Horses - Egypt

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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-295

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are named, are not individually listed above. Images include a consignment of 3000 cases of apples arriving at the New Zealand Forces Club in Egypt; YMCA secretaries of the NZEF in Crete before the blitz; NZ pilots at advanced RAF training school in England; King George II of Greece inspecting troops in the Middle East, being entertained by members of the Maori Battalion, and presenting medals to the platoon acting as his bodyguard on the Greek royal family's evacuation from Crete to Egypt (p 6-11). American aid to the ANZACs, showing a function in New York celebrating the presentation of over 100 ambulances to the fighting forces in Egypt, with (on p 12-15) views in Egypt of the ambulances & mobile surgical unit; the General Hospital at Helwan, with views inside wards, and life of convalescents including a swimming carnival, picnics and yachting (p 16-20); nurses' life at the General Hospital (p 139-141). Arrival of a mobile canteen for the YMCA (p 20-21); NZ soldiers on leave in Cairo; NZ cricket team at the Gezira Sporting Club (p 23-24); Parades of NZ units reviewed by general Freyberg; A YMCA canteen service van in Crete; opening of the Lowry Hut (p 8, p 28-30, p 34-35); Rowing races between a NZ team and Cairo representative team at the Cairo River Club (p 30-31, p 67). PM Peter Fraser's tour of NZ activities in Britain; broadcasts to NZ through the BBC's New Zealand programme (p 32-33, 92-93, 124-125); the New Zealand Forces Club (p 35-39, 44); ENSA Concert Party (p 40-42); staff at NZ House in London sorting parcels from NZ for NZ personnel. Attack on Crete (p 44-53), views taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete, including Junkers transport carriers, Axis destroyers and wrecked German planes at Maleme airport; transport ship Glengyle after the evacuation from Crete. HMS Leander (p 55-61, p 79, p 84-85), includes group of sailors & NZ officers, all identified. Maori Battalion training in the Middle East; incidents during route march; two views of the official Netherlands Indies Women's organisation in wartime who looked after NZ airmen passing through batavia (Djakarta) (P 66, 68); sports meeting at the Prince Farouk Stadium Cairo (p 68-73, 83); artillery callibrating guns (p 73-79); field ordnance worlshops; Mobile Surgical Unit; copies of paintings by war artist peter McIntyre (p 87-91); Bomber Command Operational Training Unit. Postal unit (p 94-101); wireless operator air gunners after training at the WAG course at Mountain View Air Station in Canada (all named, p 96-97); investiture conferring Greek decorations on NZ officers (p 101-102, 110-111); Kiwi Concert Party (p 103-110); manouevres in the desert; fire brigade at NZ Base Camp (p 118-122); 2nd Echelon Office keeping personal records (p 120, 122-123); camp laundry in Egypt (p 128-130); work of a Light Aid Detachment in the field; the original ANZAC Club, Singapore (p 144); training under active service conditions in desert (p 145-149); visit by NZ soldiers to a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis raising Arab horses. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 782-1226. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

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: PA1-q-296

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and England during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Includes photographs of New Zealand fighter and bomber pilots serving with the Royal Air Force, and several British Official photographs relating to New Zealand fighter pilot with the RAF, James Allen Ward, who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Most individuals identified in the album are listed above. Scenes include a visit by NZ soldiers to stables run by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis; a NZ military band on tour in Palestine as part of a recruiting campaign; the arrival of the first party of Women's War Service Auxiliary in Egypt, and scenes of their life in the Welfare Section and at the New Zealand Forces Club (p 7, p 146-149); and RNZAF trainees at the Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. Life, military training and manouevres in the Western desert; ordnance workshops; the advance in the Western Desert; a NZ medical unit, a mobile surgical unit; hospital scenes (p 100, 103-105, 111). Sporting and entertainments include a wood-chopping "Axemen's Carnival" in South England; rugby matches in the Western Desert (p 29, 37-38, 82-83, 85, 93, 101-103, 107, 109); swimming (probably at Baggush; p 38-40, 44); and Christmas celebrations in the desert, including the Kiwi Concert Party (p 122-129); and a view of the YMCA Hostle at Alexandria. Inspection of NZ reinforcements in Egypt by William J Jordan (NZ High Commissioner in London); General Auchinleck presenting decorations to NZ soldiers, and reviewing NZ troops on the eve of the Libyan Campaign (p 49-57, 111-115); the Western Desert Battle, NZers bringing in German Prisoners of War; German General von Ravenstein captured by NZ troops, and scenes of various captured German vehicles, gas masks, a Nazi whip, and weapons; the Libyan advance (p 63-72); and the Railway Construction Unit in the Western Desert. Scenes of a New Zealand fighter squadron in Malaya (p 80-81, 87-89). NZers in Tobruk (p 96-99); one view of NZers at a Prisoner of War Camp in Germany (Stalag VI B) taken by Lieutenant Rangi (p 108); NZers arriving back at Base Camp after 5 weeks of imprisonment at Bardia, some of whom are named (p 117-121); four NZ soldiers who walked from Benghazi to west of Gazala (listed above); manouevres after the Libyan Campaign. Presentation of decorations by General Freyberg to members of the 2nd NZEF in hospital; views of a NZ Spitfire Squadron operating with the RAF Fighter Command, the planes subscribed for by the people of NZ (p 138-141); reproductions of paintings by war artist Peter McIntyre (p 133-138). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 1227-1668. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1914-1915

By: Maunsell, Henry Beresford, 1890?-1958

Reference: PA1-o-336

Description: Photograph album relating to Henry Beresford Maunsell's service during World War I, with the NZ Army 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles Regiment in Egypt. Many of the military personnel are identified, a few with later dates added noting when some of the men photographed in the album were killed in action. The first part of the album shows soldiers leaving on board HMNZ troopship 'Orari' 14 October 1914, the trip through Hobart, Colombo, Aden, Port Said until disembarkation in Alexandria December 1914. Many scenes show the shipboard stabling for horses used by Mounted Rifle troops; others show various ships they passed on the way. The latter part shows various military scenes in Egypt, including The New Zealand Corps camp near Cairo; swimming horses crossing the Nile; Red Cross Vauxhall ambulance; groups of soldiers riding camels; horse lines; and a line of horses at drinking troughs. There are a few images of soldiers at tourist sites, and some of Egyptians. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Maunsell album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover; 25.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1916-1918

By: Eccles, Martin Ashton, 1893-1973; Eccles, Lesley, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-5863

Description: Martin Eccles of the Wellington Mounted Rifles went to Gallipoli with the 2nd Expeditionary Force. After Gallipoli he became part of the ANZAC Mounted Division in Palestine. These photographs relate to this part of his war service. They are not organised in any way, but many have information written on the back. This is an individual soldier's record of events, not that of a military strategist. Many photos are of individual, or groups of soldiers, whom Eccles knew or was associated with. Others record troop movements across the countryside, and towns such as Raffa and Jaffa. There are also one or two of the British High Command in Palestine photographed in informal situations. Time off on leave and visits to Egyptian antiquities are also represented. Finally, there are a few shots of Eccles in New Zealand either before or after the war. Martin Ashton Eccles remained in Gallipoli until the final disembarkation. He was in the army in Palestine until the end of the war. He became an Anglican priest and as Canon Eccles was attatched to the Diocese of Waipa (Waikato). Quantity: 300 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Martin Ashton Eccles was father of the donor.

Date: 25 Jun 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: DA-04184-F

Description: Two members of the New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps admire an Egyptian mounted policeman on the occasion of the King's birthday service at the Cairo Cathedral, during World War II. Taken on 25 June 1943 by a British official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1916-1917

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-178908-F

Description: Photograph of a soldier standing beside his horse. Behind him ANZAC Mounted Division troups can be seen moving onto a bridge. Probably photographed by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Guy Powels in 1916 or 1917. The original envelope from which this negative came was labeled " "Sinai." This could mean that the photograph was taken any time between January 1916 and January 1917. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: August 1916

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-812-09-2

Description: A lone rider in the desert on which lie bodies of horses killed during the battle of Katia. Photographed by an unknown photographer between the 6th and 12th of August 1916. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Dead horses after the battle of Katia The advance on Katia began on the 5th of August 1916 as part of the campaign to drive the Turkish army out of Egypt. It resulted in the Turkish withdrawl to El Arish which was about 4 1/2 kms from the Egyptian/Palestine boarder. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8 x 6 cms

Date: [1915-1916]

From: Read, James Cornelius, 1871-1968: Images of the Gallipoli campaign

Reference: PAColl-1655-1-23

Description: Trumpeters of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles in Egypt lined up on their horses. Photographed by James Cornelius Read in 1915 or 1916 Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Trumpeters Mounted Rifle Brigade Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10 x 7.7 cms

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-02051-F

Description: New Zealand troops visit a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis for the raising and training of Arab horses. Shows NZers looking at a 23 year old arab stallion. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-01918-F

Description: Arab two year olds in the sand of the exercising yard at the stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis (on the outskirts of Cairo) for the raising and training of Arab horses. Native attendants rattle tins to keep the horses on the move. Taken during a visit of NZ troops circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [1916-1918]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5268-2-3-001

Description: Probably a photograph of the ANZAC Mounted Division, or the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade. The place is either in Egypt or Palestine. Photographed by an unkown photographer some time between 1916 and 1918. Guy Powles to whom this photograph belonged, was an officer in the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the ANZAC Mounted Division fighting in Egypt and Palestine between 1916 and 1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10 x 7.3 cm

Date: May 1916

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-604-2

Description: Two soldiers of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles resting in the shade of their horse in the Egyptian Desert. Photographed by an unknown photographer in May 1916. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - McKay This image was published in " The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine," Lieutenant-Colonel C Guy Powles, Whitcome and Tombs, 1922, p 22. Its context in the book indicates that it was taken in May 1916 after the army had crossed the Suez Canal into the Egyptian desert, but before any real fighting took place. The name "McKay" is written on the back of the original print, and this may be the Corporal Mckay who is among those acknowledged at the end of the book, particulary for lending photographs to the author. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8 x 5.4 cms

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-01919-F

Description: A three year old Arab mare, reserved for the matrons, with rider. Shown during a visit by New Zealand troops to a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis where Arab progeny are raised and trained. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-01917-F

Description: New Zealand troops visit a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis for the raising and training of Arab horses. Shows NZers watching Arab two year olds exercising. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1916

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-178913-F

Description: Mounted Soldiers of either the New Zealand Mounted Brigade, or the ANZAC Mounted Division, riding along the embankment of the Suez Canal, Egypt. Probably photographed by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Guy Powles in 1916. The label on the original envelope from which this negative came was "Egypt. Training." This probably means that this photograph was taken in 1916 after the New Zealand Mounted Brigade had moved from Zeitoun to Serapeum on the Suez Canal in January 1916. Here training continued and the ANZAC Mounted Division was formed on the 15th of March 1916. On the 23rd of April 1916 the Division moved to Kantara as a Turkish force had attacked the Suez Canal. This was the beginning of the Middle Eastern Campaign. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1914-1919]

From: Malone family :Photographs relating to William George Malone

Reference: PADL-000401

Description: Scanned negatives of Egypt and other unknown locations. Includes images of soldiers boxing, Egyptian monuments including the Colossi of Memnon, sailors, soldiers boarding boats and trains. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Negatives 11_1_2_3_4_5 (11.5)" Quantity: 22 electronic scan(s) of negatives.

Date: [1914-1919]

From: Malone family :Photographs relating to William George Malone

Reference: PADL-000382

Description: Includes photographs of military camps, horses, mules, camels and canals at El Kubri in Egypt. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "3. El Kubri" Quantity: 7 electronic scan(s) of prints.

Date: 1914-1915

From: Martin, W W :World War One albums of Mr Laurie C Mackie

Reference: PA1-o-308

Description: Photograph album created by Laurie Mackie during his time fighting in World War I, in Egypt and Gallipoli. Inscriptions: Album page - To Mother with best wishes, from Laurie (8/3/15). Egypt Arrangement: Copy negatives from images in this album are housed at C 4585 to C 4652 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured brown cloth cover, edged with faded gold line; 24 x 29 cm

Date: 1915

From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign

Reference: PA1-o-862-20-1

Description: George Gordon Denniston with his horse, Sidi Bishr, Egypt. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A lady I was very fond of Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1915-1916

From: Martin, W W :World War One albums of Mr Laurie C Mackie

Reference: PA1-o-309

Description: This album records events after the Gallipoli campaign when the troops returned to Egypt for rest and recreation. They were also retrained and re equipped in preparation (for most of them) for the western front and (for a minority of them) the defence of Egypt. 1/2-090821 to 090900 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cloth cover, entitled `Photographs' incorporated in a logo which includes a rayed sun situated in the bottom right hand corner of front cover. Both sun and title printed in gold; 19.5 x 14.5 cm