Fitchett, William Alfred Robertson, 1872-1952

Date: 1901-1942

By: St. Thomas' Church (Newtown, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MSX-9555

Description: Burial register from St Thomas' Church, in Newtown, Wellington. Part of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. Diocese of Wellington, Entries are numbered 1 to 1267. Register contains list of names, addresses, occupation, date of death, date of burial, age, and signature of the person performing the ceremony. St Thomas' Church was destroyed by fire on 21 August 1970 and the remains were demolished in 1971. It was not rebuilt. The church records were believed to have been destroyed at this time. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: Register was left anonymously at the Nelson Founders Book Fair collection depot. The Book Fair did not want the register for their sale so a volunteer (Mr Feltham) took possession of the volume and donated it to the Library.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-FUNERAL-1950s

Description: Includes services, obituaries, thank you cards and memorials for: 1950: Peter Fraser. St John's Presbyterian Church Wellington. Funeral service, 15 December 1950 (2 copies) 1952: Order of service at the funeral of the Right Rev William Fitchett, Lord Bishop of Dunedin, in St Paul's Cathedral Welington, 8 August 1952 1954: Gordon Edward Townhill, born at Wellington, departed this life 28th September 1954, aged 36 years. In memoriam booklet published by E Morris Junr Ltd, funeral directors, 25 Kent Street Wellington (with pages for officiating minister, pall-bearers, and lists of those who gave floral tributes). 1955: Thomas Brewer, died 12 July 1955 in his 94th year, at Foxton. Memorial card 1956: Oration delivered by Leo Sim at the graveside, Eltham Cemetery, of Shelley Jones, 6 February 1956 1956: Clement Howe. St Peter's Church Wellington. 7 August 1956. 1957: Claude Charles Hancox, accidentally killed. Acknowledgement card, 7 October 1957 1958: Charles, Viscount Bledisloe, 1867-1958. St Margaret, Westminster, 21 July 1958. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Folded cards, booklets and fliers, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-208

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1920s-1950s. Names of most subjects entered in Name Field. Also includes: D (or William) Murphy, a rat catcher, 1938; Monoghan (Catholic priest), 1934; Mme T Murashkina (Stalingrad deputy mayor), 1951; Sir James O'Grady (Labour MP in England and later Governor of Tasmania), 1931; Duke of Orleans, 1933; Hon William Ormsby-Gore, 1920s; Squadron Leader Orlebar, 1931; Dwight W Morrow (USA Ambassador to Mexico), 1927; General Eoin O'Duffy (Leader of the Ireland's Army Comrades Association "Blue Shirts"), 1930s; Dr Thomas F O'Higgins and two sons (senior Irish politician and founder and president of Army Comrades Association), 1933; Augustus Muir, 1935; Red Moore; Colonel & Mrs Robert Montgomery, 1951; Thomas J Mooney; Lord Moyne; H U Moffat (Premier Southern Rhodesia), 1932; L A Mussent (Leader of Dutch Nazi Party), 1940; Flying Officer J A Mollison; Admiral William S Moffett, 1933; Sir Landon Ronald, principal of Guildhall School of Music, London, and Benno Moiseiwitsch, 1935. Women honoured by Women's National Press Club of Washington for their outstanding achievements in 1948 (named on verso); Admiral M P O'Callaghan (naval tutor to King George & commander of HMS Philomel), 1931. A McAulay, M O'Brien & W S Bennett; Flying Officer Harold Owen (Australian pilot), 1929; W J R Christophersen & A M Ongley (selectors); Mrs A Oliphant of Dunedin (passenger on Athenia), 1939; Dr F W Norwood (Congregational minister of London) and family, 1934. Quantity: 85 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1940

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-204

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes National Service Committee leaflet; pages from `Flashlight' (Feb 1940) relating to Frank Goldberg Quantity: 1 folder(s).