Soldiers - Societies, etc.

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

From: Zachariah (Zak), Joseph 1863-1965 :Photographs

By: Frank Duncan and Company; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA5-0093

Description: Soldier's Club. Napier, taken by Frank Duncan & Co. Auckland, Tourist Series, no. 205. Zak Coll Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 85 x 135 mm

Date: 1945-1948

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: PAColl-4161-01-129

Description: Multiple copies of official photographs; all contain captions. Photo taken during the celebrations to mark Princess Elizabeth's wedding in 1947 showing part of the NZ component on parade at Imperial Plaza, Tokyo; Lt-Gen Robertson taking the salaute during march past at parade at Imperial Plaza. Series of photos taken during visit of Lt-Gen H C H Robertson (Commander -in-Chief of BCOF) - Inspecting Guard of Honour at 3rd Battalion NZ Regiment Camp at Yamaguchi accompanied by Lt G Bruhns; talking with Miss J C Jardine and Brigadier L Potter in kitchen of Recreation Block at 2nd Battalion barracks at Ozuki; talking with Sister W Corsbie & Sister E Grant at a cocktail party in his honour held in the residence of Brigadier Potter. Series of photos taken at Christmas time - Returning to camp in snow after shopping (Cpl C A Haw, Cpl N F Cooper & Pte M L Dunn); party on Christmas Eve at Headquarters (Sapper R J Pattison, Cpl R W Devlin, Brigadier Potter, Cpl R L Pepper, L/Cpl A J McDonald, Pte N Pepper & Cpl E E Hobbs); Christmas Day hangi and men of 2nd Battalion; arrival of Christmas mail (Sgt-Major R c Waddington, Sgt J A Drummond sorting parcels); group of Japanese children from Shimonoseki Orphanage riding in a jeep trailer with Santa Claus; soldiers reading messages dropped by Mustang fighters of 81 Fighter Wing RAAF stationed at Bofu (in group are Pte A D Bishnall, K T O'Brien, A E Hey, L/Cpl A V Pilbrow & Pte J T Rowley). Photos of new other ranks club named the Aotearoa Club at Chofu - Cpl G P Meads (President of the Club Committee) thanking Brigadier Potter; entrance showing cloak room with Japanese woman in attendance; dining room. Series of photos of the annual parade of high class geishas from all parts of Japan at Shimonoseki - Making way to Shinto Shrine in rickshaws; group photo; close-up of a geisha in traditional costume with fan. Col H M Foster, Commander of British Commonwealth Occupation Sub-Area, Tokyo (BRICOSA) inspecting guard of honour from 2nd Battalion at Imperial Plaza, Tokyo (Col J W McMurray & Capt B T Poananga in photo); Hot Cross buns being despatched at Easter (Driver Allan Thompson & Cpl Arthur Middleton); Driver A B Smith with stone sculpture of a sheep in the garden behind the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Gallery at Ueno; Emperor Hirohito talking with NZ Provost Marshal Major K C Mathews (also in photo is Capt N W H Rollison). Opening of YWCA Club (Miss Billie Juriss, Brigadier Potter, Mrs W M White, Miss Jean Begg & Miss Marjorie Horner); photo of Mr W D H McCullough of BBC `Brains Trust' who lectured to BCOF in Japan.. Series of photos taken during visit of Air Vice Marshal J P J Macauley, Chief of staff, BCOF; Japanese gardener at 6th NZ General Hospital at Kiwa; Japanese linesmen comparing wiring communication methods with men of NZ Signals (Cpl R Whiting, Sgmn D Hilton & Capt M J Philpott); Pte George Nightingale making adjustments at automatic telephone exchange at J-Force Headquarters; Japanese war painting at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Gallery, Ueno; spraying during intensive anti-mosquito campaign; Lew Andrews, on staff of radio station WLKY in Chofu receiving piano lessons from Iida Itsuko, who was employed by NZ Army Education Service to give lessons to members of J-Force; photo of Sgt G J Malloy who competed in BCOF Shooting Competition; Yamaguchi Prefectural Trade Hall; arrival of new mattresses at barracks at Chofu (Cpl A J McDonald & Pte A A Mortland); large unidentified concrete building; NZ Army Education Service posters; entertainment at the opening of the new auditorium at 6th NZ General Hospital (on stage - The Honey Pots - WOII L L Hay, Sgt R N Gillum, WOII H H Williams, Capt N P Dowsett, Sgt R G Taylor); also `Ballet Les Sylphides - Pte R Allard, L/Cpl F B MacDonald, Sapper E J Gyton, Sapper J Clentworth, Sapper D Upchurch, L/Cpl R P Martin-Levorson). Two photos taken during hockey match played at Ozuki against the British Commonwealth Base Team (WOII Johnny Overend, Capt H I Silkcock, Sgt Bill Crossman, D C Hook); Jim Yoshida (interpreter at HQ) teaching judo; group photo of BCOF Wrestling team who competed in All-Japan Services Championships in Kobe (all named); photos taken during the wrestling competitions (N C Le Gross, C R Thorne, J Mathie, Capt R l D Powrie, Pte E W Hammond, WOI J G Hollick). Series of photos taken during rugby matches - Freyberg Cup competition; match between Officers & Sergeants of J-Force Headquarters for Kobe Cup; group photo of 2NZEF team which played against British Commonwealth Base Team at Ozuki for final of inter-formation Rugby Competition of BCOF (all named); photos during rugby match between headquarters and 3rd Battalion at Chofu. Cpl J W Chaney receiving challenge cup for inter-unit soccer competition on behalf of 3rd Battalion from Brigadier Potter at Yamaguchi. Quantity: 185 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1948

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: PAColl-4161-01-130

Description: Multiple copies of official photographs; all contain captions. Photos of new other ranks club named the Aotearoa Club at Chofu - View of the building showing the main entrance; Cpl G P Meads, President of the Club Committee thanking Brigadier Potter for the club. Mr W D H McCullough of BBC `Brains Trust' who lectured to BCOF in Japan, and others on stage (2/Lieut E Lindley, Cpl H O New, Miss P G Gilmore, Lieut W V Hadfield, & Sgt W C Guy). Series of photos taken during rugby matches and practises, etc - match between Officers & Sergeants of J-Force Headquarters for Kobe Cup; Duntroon Cup at Ozuki on 9 May; dinner in honour of the Australians & New Zealanders who played for the Duntroon Cup (attended by Lt-Gen H C H Robertson); demonstration rugby match against Australian services team at Osaka to stimulate interest in rugby in Japan. British Commonwealth War Cemetery at Yokohama (NZ & Canadian section); Cpl M J Cameron & Sgt Bill Meyrick setting up one of the pages of `BCON' at Osaka; Army web equipment being packed by Disposals Group at Chofu (Pte Frank Clearly & Sapper Duncan Allan); Major B Matson dressed as Father Christmas at Christmas `Hui' held for Maoris of 2nd Battalion, NZ Regiment at Ozuki; Australian Beverley Myles Show giving an impromptu performance in the grounds of HQ Officers Mess, Chofu; Pte Dave Mathews & Driver Jim Takarangi sightseeing at Nikko; Driver Alf Davies & Cpl Don Ward sightseeing at Lake Chuzenji, Nikko while on leave from guard duties at Tokyo; NZ nurses Ruth Gordon & Barbara Wilson sightseeing at Diet Building & War Ministry Building, Tokyo; Capt J C Lyne, Major G E B Farnsworth & Pte P H Douche viewing an image of one of the Buddhist deities in the Imperial Household Museum in Ueno Park, Tokyo; two photos of Ueno Zoo, Tokyo. Father Hogan of the Australian Forces addressing men during the retreat held at Kogushi Camp (designed to assist the soldier on his return to civilian life); BCOF leave hotel at Kawana; crated Standard car being unloaded from freighter `Adastres' at Yokohama; Major R F Foukes (Recruiting Officer for NZ Regular Forces) signing up Sgt Len Allan & Cpl A J McDonald at Chofu; soldiers shopping in the Ginza, Tokyo (Bandsman G Biggs & I M Boyes); members of the dance band rehearsing (Joe Mathis, Jack Snowsill, Doug Bryne, Clive Thorne, Norm Silk, Barry Walden, Darcy Christiansen, Jimmy Thorne & Colin Thorne); negotiating the price of a ride in a rickshaw (L/Cpl Ken Rothwell, Bandsman Neale Loder & Cpl Doug Humphreys); `MacArthur for president' campaign at intersection in Tokyo; fire at Kobe Steel company's property at Chofu and aftermath. Photos taken at Tokyo Motion Pictures Studio - Pte F J Grimswood, Cpl B Edwards, Pte A McGrath & Staff Sgt G Walker chatting with Japanese actresses Kyoko Yoshizra & Kazue Ouchi; Pte B Owens with Taiko Konzo & Sagito Watari. Ceremonial parade held in honour of the King's birthday at HQ, Chofu; Empire Day celebrations parade (on saluting dias are Lt-Commader Heron-Watson, Chief Naval Representative for BCOF, Col E P Dickson, Commander of UK Component, BCOF, Brigadier L Potter, Wing Commander W J Keenan of BCAIR & Col D B Cullinane, US 8th Army Liaison Officer with BCOF); company of Maori from 2nd Battalion taking over guard duty from 66th Australian Infantry Battalion at Imperial Plaza, Tokyo; Lt P H Healt taking over guard duty from Lt A Morrison of 66 Australian Battalion; Major B J Matson with WOII R White inspecting the last NZ Guard component to do guard duties at Imperial Palace, Tokyo; Pte T Powhare & P F C P Oberg standing guard at main gate of Imperial Palace (1948); Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier's tour of NZ area, Ozuki (accompanied by Capt R H Smith, and at Aotearoa Club with Col J A Worsnop, Brigadier Crump & Brigadier Potter). Series of wedding photos - Wedding of Major E J Horwood (OC of the NZ Signals Company in Japan) and W M White (OC of WAACS) at Garrison Church, Chofu; wedding of Cpl Alan Gage Wynyard (RNZASC) and Elsie Lilian Wells (NZWAAC) at Garrison Church, Chofu (with bestman WOII William Chalmers & bridesmaid Phyllis Evelyn Boot); wedding of Captain Noel Dowsett and Mary Patricia Head (nurse at 6NZGH) at Kiwa Chapel (with bestman Flying Officer William Pryor & bridesmaid Barbara Wilson); wedding of Capt Durham Howell Hunter and Charge Nurse Amy E Airey at Kiwa Chapel. Series of photos relating to first courier of the 41 transport squadron RNZAF to land at Bofu, etc - Warrant Officer D S Holloway met by Commanding Officer of 14 Fighter Squadron, Squadron Leader D F St George; photo of Sgt L H Keegan, Flight Sgt E D Galbraith, WO B J Haberfield, Flight Sgt A L Chapman); passengers and crew of a NZ Dakota aircraft of the RNZAF Japan courier in the truck which will take them to their quarters, Bofu, 1948; back from one of 14 Fighter Squadron routine patrols (Flying Officer Arnel Meyer being helped off with his gear by Bob Britton, nearby is Joe Pearson); making final adjustments to a newly installed engine in one of the Corsair aircraft of 14 Fighter Squadron (ACII Bill Hennessy & ACI Dave Stowell; also photo of Tom McGowan, Colin Hill & Dave Stowell); ground crew maintaining an aircraft (Dave Stowell & Flight-Sgt Shirley Britton). Flight-Lieutenanat Robert Weston arriving on last Dakota aircraft of RNZAF Courier Service to land in Japan; group photo of crew alongside their plane after their arrival at the 14 Fighter Squadron RNZAF aerodrome at Bofu (Flying Officer Ray Short, Flight-Sgt Shirley Britton, Flight-Lieutenant James Dyer, Flight-Lieutenant Robert Weston & Flight-Lieutenant Basil Heath). Captain Jim Godwin questioning a Japanese, formerly a Lieutenant Colonel in the army, who is suspected of having knowledge of atrocities. Series of photos taken during visit of Mr Patrick Shaw (Head of Australian Mission in Japan) and Mrs Shaw to Ozuki (includes Mrs John Forsythe, Secretary to Mr Justice Northcroft, Lt-Col G M McCaskill, Brigadier L Potter, Major J W McMurray). Cricket game (Signalman Allan Lloyd batting, wicket-keeper Cpl Frank Snelgar) at Chofu; Major Bryan Boyd playing in the final of the Headquarters Tennis Competition. Quantity: 186 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1980-1999]

By: 22nd Battalion Association

Reference: MS-Papers-6820

Description: Comprises files compiled by John Bowker (1) alphabetical listing held at the time of embarkation in 1940 (ignoring rank); (2) listing of embarkation in 1940 (with rank); (3) list of war dead, part 1, listing those killed in action, died of wounds, died whilst POW, died on active service; (4) list of war dead, part 2, a chronoligical sequence of when deaths arose; (5) alphabetical listing of the war dead of 22nd battalion 2NZEF (1940-1947); and (6) the cemeteries and graves or memorials Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Copy of letter from Mr Bowker to National Archives outlining the content of the files Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J Bowker, Avalon, Lower Hutt, May 2000

Date: 1917 - 1918

By: Collins, George, 1892-

Reference: C-167-001

Description: A view of a New Zealand-related club in Rouen, France, during the First World War. The entrance is on the ground floor of a possibly early nineteenth-century building. Its entrance is decorated with panels of Maori carving. A board running the length of the club front above the door shows Mt Taranaki, and the heading reads: 'NZ Club / Open to all troops'. A New Zealand flag flies above it Other drawings by Geo Collins are known to be in a private collection in London, which also includes an autograph with his home address of 88 Huxley Street, Sydenham, Christchurch. Another drawing in the same collection is of a New Zealand scene with mountains, native trees and an emu, by Hedley V. Scott, who elsewhere signs the book as Secretary, New Zealand Club, Rouen. He calls it 'A reminder of "Diggers" and their "God's own country"' Other Titles - Sapper George Collins Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - New Zealand Club / Rouen [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - by S[ap]p[e]r Geo[rge] Collins / NZ Engineers Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on paper, 500 x 405 mm

Date: [Between 1939 and 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: Fox Photos Ltd

Reference: PA1-q-285

Description: Official photographs of World War II. This album chiefly shows the NZEF, First Echelon. Many photographs have captions, the information from which is mostly given in the name headings, subjects and place headings listed above. This first album contains images numbered from 1- 310. The first two images show a group of New Zealanders who were living in England when war broke out, and who volunteered for service with the new Zealand Unit. They are shown in training in the Eastern Command. The First Echelon are shown on board ship leaving Melbourne in 1939, with a number of shipboard scenes, then being addressed on arrival in Egypt by Sir Anthony Eden. There are views of the Kiwi Club, established mainly through the initiative of Lady Lampson, with the British Red Cross Society of Cairo, for use of convalescent patients at the new General Military Hospital at Helwan. Later a swimming pool was built nearby. Lady Lampson and Sir Miles Lampson are seen in many images. Views in the desert show several scenes of an Anzac Day service in 1940; various methods of transport, including lorries, and motor bikes, and a motor railcar patrolling the rail to Mersa Matruh; training exercises in the desert with various types of guns; digging trenches; building camp structures; dugouts leading to anti-aircraft posts; and camp life. The No. 4 General Hospital at Helwan is shown at the time of its opening, with the first patient arriving; and Lieutenant J H Will (the officer commanding the 4th Field Ambulance Regiment) handing over to Major E Button who was taking charge of the new hospital. Numbers of views show the huge mail parcels arriving and being sorted in the desert. As well as photographs of events in the Middle East, there are views of manoeuvres with the Second Echelon in England. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: [ca 1916]

From: Read, James Cornelius, 1871-1968: Images of the Gallipoli campaign

Reference: 1/4-058123-F

Description: Exterior view, circa 1916, of a building in Hornchurch, Essex, England called `Beethoven House'. This was the premises of Te Whare Puni, a New Zealand soldiers club during World War 1. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative