J B Dawson reading the dedication; Brigadier Parkinson placing a wreath; volley being fired; Freyberg chatting with Lt Gen G W Allfrey; senior army, navy & air force personnel; debris of wrecked vechicles in desert; 48 veterans of Italian campaign who formed a Guard of Honour Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-166

Description: Includes individual and group photographs; church services and burials Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1940-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-167

Description: Includes individual and group photographs; church services and burials Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 25 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-135

Description: Multiple copies of assorted official and unofficial photographs; most contain captions. Series of photographs of units of the British Pacific Fleet's visit to Japan (Vice-Admiral Sir Dennis W Boyd); Allied Missions visit to Kure; first WAAFs to visit Japan, photographed with Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier and Wing Commander R A C Barkley; series of photographs of Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, including instruction of students of the Indian wing (resettlement programme); King's Birthday Parade in Tokyo (2nd Bn, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles; 30th Field Battery, Royal Artillery; 268 Indian Brigade); parade in honour of Princess Elizabeth's wedding in Tokyo; series of photographs of Royal Welch Fusiliers, including Cadet Ensigns of the F.A.N.Y. Canteen staff stationed at Tokushima; visit of the Chaplains General of the AMF; visit of Mr & Mrs MacMahon Ball; Mrs H C H Robertson visiting 130 Australian General Hospital; visit of Lord and Lady Tedder; visit of French frigate `Decouverte' to Kure (Commander Huert with Capt W W P Shirley-Rollison). Indian Army Signals Detachment (Indian Air Formation Signals) at Iwakuni; visit of five British MPs; Shikoku earthquake relief and rescue work; aftermath of Kure bomb damage (including dock area); Pilot H Hurn's hobby farm on waste land; BCAIR police checking for illegal trafficking on river boats; contraband cargo captured from Chinese junk at Yanai by Australian Air Force personnel; sumo wrestlers; Japanese home in ruins of Kure shrine; Kure street scene; view of Hiroshima showing plane dropping safety leaflets; view of garden party at British Embassy, Tokyo. Series of photographs taken during `Safety Week' campaign Gloucester House, last of 16 holiday hostels opened for BCOF personnel, near Kobe; Rear-Admiral A M Bledsoe, Commander of US Naval Support Group, with Air Vice Marshal J P Macauley, Chief of Staff, HQ BCOF; conference of Japanese YWCA (Miss Leila Bridgman, Miss Jean Begg and Mrs Frederic Newhouse, National President of YWCA of Great Britain); crowd scene during visit of Emperor Hirohito to Hiroshima; C-in-C BCOF Conference at Eta Jima (named on back). Series of photographs of the British and Indian Division of BCOF race meeting at Okayama; series of photographs of dedication of the font at St George's Garrison Church at Eta Jima Photographs taken of facilities, life and Japanese staff at Eta Jima; leaflet drop from a Dakota as part of a reafforestation scheme; Dakota and Auster aircraft at Iwakuni; emergency airstrip at Okayama (from the air); Sgt J I Rattray & Cpl N H Bashford with a Japanese-American translating captured Japanese Air Force documents; group at picnic lunch (Air Vice Marshal Bouchier, Gen Robertson, Col E P Dickson & Major General Clovis Byers, Chief of Staff 8th US Army); Japanese language class; Japanese school children at outdoor class on an island in the Inland sea. Quantity: 233 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1914, 1915, 1918

By: Walton, William Henry, 1880-1952

Reference: MS-Papers-8065

Description: Comprises letter of appreciation from Major W Simm, Commanding Officer, 5th Wellington Regiment for the provision of reading and writing marquees, and for Walton's work as the regiment's chaplain (1915); Newspaper clippings re swearing and football playing at Takapau Camp (1914); extract from the `Church Chronicle' featuring article by Walton on his chaplaincy at Trentham Camp (1918). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr B H Walton, 2004 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives, material transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - Photograph of army camp at Takapau (PAColl-8043).

Date: 1940-1941, 1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-103

Description: Series of photographs of the memorial service, and luncheon given by people of Galatas, in Sep 1945. Shows Maori Battalion choir lead by Padre Capt W T Huata; guests of honour at the luncheon held where NZ Divisional HQ were situated in 1941; march past and band of Maori Battalion; war cemetery at Galatas; local Cretans including priests; Naval Guard of Honour from cruiser Ajax. Images of the bombardment in vicinity of Canea, 24 May 1941; map of Canea & Suda Bay area and diagramatic map showing German and Allied positions; dispositions near Canea, 30 Apr 1941; map re withdrawal to Sphakia (drawn by R L Chemis); German war graves; badly burnt German corpse; NZ YMCA Galatas showing L/Cpl Goodall & Simon Watson (YMCA Sec) with monk. Ted Garviet (?) and Ray Wilton of 18th Auckland battalion on a horse-drawn cart; troops on board ship and after disembarkation; German first-aid post near battlefield between Galatas and Maleme; aerial photo of wreckage of German planes near Maleme; two photos of young German soldiers setting off for Crete. Members of 5th Field Park NZE arriving at Galatas after evacuation of Greece, Sep 1941; aerial photos of coast near Canea; arrival of British troops; members of `A' Coy 5 NZ Field Ambulance; barques in Canea harbour similar to those used by Germans for sea-borne attempt on Crete; group of 5 Infantry Brigade (Capt Dawson, Brig Hargest & Capt Mason); photo of notice to members of British forces from Commander of Kreta to surrender to German troops; man in Cretan national costume; topographical and strategical map of Crete drawn by Kenneth Turner; view looking across Suda Bay to smoke from destroyed German plane in the distance (ca 20-27 May 1941); diagramatic sketch of Western Sector to show German airborne invasion of Crete, drawn by Kenneth Turner Series of British Official photographs of the German bombing of the Heraklion aerodrome, near Candia Quantity: 106 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1943-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-147

Description: Most photographs contain captions; some are stamped `Official RNZAF photographs'. Group photograph of a conference of padres in the RNZAF held at Frederic Wallis House, Lower Hutt, 1944 (all named on back); NZ Fighter Wing `score board' at New Georgia, Nov 1943 to record number of Japanese aircraft hit (group around the board includes Air Commodore S Wallington, Wing Commander T O Freeman, Air Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, Major General H E Barrowclough); RNZAF Band playing outside the USA hospital, Guadalcanal, 1944 (W/O R H Simpson conducting); Wings Parade - Course 61 medal presentation (Squadron Leader E T Mileski, Squadron Leader J R Welsh, Air Commodore A de T Nevill, LAC Johnson), Nov 1942; fighter pilots on return from battle in SW Pacific war zone, 1944; F/O R C Beazer of Feilding and P/O Letourneau of Canada (both of NZ RAF Mosquito Fighter Bomber Squadron). First NZ airmen repatriated from German hands welcomed by Air Vice Marshal L M Isitt and Air Secretary T A Barrow (group includes Warrant Officers D C Allen, J I B Walker and H M English); RNZAF ground crew on an amphibious truck (called a `Duck'); Lockheed Hudson bomber crew reporting back from a reconnaissance flight over the Solomons area; group photo of NZ Catalina flying boat crew, 1945 (all named); pilots being briefed before a `strike', Guadalcanal, 19 Jun 1943; RNZAF Corsair aircraft flying in formation at Guadalcanal, 1944. Catalina flying boats and RNZAF band on visit to Halavo Bay, the seaplane base in the Solomon Islands, 1944; Dakota aircraft at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1944; YMCA `tea truck' serving RNZAF ground crew who are maintaining Kittyhawks; Wing Commander de Willimoff and others in flying suits beside Corsair aircraft; group beside a Kittyhawk (includes Squadron Leader Newton); group photo of flight mechanics and riggers on airstrip in Pacific (all named); Brigadier General R L Owens, Deputy-Commanding-General, 13th Air Force, USAAF, presenting the American Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying Officer M T Vanderpump, ca 1943; Air Commodore Sir Robert Clarke-Hall talking with Major General R J Mitchell, USMC, prior to latter's departure from Bougainville (others in photo include Air Commodore G N Roberts, Wing Commander A B Greenaway & Wing Commander H R Wigley); Christmas Day in the mess hall, 1942; group of NZ pilots having a `Smoko' during Battle of Bougainville, 1943 (some name on front in ballpoint); aftermath on Bougainville (aerial photo of Japanese barge on beach); men of the RNZAF on board the `Wahine' at Torokina, Bougainville bound for NZ. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 13 Jun 2008 - 4, 25 Jul 2008 - 25 Jul 2008

From: Vietnam War oral history project

By: Stachurski, Raymund James, 1934-2017; Oldham, Philippa Jane, 1957-

Reference: OHInt-0959-38

Description: Interview with Father Ray (Raymund) Stachurski, born in Inglewood in 1934. Talks about his service in Vietnam as an Army Chaplain and reflects on its impact on him Interviewer(s) - Pip Oldham Accompanying material - questionnaire about Fr Ray Stachurski's service in Vietnam and its effects on his life, with printed abstract Accompanying material - Fr Ray Stachurski's 1970 diary and Army notebook from when he was serving in Vietnam (as digital images) Related to OHT3-0306 - Father Raymund Stachurski gave the reel to the Vietnam oral history project lead, Pip Oldham. The reel was later donated to the library after permission was obtained. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-000470 (wave files) Quantity: 6 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 7 Electronic document(s) - abstract, form. 1 printed abstract(s). 109 digital photograph(s) - diary (77 tiffs), notebook (30 tiffs); portraits (2 jpgs). 1 interview(s). 6.32 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word; Sound files - Wave files; Image files - tiff files, jpg files Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-000511, OHA-7176. Digital photographs of: Father Ray Stachurski June 2008, Father Ray Stachurski at his 70th birthday celebration Search dates: 1934 - 1963 - 2008 - 1972

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-120

Description: Multiple copies of many of the official photographs; all contain captions. Images include: Homeless Japanese at Ueno Station, Tokyo; laundry at Chofu Headquarters; countryside near 2nd Battalion NZ Regiment camp at Ozuki; opening of rest & leave hostel, Sumitome Villa, Kobe (Lt-Gen H C H Robertson & Miss Jean Begg, Director of YWCA in Far East); opening of BCOF Holiday Hostel, Kobe; Jayforce band playing in Tokyo; soldiers of 3rd Battalion on guard duty near Imperial Palace, Tokyo; Major P Heatherington-Martin followed by W/O I N O Mangin inspecting guards; Pte N L Janssens, Pte R L Fisher, and Pte I R Cleverley outside PX `Coke' bar in Tokyo with 2 GIs; American military band playing during `All Japan' athletics at stadium near Meiji Park; array of posters advertising study courses; fire at Kobe Steel Works Plant, Chofu (Brigade Headquarters, 16 NZ Workshops, YMCA bulk store); new barracks at Ozuki (includes Sgt R M Hayes & Capt J Donaldson); group photo of Miss B Raisher, Miss M Dick (WAACS) with Pte J J McAfee, C Symes, & B J Mathews, at Chofu; convalescent soldiers from 6th NZ General Hospital with their nurses, setting out from Kiwa on an outing on the Inland Sea; Brigadier L Potter, Brigadier S H Crump and Lt-Col G M McCaskill meeting Lt Gen Sturdee and wife at Ozuki; illegal Korean immigrants; pay day at Headquarters, Chofu (Pte G W Tonlins & Sgt J G Walker paying Pte W A Clarke); prisoners from Chofu Prison returning after a day's work for Kobe Steel Co Ltd; tea service at Brigade Headquarters, Chofu; demonstration rugby match at Nile Kinnick Stadium, Tokyo. Various images of the BCOF Athletic Meeting held at Kure, All Japan meeting held at Nile Kinnick Stadium in Tokyo, and 2NZEF (Japan) Athletic meeting held at Springfield Stadium, Ube in Aug 1947. Includes 2nd Lt K W Langdon competing and receiving cup for 120 yards hurdles; Flight Lt H F Evans throwing discus and receiving cup from Air Vice Marshall C A Bouchier; Pte L W S Dickison who competed in 440 and 880 yards; Sapper L L Mathewson, Sgt F Service, and Sgt E B Ashton competing in 220 yards; J G Hollick putting the shot at Ube. General Sturdee inspecting NZEF guard of honour (includes Capt C Tait, Brigadier L Potter, Lt-Col G M McGaskill); Lt Gen Sturdee with WAACs at Yamaguchi (Miss M E Peebles, P C Rattenbury, and R W Miles). Capt Father A A Welsh (RC Padre); Lt-Col R McQueen addressing the troops at disbanding of 2 NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment at Mizuba; swimming pool at Freyberg Park, Yamaguchi (includes Pte C E Ryan, A F Benfell, G C Dornbusch & others from 27th NZ Battalion); W/OI N R Fussell training the band at Brigade Headquarters, Chofu; Driver A D Glazebrook of Transport Section; men from 19 NZASC Company aquaplaning off coast of Chofu; three WAACs (Doris Dempsey, Pearl Gilmore, and Pat Cronin); Brigadier S H Crump, Commander of 2NZEGF (Japan) in the garden of his residence at Chofu; patrol from 22nd battalion on Chofu-Yamaguchi road; night raid of markets and boarding a ship in search of black market goods at Shimonoseki; B J McCody, Driver C Spence and Driver J Noyer in bakery, Supply Point, Chofu; Brigadier S H Crump at his desk; Australian Army Amenities Service entertaining the forces with a vaudeville show; group of Japanese children being taken on a launch trip by members of 22 NZ Battalion; 2 Lt L A Gatfield, Capt J G Godwin, Capt J L Lawson, and Sgt R L Wooding examining sports equipment at Brigade Headquarters store; DDT spraying at living quarters, Chofu; gift parcels being distributed at Chofu (Sgt C F Lovegrove, Cpl M D Thornton, Cpl T McCormack); NZAPO 222 base post office at Iwakuni Aerodrome (Sgt D Youle, S/Sgt S Booth, Sgt J F Frisby, WO2 N H Heley, Pte C F Edmonds); church service at Church of St Francis Xavier, Chofu; remains of Japanese aircraft at Kobe Steel Co works. Quantity: 410 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-165

Description: Two group photographs. One possibly taken in Italy; the other taken outside National Patriotic Fund Board NZ Chaplains Department Leadership School Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-126

Description: Multiple copies of official photographs; nearly all contain captions. Includes: 2NZEF cricket team (Capt Brian Poanaga, Cpl Tom Harr, Cpl Allan Peat and Cpl Frank Snelgar); team group photo (Sgt George Meads, Sgt Ian Upchurch, Cpt Brian Poananga, WO2 Vern Duley, Cpl Frank Snelgar, Pte Terry Gill, Cpl Tom Harr, Pte Ron Goodman, Cpl Rex Kennard, S/Sgt Colin Rasmussen, Cpl Allan Peat, Pte Lawrence Dick); Pte Ken McMurray showing his `Korean Kid' kitbag to friends Cpl H New & Pte J Hilton; departing members of 3rd draft at Ozuki station; Pte C Mills & Pte Colin Stewart showing each other their souvenir Japanese swords before departure for NZ on troopship `Duntroon'; party for all ranks at RNZAF 14 Squadron's base at Bofu (Squadron Leader D St George, WO J Hardwick, LAC Bert Locker, & Sgt R Kersten); woman member of Japanese Civil Police on point duty at Chofu; Air Vice-Marshal J P J Macauley & Lt-Col R B Dawson at Yamaguchi. Major B Matson dressed as Father Christmas, Ozuki; 3rd Battalion, NZ Regiment, Canterbury Base formal handover to US Armed Forces (Lt-Col Dawson, Sgt Leo Walsh and US military personnel); off duty pleasure cruise on Inland Sea (Cpl Ed Keit, Cpl Ian Ellmers, Sgt George Meads, Pte Jack Bradley, Pte George Sheehy, Cpl Les Trowbridge, Sgt John Gandy, Pte Gordon Richardson & Pte Ian Boyes); Japanese women in kimonos at Headquarters Officers' Mess prior to departure of J-Force from Japan; Chief of Air Staff RAAF, Air Marshal G Jones making a tour of 2NZEF area (photo taken outside Aotearoa Club - includes Acting Commander of 2NZEF, Brigadier A G Crump & Air Commodore A L Waters); Air Marshal G Jones inspecting new Olympic Theatre at Camp Wellington, Ozuki (includes Wing Commander H A Conaghan & Lt-Col G M McCaskill). Senior chaplain of Jayforce, Padre Harry Taylor farewelling Maori members of 2nd Battalion at Ozuki; group photo of Officers of Brigade Headquarters, 2NZEF (Japan) - Major P Joplin, Brig S H Crump, Brig L Potter, Lt/Col J A Worsnop, Major F R Bartley, Major P Childs, Capt A Henry, Capt J Meyers, Mr R C Derham, Capt H Bleasdale, Capt L Gatfield, Capt J C Lyne, Capt I Hellyer, Capt G Stagg, Major H Fanthorpe, 2/Lt E Lett, Major F Foukes, Capt J Manning, Lt K Agnew, Lt W Murdock & Capt L Powrie; group photo of Women's Army Auxilary Corps in the grounds of their residence at Chofu; group photo of officers of 2nd Battalion photographed outside the officers mess, Camp Wellington, Ozuki; group photo of NZ Pay Corps 2NZEF (Japan) photographed at Headquarters 2NZEF, Chofu. Duplicate files made by 2NZEF Intelligence in Japan being destroyed in boilers of Kobe-Osaka Steel Works supervised by Colin Haw & S/Sgt Johnny Kaster-brook; 2NZEF Dance Band at farewell party for returning members of first two drafts (Norm Silk, Darcy Christiansen, Clive Thorne, Jimmy Thorne & Tony Sutherland); Flying Officer Jim Dazell of 14 Squadron, Lt Laurie Penny, Miss Pauline d'Emden & Flying Officer Arnel Meyer at farewell party at Headquarters Officers Mess, Chofu. Group photo of officers and men of 3rd Battalion photographed at Camp Canterbury on the occasion of the final farewell visit of the Commander-in-Chief of BCOF, Lt-Gen H C H Robertson (also in photo are Lt R B Dawson & Brig L Potter); series of other photos of Robertson's farewell visit. 2NZEF Swimming Sports held at Freyberg Park, Yamaguchi - WOII Harold Dean receiving his prize; 500 metres freestyle final (Capt John Deyell, WOI John Hollick, Pte Charles Weston, WOII Harold Dean & Capt N Nutsford); ladies 50 metres breaststroke final (N I Tictch, R Gibson, M L Cole). Members of NZ Brass Band reading their mail (Stan Baldwin, George Biggs & Ian Boyes); S/Sgt Fred Service & Sgt O'Leary loading mail onto an aircraft; Cpl Harold New packing before departure for NZ; despatching army stores before evavcuation of J-Force (Capt H E Davies, Pte Gordon Moore & Sapper Duncan Allan); group photo of Jayforce members who attended a Protestant Moral Leadership Course at Kogushi (includes Rev D W Storkey & Rev W A Dawson); a gift shop prior to departure for NZ ( Pte Toi, Pte Noel Dennett, Pte P Thompson & Cpl D Ruff); dental surgery ( Major L A Faigan (dentist), L/Cpl R H McCome (patient) & Pte I D Charteris (dental orderly); members of 3rd Battalion at pool, Freyberg Park, Yamaguchi (Pte Noel Belcher, Pte Chris McMurtries & Pte Neil Miller); aerial photo of Camp Canterbury, Yamaguchi showing the parade ground and barracks of men of 3rd Battalion; recording messages to family in NZ ( S/Sgt Jim Drummond, Doug Smith & Billie Juriss); portrait of Des J (Digger) Hayes, winner of four field events; nurses from 6th General Hospital departing from Ogori Station; on tour of the NZ area, Acting Commander-in-Chief of BCOF, Air Vice Marshal J P J McCauley accompanied by Lt-Col A B Jameson & Major M Pirritt; Sgt Clarry Intermann inspecting a Weekly Review produced by National Film Unit; formal handover of Camp Canterbury to US Armed Forces (Capt C S P Nicholls, Sgt Walsh, Lt-Col McNamara). Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1949

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-221

Description: Assortment of official and unofficial photographs, most without captions Includes: NZ YMCA with J-Force (lounge); series of photographs pasted onto card - Signing of the surrender at Toyko Bay; Peter Fraser leaving a Naval Transport Service plane near Pearl Harbour in company with Admiral Chester W Nimitz (USN, Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas) and Vice Admiral Robert L Ghormley (USN Commandant Fourteenth Naval District and Hawaiian Sea Frontier); unidentified underground miners; training in the Kaimai Ranges; Home Guard training; Brigadier General Patrick Hurley (American Minister to NZ) with Hon Peter Fraser, Lord Halifax, Hon Walter Nash, and Cordell Hull, 1942; Winston Churchill and others; village of Ag Demetrios, Greece, 1941; the Admiral Graf Spee sinking after she had been scuttled in the River Plate, Dec 1939; coffins of German sailors killed in the River Plate Battle photographed at Montivideo, Dec 1939; unidentified chaplain. Woman pilot; General Montgomery; Helen Keller and her companion Polly Thompson arriving at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo; Milford Track; Second Mounted Rifles moving past the saluting base at Foxton when they were reviewed by the Inspector-General of Forces, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell; Auckland Gas Company's gasometers in Freeman's Bay; Bill Boyce; unidentified NZ buildings (possibly office of Scientific and Industrial Research); view of Wellington from hills above Tinakori Road looking south. Other unofficial photos from the collections of W E King of Tauranga; E B Hamilton; Sandy Crichton; H Sharples. Some taken in Italy Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 25 Mar 1998

From: `Oranje' oral history project

By: McEwan, Meta Caroline, 1920-

Reference: OHInt-0434-07

Description: Meta Caroline (Carol) McEwan (nee Johnson) born in Wellington in 1920. Outlines family background - father, Robert Noel Johnson, was headmaster at Russell School, later moving to Whangarei. Recalls outbreak of World War II and applying to work at Services hospital in Rotorua as well as being called for overseas duty in 1943. Describes going on the `Oranje'. Mentions the `Centaur' and the loss of life. Recalls taking patients with TB (tuberculosis) to Durbin and taking those who had recuperated home; taking patients almost straight from Cassino and other battles; VE Day celebrations; speech of Sir Winston Churchill; ranks between VADs and sisters; German prisoners of war. Mentions Padre Fox, Padre Holland and Padre Norris. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Marie de Joux Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007978-007979; OHLC-004097-004098 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2152. Search dates: 1920 - 1998

Date: 1940-1945

By: Spence, George Archibald Douglas, 1901-1974

Reference: MS-Papers-3799

Description: Diaries cover the periods 1940, June-Dec 1941 and 1943 to 1945 and contain brief daily entries summarising Spence's activities Source of title - supplied title Spence sailed from New Zealand in Jan 1940 and served as padre with the 20th Battalion in North Africa until Oct 1943 when he became senior chaplain of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Italy Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 vol). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1947-1948

From: Dawson, Selwyn (Rev), 1918-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2006-195-51A

Description: A personal portrait of his time in Japan as chaplain with the occupational forces including photographs Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1964-1983

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand : Records

Reference: 87-204-040/2

Description: Quantity: 1 box(es) (file).

Date: 1914-[ca 1959]

By: Luxford, John Aldred (Rev), 1854-1921

Reference: MS-Group-0118

Description: Collection consists of diaries written by Luxford from the time he departed New Zealand in 1914 till he was wounded in 1915. Also includes newspaper clippings covering his career, a report to Luxford from Chaplain Capt Blamires, an order for clothing, a telegram concerning the whereabouts of various chaplains and information on NZ patients in hospitals in Alexandria. Source of title - supplied title John Aldred Luxford was a Methodist clergyman. He saw service in the South African War as a Methodist chaplain and with the outbreak of war in 1914 he volunteered to work as a chaplain for the NZ troops. He was attached to different regiments but spent longer periods with the Wellington and Otago Infantry Regiments. He worked as a chaplain in Egypt before being sent to Gallipoli where he was severely wounded and he had to have a leg amputated. Eventually he was sent to England where he was appointed chaplain to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. His diaries were sent home as each was completed and because of this many of the entries include notes to his wife. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 4 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter Provenance: Collection has been property of Luxford family and was donated to the Library on their behalf by Luxford's daughter P M Lundy

Date: 1957-1958

From: Dawson, Selwyn (Rev), 1918-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2006-195-51B

Description: Personal account of his time as chaplain for the occupying forces in Japan, includes photographs Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2005

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DX-025-138

Description: The scene shows a three star United States general talking to a prison chaplain. The dangerous prisoner he is talking about is a copy of the Geneva Convention which can be seen behind bars. Refers to allegations of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay by United States officials. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: [ca 8 Jul 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06381-F

Description: Group portrait of New Zealand Protestant padres who attended a conference held in the New Zealand Forces Club in Rome, Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 8 July 1944 by by George Frederick Kaye. Other - Names on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative