Wilson, Henry Maitland (Sir), 1881-1964

Date: 1939-1940

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: McKenzie, J S (Private), active 1940

Reference: PA1-q-293

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel in New Zealand, England and Egypt, taken 1939-1940 and compiled for official use. Most of the images have good captions, and most of the names noted are listed above. The album includes a number of British Official Photographs. Scenes include New Zealanders in the advance party sailing from Melbourne in December 1939; shipboard scenes of the First Echelon arriving in Egypt; Freyberg welcoming the troops on arrival with Anthony Eden (Secretary of State for the Dominions) and Sir Miles Lampson; the train service between the NZ camp and Cairo; Egyptian workmen helping construct the camp, and women doing the laundry; Divisional Signallers lined up on motor bikes. Battle practice and army life in the desert: anti-tank & anti-aircraft practice; bren guns; vehicle maintenance; blacksmiths; operating the telephone exchange; engineering work; sorting mail; manufacturing field oven; chopping wood for the oven; food preparation; boot mending; camp cinema; various games including cards, bowls, cricket, swimming, boxing; disinfecting plant for killing pests in soldiers' blankets; digging trenches; erecting tents. Opening of the Kiwi Club at Helwan, formed through the efforts of Lady Lampson. Three photographs taken by a sergeant of the Royal Marines, showing action related to the battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Battle of the River Plate (p 65, 111, 133) New Zealanders resident in England who volunteeered at the outbreak of war are shown training with the Eastern Command; manoevres with the 2nd Echelon in Britain, and the opening of a new club for New Zealanders in Charing Cross Road; Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops in 1940; NZ armourers and wireless operators working for the RAF; information about the longest non-stop reconnaisance flight made in a Vickers Wellington bomber, piloted and crewed by members of the RNZAF Bomber Squadron (5 crew + 1 officer from the Navy to assist in ship identification); and Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops. In Libya scenes show a motor rail car which patrolled the rail to Matruh; "Whare Kiwi" dugout in the Libyan Desert; The first air raid experienced in a small village in the Cairo area. NZ airmen arrive in Canada for training in the Empire Air Trianing Scheme; haka led by Pine Takarangi. Transportation of troops and equipment across inland water, use of collapsible assault boats and building bridges. Western Desert battle; Italian and Libyan prisoners of war; captured tanks and vehicles; view of the Italian defence line; also the surrender of Traghen when the whole population of the Libyan Fort marched out in surrender. Various hospital scenes, both in England and in Egypt, including occupational therapy activities. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1942-1943

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

By: Anderson, Alfred Robert, 1917-1971

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-176

Description: Series of captioned photographs taken by A R Anderson. Include: Convoy near Acre in Palestine; cooking dinner on roadside in Palestine; fort at Suani Ben Adem which was used as part of 3 NZGH; visit of Swazi band and dancers to entertain patients at 3 NZGH; tent wards in plantation; WAAC Xmas dinner at 3 NZGH Beirut, Syria, Dec 1942; Ward B6 decorated for Christmas, Dec 1942; Square and clock tower in Tripoli, Syria; Sir James Grigg and Gen Sir Maitland Wilson on visit to 3 NZGH at Suani Ben Adem. Series of photographs taken at 3 NZGH, Helmieh - Operating theatre; X Ray Dept; patients receiving massage treatment; hut wards; Wardmaster in his office; Dispensary; staff at work in laboratory; inside the cookhouse; mess rooms for patients; Officers, sergeants and men's messes; Sisters' sitting room; WWSA tent; staff at work in the Hygiene Section workshop; staff at work in carpenter's shop; visit of Gen Sir C Auchinleck (Apr 1942). Funeral of WWSA Miss Anderson of Dunedin, Apr 1942; mule train in Syria; exterior of wards A & B at 3 NZGH, Beirut, Syria; general view of Beirut; rugby match (Jan 1943); Occupational Dept at 3 NZGH, Beirut; patient being admitted to 3 NZGH, Beirut (Jan 1943); military funeral at Beirut War Cemetery, Aug 1942; nurses of 3 NZGH playing basketball at Beirut (Feb 1943); Temple of Bacchus and remains of the cornice of Temple of Jupiter, Baalbeck, Syria; HMHS Llandovery Castle in Tripoli harbour, Tripolitania, Mar 1943; unit marching down to position on Tripoli-Suani road for visit of the King, Jun 1943. Series of photos taken at 3 NZGH, Suani Ben Adem, Aug 1943 - Tented wards; laboratory; soya stoves outside cookhouses; POWs cutting firewood; patient receiving treatment in saline bath; unit administration tents; one of the kitchens; operating theatre. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942

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, 1862-1922

Reference: PA1-q-289

Description: Official photographs from World War II, many of which have captions giving names, information about activities taking place, and places. Some of the names noted are listed above. The album opens with a number of reproductions of paintings by New Zealand war artist Peter McIntyre (10 paintings (p 1-4)), 1 of McIntyre sketching in the field (p 9), and 7 further paintings (p 16-17, p 91, p 109)). Pages 17-22 have scenes with His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Cyril Newall visiting Samoa and Fiji in 1942. Page 24-25 show trainees at the Ninth Army Ski School in Lebanon in 1942, some men chosen from the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion, and some from the 22nd Battalion. Duties included reconnaissance, fighting patrols and rescue work for snow-bound troops. Different occasions are shown including an Anzac day parade and service on 25th April 1942, and a ceremonial parade in Aleppo on 30th April 1942; a group of New zealanders who were at Rouen ready for repatriation when arrangements with german authorities for the mutual repatriation of Prisoners of War broke down, all of whom were returned to Germany; groups of NZ medical personnel who were part of PoW protected personnel which took place between Italy and the Middle East Allie Forces (p 45-46); a group of Australians and New zealanders in the German prison camp Marlag & Milag Nord; a race meeting and sports activities in Transjordan, including races with 6 Arab horses and 6 donkeys which were loaned by the Arab Legion. A group of NZ soldiers visited the stonghold of a tribe of bandits in Syria (p 77-80); scenes in Crete "the price paid by German air invaders"; Winston Churchill being welcomed in the desert; scenes of nurses, convalescents, hospital wards around the 3rd New Zealand General Hospital in Beirut (p 102-106); recipients of recent awards, many not named (p 112-114); a group of NZ airmen who were survivors of a ship which was sunk en route to Britain; Kiwi Concert Party; and a sequence showing the pursuit by a New zealand convoy of the Axis Forces in the Western Desert during the early days of the November advance (p 126-137, showing equipment abandoned by the retreating forces including German special mobile anti-tank guns and trucks, but also the problems with landmines)l. The final views show the advance to Tripoli. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: Feb 1940-1944

From: Gentry, William George (Sir), 1899-1991: Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1767

Description: Photograph album compiled by Sir William Gentry. Contents relates to his military service in World War II, 1940 to 1944. Photographers are unidentified. - Contains scenes from military life in Egypt (Feb 1940-1944), Greece (March 1941), Libya (Nov-Dec 1941, Jan-Feb 1943), and Syria (Mar-Jun 1942). These include the arrival of the first and third contingents in Egypt and the officers' mess, baths, accommodation, and club at Maadi Camp. Troops on route to Greece on board 'HMS York' and the arrival at Piraeus. Italian prisoners from Albania in Athens and military conference with Greek military. Gun emplacements on the Metaxas Line and at Olympus Pass, German parachutists landing, Souda Bay following an air attack, training at Bagush (Oct 1941). Images from Libya feature convoys, desert battles, and gun emplacement at Sidi Rezegh as German tanks approach (1 Dec 1941). Syrian images feature the camp at Mutruh, including 'Freyberg Street', and various images from Minqur Qaim, including Freyberg's car and caravan, and an unidentified figure writing order to withdraw to Alamein. Images from the Alamein Line (Jul-Sep 1942) include the visit of Winston Churchill, troop inspections, Gentry getting award from General Bernard Montgomery, divisional headquarters, military meetings, various vehicles, and lights from artillery fire at night. Further images track the pursuit of Axis forces to Libya; these images include military convoys in Bagush and Mersa Brega. Also the crossing the Wadi Tamet, troops defusing mines, and a camp in Tripoli. Final images are of war graves at El Alamein in 1944. - Album features many images of General Bernard Freyberg with whom Gentry worked closely during the campaigns in North Africa in 1941-1942. Other notable figures include Emir Abdullah I of Jordan, General Archibald Wavell, Captain Reginald Henry Portal, General Henry Maitland Wilson, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey, Marshal Alexander Papagos, Brigadier Reginald Miles, General Claude Auchinleck, General Leslie Morshead, Winston Churchill, General Bernard Montgomery Those identified with first and last name are Sam Allen, William Stevens, Keith Lindsay Stewart, Geoffrey Cox, Maurice Hope, John Grey, Jan Peart, George Herbert Clifton, Julian Gascoigne, Oliver Leese, and 'Boomer' Watkins. Those identified by surname or given name only include Stewart, King, Padre, Doug, Miles, Allen, Crump, Tennent, Kenrick, Maxell, Inglis, Weir, and George. There are many other unidentified soldiers. - Images of tourist sites and local scenes include the Sphinx, donkeys, boats on the Nile River, scenes from Jaffa, Jerusalem in 1941 (Omar Mosque, Old City, Wailing Wall, Jaffa Gate) and a nearby village, Sweet Water Canal, the road to Helwan, local women carrying produce on the Maadi golf course, Mt Olympus, Athens and the Acropolis, Syrian Bedouin, camels, snow in Lebanon, ruins in Palmyra and Baalbek. Also a blossoming tree. - Newspaper clippings include an article detailing the New Zealand Forces withdrawal from Crete and service awards for campaigns in Greece, Crete, Libya, and Egypt; recipients of awards include Gentry (Order of the British Empire and Distinguished Service Order), Colonel George Herbert Clifton, Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Fairgrieve Allen, and Captain Walter Wynne Mason. Contains clipping on Gentry succeeding the position of General Staff Officer and a poem by Philip Youngman-Carter titled 'Rain In the Desert'. General Freyberg's near capture in Libya and evasion of German aircraft fire in Crete is also covered, as is the welcome of troops back to Egypt by Prime Minister Peter Fraser. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with embossed cover

Date: [ca 18 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

By: Elias, M D, active 1943

Reference: DA-04168-F

Description: A New Zealand anti aircraft unit passes the dais with General Wilson taking the salute in the United Nations Day Parade in Cairo, Egypt, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 18 June 1943 by M D Elias. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Jan 1919

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/1-002118-G

Description: Group portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales (left front) standing with Major General Andrew Russell and staff officers at the New Zealand Divisional Headquarters in Leverkusen during the occupation of Germany after World War I. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maitland (Jumbo) Wilson is in the centre behind them. Photograph taken January 1919 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-092 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H1300 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: Jan 1919

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/1-002093-G

Description: Group portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales (centre front) standing with Brigadier General Herbert Hart and staff of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade during the occupation of Germany after World War I. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maitland (Jumbo) Wilson is in the centre behind them. The group is bare-headed. James Lyon stands behind the Prince, at the back. Photograph taken Bruck January 1919 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-092 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H1273 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 21 May 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/1-002062-G

Description: Portrait of a World War I New Zealand Divisional staff officer in full army uniform seated in a wicker chair. He is identified as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maitland Wilson, known as Jumbo Wilson. Photograph taken Bus-les-Artois, France, 21 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-094 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - H779 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: Mar 1919

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/1-002112-G

Description: Group portrait of Major General Andrew Russell (seated centre) with staff officers at New Zealand Divisional Headquarters in Leverkusen during the occupation of Germany after World War I. Present also is Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maitland (Jumbo) Wilson, General Staff Officer 1, sitting front row left. Photograph taken March 1919 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-092 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H1295 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 21 May 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/1-002065-G

Description: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maitland Wilson, known as Jumbo Wilson, in full army uniform seated in a wicker chair at New Zealand Divisional Headquarters during World War I. Photograph taken at Bus-les-Artois, France, on 21 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print in World War I Official H Series Album, PA1-f-094, held in Photographic Archive Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H782 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 10 Nov 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-04473-F

Description: General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and British Minister Terence Shone listen to experiences related by repatriated prisoners of war at a garden party held at the Gazira Sporting Club, Cairo, during World War II. Taken circa 10 November 1943 by a British official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 31 Jul 1940]

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-00613-F

Description: General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, GOC British Troops in Egypt, with Major Eardley Lorimer Button discussing details of the new No. 4 General Hospital at Helwan, Egypt. Taken circa 31 July 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 17 May 1944

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-06265-F

Description: Original caption on file print reads: "[General] Sir Henry Maitland Wilson with staff of AFHQ [Allied Force Headquarters], BNAF [British North African Forces] receiving the salute from combined British and American guards of honour on the arrival of the Gripsholm at Algiers, with repatriates." Photograph taken on 17 May 1944, World War II by USAFS [United States of America Film (Pictorial?) Service?] Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 25 Dec 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013034-G

Description: The New Zealand Commander, General Russell, carving a turkey for officers seated around a table on Christmas Day at Divisional Headquarters during World War I. There are glasses and bottles on the table, including a whiskey bottle and a soda siphon. Festive decorations hang from the ceiling. Also present is Henry Maitland 'Jumbo' Wilson, seated behind left. Photograph taken 25 December 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 IID-70668 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H406 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 6 August 1942

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: Elias, M D, active 1943

Reference: DA-02606-F

Description: Mr Winston Churchill with General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and General Bernard Cyril Freyberg at the British Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, during World War II. Photograph taken 6 August 1942 by M D Elias. This image is dated 29 August 1942 on the file print, but date changed to 6 August 1942 after information received from a researcher. According to the biography of his father, "Bernard Freyberg V.C. Soldier of Two Nations" by Paul Freyberg (1991), page 381 reports his father's contact with Churchill on 6 August 1942. By 27 August, Churchill was back in London. (Papers Past, Press 29 August 1942 p 5) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Mar 1919

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/1-002125-G

Description: Group portrait of Major General Andrew Russell (seated centre) with staff officers at New Zealand Divisional Headquarters in Leverkusen during the occupation of Germany after World War I. Present also is Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maitland (Jumbo) Wilson, General Staff Officer 1, sitting on the left of Russell. Photograph taken March 1919 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-092 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H1307 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches