Disabled veterans
New Zealand - Miscellaneous photographs published in 1947
Date: 1947
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-224
Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance in 1947. Duck shooting at Lake Ellesmere; sign of the Pick and Shovel at Gabriel's Gully; disabled soldiers in wheelchairs watching a horse race; first aid clinic; locomotive having its tender filled with coal at Paekakariki; Herekino State Forest; Lake Wakatipu; The Chateau; Mount Ruapehu; Vogeltown Bowling Club, New Plymouth; Youth Travel Association party at Waiouru; rugby referees examinations held in Wellington (G R Penhale & D Chant); Hilton Thomassen and Jimmy Black of Taneatua Bowling Club, Whakatane (tallest & shortest players). House moving (Dr H B Berney's surgery, Masterton); Horsa Glider home and houseboats (England); Silver Jubilee display of sewing done by Correspondence School pupils held at Central Library, Wellington; English family building their own home; Les Curtice sounding the Last Post; Rehabilitation Committee meeting; R J Jacobs & C O Bell laying a wreath at the Cenotaph, Wellington (view of shops in lower Molesworth Street in background). Series of photographs taken at Ruatoki - Jim Merritt (Native Department supervisor), Rev Rangi (Maori Battalion padre), Takerau Tamerau (paramount chief of Tuhoe) and others. Series of photographs relating to the Post Office training school courses. Named participants included K R Murray, G H Glozier, T J Nixon, H McLachland, R W Hundy, D C Mundy, L W Palmer, H C Waterhouse, A J L Hamilton, B Story, R Innes, T Collins, A S Beck, R Cleary. Courses included engineering, morse code, switch board operators, automatic exchange switches; dismantling and testing telephones, etc. Helicopters (United States); Naseby (children's fancy dress parade); Tekapo; Country Library Service (librarian-driver Evelyn Franklin of Waikato, Coronation Library at Little River, and bus at Gropers Bush); Series of photographs relating to the Government Home Aid Scheme and day in the life of employee Edna Chandler. WAACS for welfare work in Japan - Subaltern J N Bullard & Junior Commander W M White; Pat Pysden and Pear Hunt; on parade (Ruth Ransfield, Margaret Bown and Doris Dempsey); Quartermaster-Sgt M V Wilson and P Cronin; Yvonne Trainor. Hine Hopu (carved guardian on Hongi's Track); Thomas Burn's statue in The Octagon, Dunedin; Young woman planting cauliflowers at Waimate farm; deerstalker's camp in Woodgrove district, North Canterbury; boy scouts in France; hikers on road to Milford Hotel; hydro-electric generating plant at Karapiro; holiday makers on board launch in Marlborough Sounds; Deepwater Cove, Bay of Islands; speed boat racing at New Plymouth; Pelorous Bridge; mayor of New Plymouth Mr Gilmour at civic reception held in Pukekura Park. Opening of the air service between New Zealand and Canada - Captain I N Holyman, managing director of Australian National Airways receiving first mail from Hon F S Hackett, Postmaster General; J A C Allum, Mayor of Auckland and Captain P Taylor. Quantity: 94 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Wellington Returned and Services' Association :Photographs
Date: 1945-[ca 1960]
From: Wellington Returned and Services' Association :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9731-4
Description: Group photograph of the Wellington Disabled Servicemen's Bowling Club (Inc) first executive committee, 1945-1946. View of the street facade of the Wellington RSA building, Victoria Street, Wellington in about 1960. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints
Interview with Mae Carson
Date: 29 May 2008
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
By: Carson, Dorothy Mae, 1923-
Reference: OHInt-0980-03
Description: Interview with Mae Carson (nee Hamlin), born in Wellington in 1923. Talks about her family background and her father having been badly wounded in World War I. Recalls her mother's death when she was eight, the children not being taken to her funeral and a series of housekeepers. Talks about her stepmother Grace Harris and relief that family kept together. Refers to the Depression and having to help at home for two years instead of going to technical college. Talks about getting a job as a tailor's apprentice when she was 15 and being required to contribute board and food to the family. Reflects on her awareness that war was coming, having a radio at home and the start of broadcasting from the BBC. Discusses her brothers Max and Rex joining up, Japan coming into the war and being afraid for Rex in the Merchant Navy. Refers to how life changed with the young men in uniform and away, shortages, queues and ration books, and the possibility of invasion. Comments on social life in Wellington, and the presence of American servicemen. Reflects on the anxiety of people with relatives overseas and recalls reading casualty lists. Recalls that newspapers were full of optimism and victories but failures were not accurately conveyed. Mentions learning about the Manners St incident and the mutiny by Japanese prisoners at Featherston from "chatter". Explains going nursing to become an army nurse as well as to escape from her "intolerabe" home. Refers to her struggle with the training because of her lack of education, and the hierarchical and disciplined atmosphere. Recalls nursing returned servicemen in Wellington Hospital, their injuries and their stoicism. Mentions the men did not show much evidence of psychological difficulty at this stage, possibly because they may not have realised how their disabilities would affect their futures. Discusses the atmosphere and camaraderie in the nurses home. Mentions nurses who got married or pregnant had to leave nursing, and recalls sepsis from back street abortions and police in the wards. Talks about working after the war at Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer, which was a place of respite and rest for people who were getting over trauma and tragedy. Mentions the nurses were encouraged to socialise with the patients and meeting her husband Bill, a survivor of an Arctic convoy ship that sank. Discusses her marriage to Bill and the ongoing effects of the war on him and on the family. Refers to having to work again to support the family. Reflects on the impact of wars on her life and the 'utter waste of human life'. Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001157 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.04 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7326. Search dates: 1923 - 2008
Post armistice events in London and disabled soldiers returning to New Zealand
Date: 1919-1920
From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints
Reference: PAColl-9684-04
Description: Included are - London crowds greeting aviator, Harry Hawker, 1919. Postcards of English villages, churches and countryside, many of which have letters on the reverse. Life at Oaklands Park Military Hospital, London, and probably also Walton on Thames, 1919. Dominion and Colonial Troops Victory March, London, 1919. Crowds at the proclamation of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919. Henley Regatta, 1919. Launch of the Peace and Joy Victory Loan, Trafalgar Square, London, June 1919. Peace Day celebrations and Victory March, London, 19 July 1919. Royal party attending the forces rugby games, Twickenham, 1919 (see historical notes). State funeral and memorial service for nurse Edith Cavell, London 15 May 1919. Embarkation of soldiers at Torquay, Devon, for journey home, late 1919/or early 1920 (Francis Thompson was back in New Zealand in February 1920). Journey from England to Australia and New Zealand on the `Arawa.' This record begins at Balboa and the Panama Canal. Most of the rest are photographs of on deck sports and other recreational activities. Scattered throughout this collection are photographs of King George V and party attending sport events at Twickenham. These were the climax of a series of rugby games played between various army teams, the two winning teams being the New Zealanders and the British. They then played each other for the King's Cup at Twickenham which the New Zealand Army team captained by John Ryan, won. This team then went on to play a French Army team, also at Twickenham, on 19 March 1919. Quantity: 106 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints
Interview with Andy Mokaraka
Date: 3 June 2008
From: Māori who served in the Vietnam War oral history project
By: Diamond, Paul Edward, 1968-; Mokaraka, Anthony Leon, 1949-
Reference: OHInt-1030-06
Description: Interview with Anthony Leon Mokaraka, born 1949 in Auckland. Discusses family background and whakapapa, education, military service, experiences in the Vietnam War and sustaining severe injury. Describes his time in Australian military hospitals, and returning to New Zealand and continuing his recovery. The interviewee also discusses life after the war. Interviewer(s) - Paul Diamond Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7678. 1 interview(s). 3.20 Hours and minutes Duration. 3 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 2 digital photograph(s). 3 Electronic document(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1949 - 2008
New Zealand Armed Forces: Navy, Army, Air; Application for war service gratuity. Form G...
Date: 1945
From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the Second World War, 1943-1946]
By: New Zealand. Parliament; New Zealand Armed Forces
Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-1945-02
Description: Official form to be completed by an applicant for a war service gratuity or pension, including on the grounds of disablement. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white print on sheet, 342 x 215 mm.
New Zealand Armed Forces: Keep this for further reference. Information pamphlet; questi...
Date: 1945
From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the Second World War, 1943-1946]
By: New Zealand Armed Forces
Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-1945-03
Description: Official pamphlet explaining the rates, eligibility, provisions, payment process, tax exemption of the war gratuity. Three copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white print on green sheet, 229 x 216 mm.
Disabled Servicemens Gift shop interiors
Date: 1973
From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives
Reference: 35mm-64277-F
Description: Disabled Servicemens Giftshop Interiors, taken for Kerridge Odeon Promotions, in 1973 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number 119/73, Kerridge Odeon Promotions, Disabled Servicemens Giftshop Interiors Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with three images. Physical Description: cellulosic film negative
Post armistice events in London and disabled soldiers
Date: 1919-[ca 1945]
From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints
Reference: PAColl-9684-03
Description: Included are - The Peace and Joy Victory Loan promotion, London, June 1919. Disabled soldiers at Oaklands Park Military Hospital, London, including sports and other social events at the hospital, and soldiers leaving to board ship for New Zealand, 1919. State funeral and service in Westminster Abbey for Nurse Edith Cavell, 15 May 1919. Crowds in London waiting for the arrival of aviator, Harry Hawker, after his attempt to fly the Atlantic, 1919. Peace Day Victory March in London, and attendant crowds, 19 July 1919. Disabled soldiers and others on the `Arawa' returning to New Zealand, very late 1919/early 1920. Reardon's Corner, Karori, ca 1940s. New Zealand soldiers and ambulance drivers, Second World War. Some family photographs, England and New Zealand. Quantity: 131 b&w original photographic print(s).
Heritage Incorporated :Photographs
Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]
By: Heritage Incorporated
Reference: PA-Group-00532
Description: Collection includes: Photograph of Heritage Movement bus trip to Selwyn Huts Group portrait of a group of men, taken ca 1940s by an unidentified photographer Source of title - Supplied by library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Heritage Incorporated, Wellington, 2009 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Heritage Incorporated; Records (MS-Group-0913).
New Zealand War Amputees Association : Records
Date: 1939-2005
By: New Zealand War Amputees' Association
Reference: MS-Group-0266
Description: Collection comprises the minutes of the Association, together with annual reports, statements of accounts, correspondence with members and government agencies, conference reports and printed matter, including a history of the Association. Also includes records of the Wellington branch of the Association. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 77 folder(s). 4 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Papers were gathered by Doug Sherwood, a prominent office holder in the national and Wellington organisations. The last, 2005, accession was donated to the Library by his daughter, Mrs Lyn Burrell. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Miscellaneous photographs - To Serials Collection - Bound set of the Association periodical - Full set of the Association's periodical transferred to Serials.
Disabled Servicemens Giftshop interiors
Date: 1973
From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives
Reference: 35mm-64278-F
Description: Disabled Servicemens Giftshop Interiors, taken for Kerridge Odeon Promotions, in 1973 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number 119/73, Kerridge Odeon Promotions, Disabled Servicemens Giftshop Interiors Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with two images. Physical Description: cellulosic film negative
New Zealand War Amputees' Association : Presented by EBYM [Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Bo...
Date: 1933 - 1940
By: New Zealand War Amputees' Association
Reference: Curios-033-015
Description: Wooden shield with central brass almost heart-shaped plaque topped with logo of 3 feathers, and with stag's head at bottom. In centre of plaque is the triangular flag or pennant of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club. Plaque is inscribed:"Presented by [EBYM] for competition between Limbies and Wingies 1933". NEW ZEALAND. Surrounding the central plaque are 8 small shields for the years 1933 to 1940. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Wooden shield, 360 x 310 mm (irregular), with central shield-shaped plaque 85 x 55 mm, and 8 small surrounding brass shields 32 x 32 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Acc95-075. - Transfer from MSS accession 95-075. - Deposited with a photo/poster depicting badge of the New Zealand War Amputees' Assn..
Suckling, Avis, fl 1914-1994 : Life of Ann and Amos Suckling
Date: 1994
By: Suckling, Avis Edna, 1906-2001
Reference: MS-Papers-5150
Description: Account written by Avis Suckling detailing the experiences of her father, Amos Suckling, during WWI including brief descriptions of his time at Trentham, training in Egypt, fighting in France, his injury from a shell and subsequent recuperation in England and journey back to New Zealand. The account then describes the experiences of Avis Suckling and her mother, Ann Suckling, looking after Amos until his death in 1931. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor is daughter of Ann and Amos Suckling
Papers relating to Disabled Servicemen's Bowling Green
Date: 1944-1951
From: Wellington Returned and Services' Association : Records
Reference: 2010-052-161
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1961-1963
From: Milner, Ian Frank George, 1911-1991 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4567-004
Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes copies of outward letters; letters from Katherine [?] Sisarich of Greenmount, Western Australia, C [?] Beardsley, Christchurch, [?] Jenni possibly Jessie and Vincence from Scotland, from nephew Tim and wife Rosemary of Newchapel, Surrey, from Shirley, Dave of Long Island; telegram from Peter (possibly O'Connor); correspondence re Hugh's estate; programme for Hugh MacDiarmid's 70th birthday by the Scottish Committee Communist Party; visiting card, Cecil Parrott, UK ambassador, Prague; Dept of Internal Affairs memo re headstones for servicemen's graves (IA 153A); correspondence with the Levin Home for War Veterans re Hugh's death and death notice for him; invitation to marriage of Rosemary Stewart-Smith to C T A Hammond, Chipstead; correspondence with Seven Seas Books, Berlin. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Disabled Servicemens Giftshop interiors
Date: 1973
From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives
Reference: 35mm-64279-F
Description: Disabled Servicemens Giftshop Interiors, taken for Kerridge Odeon Promotions, in 1973 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number 119/73, Kerridge Odeon Promotions, Disabled Servicemens Giftshop Interiors Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with one image. Physical Description: cellulosic film negative
Disabled Soldiers Bowling Committee
Date: 1945
From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints
Reference: 1/1-031424-G
Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Negative not in film sequence Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative,6.5 x 8.5 inches
[Ephemera, pamphlets, fliers and brochures relating to physically and mentally disabled...
Date: 1950 - 1969
Reference: Eph-A-DISABLED-1950/1969
Description: Includes an undated membership card of the New Zealand War Amputees' Association, an undated pamphlet offering training to civilians through the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League Centre [ca 1959?], and an appeal pamphlet and envelope from the New Zealand Crippled Children Society (Manawatu Branch) Also includes an invitation from the Canadian Friendship Society to attend its official opening and the Handicapped Children's Halloween Party, Winter Show Cabaret, Wellington, 2 Nov [1963 or 1968] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Shirley Barclay, Wellington, in 2011.
Correspondence
Date: 1959-1960
From: Milner, Ian Frank George, 1911-1991 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4567-003
Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes copies of outward letters to correspondents; inward letters from Dendie, Bruges; Greta Hort, Denmark; Ishbel, NZ House; summary of Noel Ebbel's life by Manning Clark; correspondence with various people and institutions re Hugh Milner and his state of health and disability; Valda and Christopher, and Paul Slatarev, Sofia; Jessie Kocmanova of Brno, with poem; Winnie of Surbiton; Hume [?] Dons, University of Melbourne; bibliography of Frank Jones; invitations from Peter Lawrence and M Sondhi to meet Edith Pargeter; various embassy communications; and other papers. Quantity: 1 folder(s).