World War, 1914-1918 - Belgium

Date: [ca 1917-1918]

By: Harries, Leonard Cyril David, 1896-1971; Randell, Diana, 1928-2001

Reference: PA1-o-1517

Description: Photographs of World War I, Belgium and France, taken ca 1917-1918 and compiled into an album by Len Harries. Most of the photographs have been captioned by Harries but the donor has written additional captions to identify Harries in some of the photographs. Includes photographs of groups of soldiers, damaged buildings and tanks (including Cloth Hall in Ypres), craters, local women and children, aircraft, soldiers in a trench, stretcher bearing. The photographs of France show Ambleteuse and Selles Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album, 15.2 x 20.7 cm Provenance: Len Harries was a cousin of the donor's father and Harries met the donor's mother, Gwendoline Ryall (later Randell), while on leave in England. He left the album with her when he returned to New Zealand.

Date: 1914-1915

From: Clachan, John Andrew Martin, 1898-1981: Photograph albums of World War I, chiefly taken by William James Clachan

Reference: PA1-o-095

Description: Photographs taken by W J Clachan, when with the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own), in Belgium during World War I. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black buckram cover entitled "Photographs", 16 x 20 cm

Date: 1917

From: World War, 1914-1918 :Official Australian Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1547-05-1/238

Description: A captured German pill-box on the Passchendaele battlefield, World War 1914-1918, Belgium. Original caption: "A scene at Garter Point, on the battlefield near Zonnebeke, in the Ypres Sector, in Belgium, on October 24th, 1917. This pill-box captured some days earlier by Australian troops, commanded an excellent view over the surrounding country. (Australian Official Photograph)" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1915

By: Booth, Leonard Hampden, 1879-1974; Love, Honiana, active 2000-

Reference: B-158-012

Description: Shows a plump man (the same figure as used in B-158-011), labelled a "voracious person", who has consumed "some cakes, some tea, some buns, some scones, some sandwiches, some biscuits, some more cakes, some more tea, etc, etc". He is seated beside a table set with crockery and jugs. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on card (with collaged corrections), 428 x 390 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Honiana Love, in 2000. Donor is a great-great niece of the artist. Her grandmother (Carol Holland nee Booth) was the artist's niece.

Date: 1915-1916

From: Clachan, John Andrew Martin, 1898-1981: Photograph albums of World War I, chiefly taken by William James Clachan

Reference: PA1-o-096

Description: Photographs of World War I taken by W J Clachan during campaigns in Belgium and France, when with the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own), including a period in England in recuperation from an injury. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black buckram cover entitled "Photographs", 16 x 20 cm

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975 : Letters written to his brother Harold / transcribed and edited by Captain S D Rogers, MC VD (MID)

By: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-5553-5-076

Description: Photograph number seventy-six in manuscript. `Detraining at Poperinghe for the 3rd Battle of Ypres. The N.Z. Division.' Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Black and white photograph 255mm x 200mm

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975 : Letters written to his brother Harold / transcribed and edited by Captain S D Rogers, MC VD (MID)

By: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-5553-5-063

Description: Photograph number eighteen in manuscript. 'This is up forward in the Ypres Salient, counter battery work. You will note the gunners along the roadside till the bombardment is over, then they go back and retaliate. Sometimes their guns have gone, like the one you see with the H.E. The two men you see in the foreground are Sgt. Dent and Jimmy Fettis - they are waiting for a stampede to take the corner. Transport horses are trained, they know they have to break down from a gallop to turn the corner. That's where the boys step in, two of us are standing by the camera, on another corner, in case Dent misses. Note the eighteen pounder shell cases to be added to the pile you see in the Dump photo. The gun is at the left, just off the photo.' Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Black & white photograph 254mm x 205mm

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975 : Letters written to his brother Harold / transcribed and edited by Captain S D Rogers, MC VD (MID)

By: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-5553-5-069

Description: Photograph number thirty-two in manuscript. `This is an interesting photo - on the right is a mule team man using the main road, on his own. The horse carries six 18lb shells - he dumps them anywhere and goes back, keeping under shell fire. He broke away from his team; he would have been shot, but he was caught by the M.P's under shell fire. The post is Milcot, you will note our wire running down to the rear. The dugout is an old German O.P. The corner is the road running down to the Butts. The timber was dumped at 2 a.m., the Sgt. who did it would be demoted. Note our man up watching both roads.' Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Black and white photograph 250mm x 205mm

Date: 1917

From: World War, 1914-1918 :Official Australian Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1547-04-1/217

Description: View of a battlefield at Remus wood, Belgium. Original caption: "Scarcely anything was left at Remus Wood, except mud and shattered tree stumps, after the battle for Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Section, in Belgium, on October 4th, 1917. The Hun pill-box in the central background, alongside a well, withstood the shells. To the left of the photograph (which was taken the day following) is a sunken hedge full of German dead; whilst the duckboard track shown in the bottom left-hand corner, leads to the crater on Broodseinde Ridge. (Australian Official Photograph)" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: April 2018

By: Ralph, Linda, active 2018

Reference: MSDL-4016

Description: Comprises four digital files created by Linda Ralph relating to Frederick Noel Hamilton Beamish's World War One diaries written between 1916 and 1919. They contain: - a typed transcription made by Ralph of his diaries (169 pages) - a one page biography of Frederick Beamish - one digitised black and white studio portrait of Beamish - Linda Ralph's note describing her transcription methodology. Title supplied by Library. Other material relating to Frederick Noel Hamilton Beamish is held at Library reference MS-Papers-0578. Linda Ralph is the grand-daughter of New Zealander Captain Frederick Noel Hamilton Beamish, who was an officer with the English army unit Manchester Unit, 3rd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, during World War I. Quantity: 3 Electronic document(s). 1 digital image(s).