Military training camps - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Units. 1 New Zealand A Tank Battalion
Date: 1939-1943
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: PAColl-4161-01-158
Description: Photographs of 1 New Zealand A Tank Battalion in training at Ohakune and Waiouru between 1939 and 1945 (A F V School). Includes Governor General's inspection Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: Photographs were transferred to NZ Army HQ on 26 February 1943 (see photocopy of envelope housed with collection)..
Exterior of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers workshop, Waiouru military camp
Date: [ca Nov 1968]
From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs
Reference: DW-3614-F
Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative
World War II Official album. Internal, 438-
Date: 1939-1945
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: New Zealand. National Film Unit; Marriott, (Lieutenant), active 1943
Reference: PA1-q-292
Description: Photographs of military activities and war work in New Zealand during World 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This album contains photographs on pages 1-54 (Pages 55-149 are empty). Activities include training in building of fascines and revetments for protecting trench walls; barbed wire "concertina"; excavation of command posts (part of a defensive trench system); the use of a 2" mortar; anti-tank rifle instruction; instruction in identifying enemy weapons including grenades and land mines and use of an electric mine detector. The cookery wing in action in the open air; artillery school of instruction; signallers establishing communication & erecting a telegraph pole; use of a 25-pounder; bayonet practice; medical training including rescue of wounded, use of an improvised stretcher, improvised raft for a river crossing carrying the stretcher, transfer to an ambulance, and finally a view of an actual open-air operation. The arrival of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, shown with New Zealand dignitaries (p 18). Men and women who have returned on furlough parading through Wellington on their way to a luncheon given in their honour by the RSA (p 19-21, 38-40); the arrival of repatriated Prisoners of War being greeted by friends and family in Wellington (p 33-36) A huge crowd celebrating the victory over the Italians at Liberty Corner, on the intersection of Hunter Street, Featherston Street and Lambton Quay (Friday 3rd September 1943) Ceremonies at an undentified marae including Maori dance, haka, poi dances and speeches by military officers. Pages 28-30 show the visit of a British Military Mission to the Forest & Jungle Warfare Wing of the Army School of Instruction, with demonstrations of jungle training. Women are shown with views of the Women's Land Service (Land Army), and also as Post & Telegraph drivers collecting huge bags of mail from a ship. Infantry students at the Army School, Trentham are shown in a river crossing exercise near Foxton, building rafts big enough to carry people, vehicles and weaponry. Launching a fuel barge built at the Wellington Patent Company's shipyards at Evans Bay, where the ceremony was performed by Managing Director Mr Jamieson. Pages 49-53 show photographs of Polish refugee children arriving and settling into the refugee camp at Pahiatua. Pages 53 and 54 show the official opening of a new Model Kindergarten in Hospital Road, Newtown (Saturday 18th November, 1943), opened by the Prime Minister Peter Fraser. Also present were the Labour MP for Wellington South, Robert Mckeen and his wife Jessie Mckeen, Mrs J A Doctor (President of the Free Kindergarten Association), and Dr Clarence Beeby (Director of Education). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 438-598 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm
Linton Military Camp, Manawatu District
Date: [1940s-1990s]
From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index
Reference: NZAM-C/103-F
Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd Linton Military Camp, Linton, Manawatu District Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)
Linton Military Camp, Manawatu District
Date: 10 April 1943
From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index
Reference: NZAM-C/102-F
Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd showing Linton Military Camp, Linton, Manawatu District Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - WN.52 B63 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)
Waiouru Military Camp, Ruapehu District
Date: 7 April 1943
From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index
Reference: NZAM-C/101-F
Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd, showing Waiouru Military Camp, Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Whanganui Region, inset provides an oblique view of the camp Scale: 8 chains to the inch Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - WN.23 B64 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)
Rangiotu F.B.H. Postcard [ca 1914-1916?]
Date: 1914 - 1916
From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]
Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-10
Description: Photographic postcard shows a large collection of circular tents pitched at Rangiotu for the military training of soldiers for World War I. The verso contains a message from Rifleman E Piner (Edward Piner, a rifleman with B Company of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion) to his sister Ada. He mentions Bill Mass[e]y and Jim Allen as being "just standing up the line now". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 88 x 138 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Auckland City Stamps, November 2016.
Creater unknown :Photographs of New Zealand, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, WWII
Date: [ca 1940-1945]
Reference: PA1-o-1521
Description: Photographs of artillery training at Waiouru, 1940; practice amphibious landings in Vanuatu; and NZ troops at Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella and Nissan Island, taken & collected by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 310 x 190 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009 Transfers: Transfers - Collection as a whole received by Photographic Archive other material transferred to Ephemera from here. - To Ephemera Collection - Souvenir Programme - The Kiwi Concert Party (Pacific) presents 'Pacific Roundabout' 1944 (Eph-A-VARIETY-1944-02).
Waiouru Military Camp
Date: [ca 1940]
From: Powles family :Photographs
Reference: PA6-5268
Description: Coverage mainly Sir Guy's activities with Island Territories Dept (Samoa) and Foreign Affairs; Ombudsman. Also material relating to Sir Guy's father who saw service in Boer War and WWI and some material relating to his grandfather. Of particular importance are Colonel Powles well documented albums recording his involvement in the Gallipoli and Egyptian and Palestine campaigns, World War One. Many of these photographs were used to illustrate his official war history. Most of the negatives relate to Egypt and Palestine. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Waiouru Military Camp, Ruapehu District
Date: 7 April 1943
From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index
Reference: NZAM-C/099-F
Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1943, showing Waiouru Military Camp, Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Whanganui Region Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)
Waiouru Military Camp, Ruapehu District
Date: 7 April 1943
From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index
Reference: NZAM-C/100-F
Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1943, showing Waiouru Military Camp, Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Whanganui Region Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)
Waiouru Military Camp
Date: [ca 1940]
From: Powles family :Photographs
Reference: PA6-593
Description: Coverage mainly Sir Guy's activities with Island Territories Dept (Samoa) and Foreign Affairs; Ombudsman. Also material relating to Sir Guy's father who saw service in Boer War and WWI and some material relating to his grandfather. Of particular importance are Colonel Powles well documented albums recording his involvement in the Gallipoli and Egyptian and Palestine campaigns, World War One. Many of these photographs were used to illustrate his official war history. Most of the negatives relate to Egypt and Palestine. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Army at Foxton
Date: [8 Aug 1950]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/191/08-F
Description: Aerial photo of army jeeps and soldiers doing manoeuvres in a sandy area at an army tent camp near Foxton. Photograph taken 8 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3/25 x 4.25 inches
Doing the dishes at Linton
Date: 1950-1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/164/32-F
Description: Two men do the dishes at Linton military camp. Photograph taken 29 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Man working in Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers workshop, Waiouru military camp
Date: [ca Nov 1968]
From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs
Reference: DW-3613-F
Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers workshop, Waiouru military camp
Date: [ca Nov 1968]
From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs
Reference: DW-3611-F
Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Army trainees receive uniforms
Date: 1950-1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/164/27-F
Description: A soldier helps one of the trainees from the first batch of 18 year old trainees with his uniform. Photograph taken 29 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Third Contingent for the South African war, probably at Wanganui
Date: 1900
From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)
Reference: 1/1-017442-G
Description: Third Contingent for the South African war, 5 February, 1900, at a military training camp, probably at Wanganui. Shows a row of men with guns by their sides. Photograph taken by Frank J Denton. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Dated from photographer's inscription. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected 5/2/00 Denton Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Men fixing a jeep, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers workshop, Waiouru military...
Date: [ca Nov 1968]
From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs
Reference: DW-3605-F
Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Teams of soldiers with field guns, Waiouru Military Camp
Date: ca 1940
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047770-G
Description: Teams of soldiers with field guns, Waiouru Military Camp. In the background are Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in about 1940 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative