Dentist. Son of Charles Ebenezer and Helen Ward. Sailed with NZEF to Samoa in 1914 as a Lieutenant, Dental Corps, attached to the 5th Wellington Regiment. Returned to New Zealand Apr 1915. Later posted to the Western Front, where he died. Source: "Early Western Samoa" by G Hannaford Ward, typescript at PAColl-6166.
Ward, Charles Kay, 1882-1918
Ward, Charles Kay :Album of views of Samoa
Date: 1890-1915
By: Ward, Charles Kay, 1882-1918; Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Ward, G Hannaford, active 2000
Reference: PA1-q-736
Description: Album compiled by Charles Kay Ward, a dentist with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force which occupied Samoa in 1914. It comprises views of the arrival and occupation of the NZEF, taken by Alfred James Tattersall, as well as Samoan scenes and personalities, mostly taken 1890s-1900s by Thomas Andrew. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: Typescript commentary on album by G Hannaford Ward filed with album.. Provenance: Album compiled by Charles Kay Ward (1882-1918), passed into the possession of his brother, Wilfred I Ward (d 1963), obtained from his estate in 1990 by G Hannaford Ward (nephew of Wilfred and Charles).
Group portrait of NZEF doctors and dentists
Date: 1915
From: Willis, Ida Grace, 1881-1968 :Photographs of NZEF in Samoa and Belgium
Reference: 1/2-148890-F
Description: Group portrait photograph of NZEF doctors and dentists, seated on the porch of Apia Hospital in Samoa during World War I. Pictured, from left to right are (back row): Captain Mick Tapper, Major Kendall, Major Matthew Holmes, Captain Duncan Stout; and (front row): Lieutenant Ward, Dr David Isaacs. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer in 1914. Other - See also 1/2-010896-F for group with nurses Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I
Date: [Aug 1914]
Reference: 1/2-010896-F
Description: Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I. Back, from left: Sisters Veda/Vida McLean, Louis McNie, Louise Brandon. Middle row, from left: Sisters Ida Willis, Eva Brook, Matron Betha Nurse [i.e. Bertha Nurse], Sister Fanny Wilson. Front row, from left: Dr David Isaacs, Major Kendall, Major Matthew Holmes, Captain Duncan Stout, Captain Mick Tapper, Lieutenant Ward. Photograph taken in August 1914 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).