Halsey, William Frederick (US Fleet Admiral), 1882-1959

Date: ca 1942

From: Galbreath, Ross Alan, 1946- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7883

Description: Photograph of a sign erected at on a hillside in Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in 1942 under the orders of Admiral Halsey. The sign reads 'Admiral Halsey says "Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs"! You will help kill the yellow bastards if you do your job well'. Photograph taken ca 1942 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Digital copy print 19.6 x 15.3 cm Provenance: The photograph is a copy of a print held by Professor Ted Collins of Mahurangi, North Auckland.

Date: 1943-1945, 1955

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-4161-01-106

Description: Most photographs are captioned. Includes views of US marines following a trail on Guadalcanal with a local guide leading the way; US Admiral William F Halsey talking with US Vice Admiral Aubrey W Fitch during an inspection tour of Green Island (Nissan Island), Allied base in the Southwest Pacific recently seized from the Japanese. US Rear Admiral Robert B Carney (Chief of Staff to Admiral Halsey) is sitting in the back, 1944; locals planting rice watched by soldiers; Emperor Hirohito waving to children as he leaves Freyberg Block with NZ soldier in foreground (J Force); US navy task force entering lagoon of Green Island (Nissan Island), 1944; three unidentified soldiers; group pf unidentified soldiers eating at an outdoor mess; Norfolk Island; swimming sports at A.T.D. at the site of the 144 Ind Bty, 1943; sappers in the Kaimai Ranges, Mar 1955; face of a petrol pit; 8 NZ Infantry Brigade installing barbed wire defences at a beach. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted).

Date: 1943-1944

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: Andrew, Earle William, 1909-1986; McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-119

Description: Various photographs of Governor General, Sir C Newall visiting islands in the South Pacific during WWII - Shows him inspecting troops, meeting soldiers, decorating Cpl L M Duncan & Sgt T J Walsh with DCM, receiving gifts from Penrhyn Islanders, with Capt Rasmussen and Major Holland Martin at Penrhyn Island, with Brigadier F L Hunt in Tonga. Admiral Halsey and party taking the salute of a NZ vehicle on Jean of Arc day, 1943 in Noumea; Brigadier W W Dove; Cpl Davidson; Major S R Rice; Major T C Wallace; Potter; Lt Col J F Moffat (photographed by Earle Andrew); Lt Col C F Seaward; Captain Viggo Rasmussen, Resident Agent at Penrhyn Island; group photo - Barrowclough, Brig Gen F Harris, P L Bennett, Commander J L Cotton (US Navy). Group photo taken in Fiji when Allied leaders gathered to pay their respects to the memory of Hon Mr Lin Sen, president of China. In the group were Commander A L Mare (US Navy), Mrs Chen, Governor of Fiji Major General Sir Philip Euen Mitchell, Mr Chen, Major Gen Charles F Thompson (US Army), A L Newboult, assistant Colonial Secretary, Edward E Jenkins, attorney-general, and Col John E Workman, commissioner of colonial police. Photograph of a portrait of an unidentified nurse painted by Peter McIntyre Major Rutherford; Sgt Cowan; Cpl A McCulloch invested with M.M. at Dumbea (a patient at 4th Gen Hospital); Major C W H Tripp and Captain D E Williams, officers of 1st Commando Fiji Guerillas Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1943]

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-228

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939-1945

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: WH-0227-F

Description: Admiral Halsey photographed visiting the New Zealand Head Quaters on Vella Lavella Island Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1942-1943

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-4161-01-061

Description: Photographs of American forces in New Zealand from their time of arrival in Auckland and Wellington. Some are captioned. Includes views of arrival by ship; RNZAF welcoming band; marching to railway station and from station to camp; drinking milk; `shooting craps'; Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare, 1943; US Naval Base Hospital, Silverstream (interior); telephone operator; gunners; light artillery practise; Christmas celebrations at US Naval Hospital, Auckland; American nurses outside Auckland war Memorial Museum; Camp MacKay; US soldiers receiving citation orders; Marine Corps at Wellington War Memorial showing Parliament Buildings and Bowen Street in the background; etc. Captioned photos include: Wing Commander R J Cohen, Air Commodore M V Buckley & Commodore E Rotheram; American officers of the Navy and Marine Corps attending a special New Year festival at Ngaruawahia Pa showing Princes Te Puea with Captain S D Jupp; onel J H Nankivell, US military attache in Wellington, presenting citations at US naval hospital, Wellington, 1943; Brigadier General P Hurley addressing a meeting; Chief Petty Officer Artie Shaw; Admiral William F Halsey's visit to Auckland accompanied by Commodore Sir Atwell Lake, Lt Commander Brooks Clifford & Captain S D Jupp; Major G F Yerex, commandant of Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare with Staff Sergeant A C Hulme and US Marine Corps officer, 1943. Quantity: 157 b&w original photographic print(s).