World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Solomon Islands

Date: 1943-1944

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: PAColl-4161-01-195

Description: Folder containing pages of typed diary entries (including lists of names of dental personnel), photographs and floor plans entitled `War diary of Dental Section, NZDC attached to No 3 Squadron, RNZAF. Subsequently Air Mobile Dental Section, No 1 (Islands) Group'. Photographs include interior and exterior views of Headquarters Section, Air Mobile Dental Section, RNZAF Base Depot at Espiritu Santo; interior and exterior views of Air Mobile Dental Sub-section 1, Guadalcanal, with accompanying floor plans of the hospitals at Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal, and Bougainville, drawn by I.C.J, Feb 1944. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 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: WH-0162-a-F

Description: Original caption reads: "NZEF IP [New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific]. A New Zealand brigade moves from Guadalcanal to Vella Lavella [Solomon Islands]. Voting conducted on board an LST. The polling booth. Seated (2nd & 3rd from left) are the polling officers: Major G B Gibbons (Wgtn) and Major H F Allan (Nelson). Official war photograph taken 1943. Photographer unidentified. Identified from original print of this negative in album PA1-q-302, page 82 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1940-1945

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: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-202

Description: Large number of captioned photos of Russell Clark's war paintings done in Pacific. Amongst the paintings are portraits of Squadron Leader J Scott (No 6 Squadron); Flight Lt D Beauchamp (No 6 Squadron) Scenes painted on New Caledonia, at Bougainville, and Solomon Islands Quantity: 62 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941-1945

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

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-194

Description: Series of interior and exterior photographs of various Dental Sections in NZ taken 1945. Include: Woodbourne; Trentham Camp Dental Hospital; Whenuapai; Burnham; HMS Philomel; Hobsonville. Various captioned photographs. Includes: NZDC POW dental section at Oflag V B, Biberach, Germany; 2 NZEP IP (Treasury Island, Bourail, Green Island); Vella Lavella; senior dental officers in New Caledonia; officers of 10 MOB Dental Section, 1944 (named); group of medical and dental staff BHQ 30 NZ Bn, Nissan Island; group photo of Dental Section, Pacific Area (unidentified); 22 Field Ambulance; Dental Section CCS Guadalcanal, AWWS HQ Guadalcanal; No 1 Max-Fac Dental Section, 4 Gen Hospital, New Caledonia; ATD Camp, Nemeara Valley; Dental Section RNZAF Station, Espiritu Santo; mobile dental section, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal ; Fiji detachment, 1944; Base Hygiene Section; Bougainville staff and surgery, 1944-1945; Field force exercises, 1941-1942; prosthetic truck; aerial view of mobile Dental Section area at Guadalcanal and plan of the area; aerial view of 10 MOB Dental Section HQ, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal; group photo of staff at Bn HQ; Lt Col O E L Rout and staff at Dental HQ; No 2 Max-Fac Dental Section. No 2 NZCCS, Guadalcanal; dental mechanics at work at an under-canvas dental hospital; Field dentistry at 53rd [?] Tank camp at Nissan; embarkation from New Caledonia to Guadalcanal, 1943 (group photo); 6 Squadron RNZAF 1945 (staff at Halavas); Dental Section at Emirau 1944-1945 (groups named and camp site). Quantity: 275 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1945

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: Barns-Graham, Allan Barclay, 1906-2006

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-201

Description: Large number of captioned photos of Barns-Graham's war paintings done in Pacific. Amongst the paintings are portraits, etc of Major J J G Britland; Capt T Edgerly, Pte E V Owen, Lt G Booth, Pte P C Brian; Lt Col C Seaward; Brigadier L G Goss; Brigadier Row; Brigadier C S J Duff; Brigadier L Potter; Brigadier W W Dove; Pte K E Caldow; Pte F Dixon; Pte G A Dennis; Cpl P A Davidson; Major A Bullen; Cpt S S Smythe & Cpl A R Dobson; Pte G Gerard, S/Sgt L F Fowler, Pte H W Hilford, Gunner J C G Overend; Lt R W Lowry; Pte J W Shaw; Brig J M Twhigg; A C H Osborne; Capt A A Coles; Lt Charles Safely. Scenes painted at New Caledonia, Nissan Island (Green), Vella Lavella, Guadalcanal. Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1943-1945

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

Reference: WH-0207-F

Description: Original caption reads: "NZEF IP [New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific]. Troops of 3 (NZ) Division in Vella Lavella. Armed Japanese coastal barge captured by men of South Island battalion [during World War 2]." Official war photograph taken circa 1943-1945. Photographer unidentified. Identified from original print of this negative in album PA1-q-302, page 99 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1943-1944

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: PAColl-4161-01-116

Description: Most photographs have captions. Include several of dress rehearsal for Pacific landing showing NZ forces training for amphibious operations. Filling bags with clay on Vella Lavella (Sgt F R Palliser-Smith, Driver W Tippins, Driver L Marshall), 1943; NZ soldiers on their bunks aboard a troop transport (Driver L Wilson, Driver D E Klenere, Pte W J Doherty, Pte D Hodgkinson); NZ Brigade arriving at Guadalcanal; US marines unloading supplies at Guadalcanal; US planes bombing Buka airfield, Nov 1943; US Navy medical officer studying blood specimen from a malaria patient on Guadalcanal; NZ troops playing Chinese Checkers while relaxing during an exercise on a transport ship; L/Cpl W Brown, Spr E S Smith filling cans during Treasury Islands campaign. Getting ashore at Mele Beach (New Hebrides); Col M A Edson & Col W J Whaling, commander and executive officer of 5th US Marines; group photo of 8th Bde HQ staff, Treasury Islands (staff named on back); church, outdoor thetare and yachts at Falamai, Mono Island; Lautoka Express (CSR Free train); Fijian family group; line-up of Japanese captives at Guadalcanal; approaching Treasury Islands. Disembarking and unloading at Guadalcanal; loading tanks at Kukum Beach; 14th Bde landing at Guadalcanal; 36th Bn camp at Stirling Island; unloading at Mono Island; crossing Lunga River during manoeuvres; jungle exercise; troops at Guadalcanal before sailing for Vella Lavella; building church at Falamai; gunners pulling a gun ashore at Efate, 1943; 3rd Div training exercises at Mele Beach; men of 36 NZ Bn on USS `President Jackson'; wounded Fijian soldier carried through jungle for medical attention on Bougainville; NZ officers of 1st Battalion of Fiji Infantry examining a Japanese Zero plane shot down on Vila airstrip during attack on Kolombangara Island, Oct 1943. Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall inspecting NZ troops on Treasury Islands; line-up of tanks prior to inspection by G-G; aerial view of Stirling Island. Quantity: 79 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1941-1945]

From: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1933

Description: Photograph album compiled by Robert Thomas Martin containing images of New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands during military training and service in World War II. Some images likely taken by Martin. New Zealand images show training camps at Rotorua (1941), Papakura (1942), 1st Field Ambulance camp in Warkworth (Jun-Sep 1942), and Fencourt [Cambridge?] (1942). In addition to informal portraits featuring Martin, Colin Arroll, and other unidentified soldiers, there are images of tents, a route march, a hospital under construction and parked ambulances (at Warkworth), and a Bob Semple tank with soldiers and Martin and his sister Valerie posed in front (at Papakura). Identified groups include Warrant Officers and Sergeants in 1st Field Ambulance in Papakura, 7th Field Ambulance, and D Company. Also image of Martin walking down a street in uniform while on leave. Images from Rotorua also show Regent Theatre (exterior and courtyard), Post Office, Sanatorium building and grounds, St Faith’s Church (Ohinemutu), swimming scenes at the Blue Baths, and Maori children diving for pennies [at Whakarewarewa?]. A 1940 series of images at a house in [Auckland?] show Martin in uniform with various people including his Uncle Frank, Guy [?], and a number of young women [relatives, including his sister Valerie?]. Martin is also photographed with a dog [Collie?]. Images from service in New Caledonia, Jan-Aug 1943, feature group photographs of the B Company 7th New Zealand Field Ambulance at Nemeara and Nepoui Valley. Identified people in informal group and individual portraits at the Nemeara Camp are Doug Smith, Wally McKusker, Doug Smith, Stan Poomore, Shorty Luscombe, Jack Ireland, Allan Stewart, Bill Cullum, and Cliff Pinker. Nemeara Camp images also include a medical examination of an unidentified local man, local children and men, the cookhouse, tents, hospital “bure” [thatched hut], a combination water heater and incinerator, mess hut under construction, swimming area in river [including competition?], and Nemeara mission church (with Mt Boa in the background). Images from Bourail show the gendarmerie, Main Street, and a church. Also view of Nouméa Harbour Treasury Island images show scenic views, including the river mouth at Malsi and the northern tip of Mono Island. Solomon Islanders are photographed including local men trained to fight by 34th Battalion, A Company tent, vegetation, local church (following rebuild by 29th Battalion) and [another?] destroyed church, men packing up the QM [Quartermasters?] store, and group getting ready to play “Tennaquoits”. Identified men are Tom Murphy, Jock Plunkett, Fred Walker, and Martin. Some show men posing with “Jap Souvenirs” (including flag, swords, knife, and trumpet), sick and injured men at 7th Field Ambulance [MDS?] at Stirling and on stretchers being evacuated by barge. Images of military equipment and armaments include G pounder anti-tank gun, 50 mm Bofors Ack Ack gun, a jeep (being dug out of mud), beach landing craft, beach scene with men rolling drums [fuel?], LST being unloaded at Purple Beach (Stirling Island), ship ‘Tyrone’, and a boat described as a “Seaplane tender”. Arrangement: Donor identified item as "ITEM C Family photos and Pacific Islands". Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 115 silver gelatin photoprints. Physical Description: Black cardboard album bound with string, 20 x 23 cm

Date: 1920, 1944-1997

By: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006

Reference: MS-Group-2284

Description: The collection comprises four folders on Robert Martin's career as a post office employee and telegraphist, while the rest consists of papers, scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings relating to his military service during World War II in North Africa, Italy, and the Solomon Islands with the Field Ambulance service of the New Zealand Medical Corps. Correspondence with his brother, Martin, and his sister, Valerie, are included, as is correspondence with two of his comrades in the Field Ambulance. Also included is a typed translation of a Japanese diary which he acquired during the Solomon Islands campaign, probably on Mono in the Treasury Islands, and a typed copy of the diary and other papers of his friend, Colin John Arroll, who also served with the Field Ambulance. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Reflecting the circumstances of their accessioning, the collection is divided into three series. Quantity: 19 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: A descriptive list compiled by the donor of the contents of the second accession (A2014-183) may be found in the backfiles held in the Reference Section of the Alexander Turnbull Library.. Provenance: Donated in two lots by Mrs Janet Hannan, Wanaka, during 2014. The first donation consisted of Robert Martin's civilian career as a telegraphist for the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department, and the second his photographs, correspondence and diaries from his military service in World War II. His friend, John Colin Arroll, who also served with the Field Ambulance, sent Robert Martin a copy of his diary, reminiscences and other papers. Donor is Robert Martin's daughter. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00859 - To Photographic Archive - Albums and other photographs - Photograph albums transferred to Photographic Archive..

Date: 1940-1944, [ca.1960s]

From: Murphy, Rodney Morris, 1921-2012 : Photographs

By: Leicagraph Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10270

Description: Comprises photographs relating to World War II soldier John Reichel, mainly showing Reichel during his army service. One image was taken by Leicagraph Studio (Wellington, N.Z.) and the others by unknown photographers, between 1940 and 1944, and during the 1960s. Some of the images show Reichel at Trentham Camp where he was an instructor, by himself and with others. He wears his army uniform in most prints. One image shows him relaxing with a friend, another strolling near shops smoking his pipe (this photograph is taken by Leicagraph Studio). Another photograph shows an 'Army' exhibit, possibly at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition (1939-1940 ; Wellington, N.Z.). One image is taken from the stern of a boat during the 1944 landing on Nissan Island as part of the Solomon Islands Campaign. Also photograph showing the plaque on the grave of Edwin Reichel (died 1962 aged 86 years). Also two images which appear to show thermal hot pools in a bush setting with steam rising. Also an image of St Matthew's Anglican Church in Masterton ca.1960s. Other - For typescript memoir by John Reichel relating to his experiences in the Solomon Islands during World War II, see Reference MS-Papers-11817-2 Other - The connection between John Reichel and Rodney Murphy is unknown Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Ephemera collected by Rodney Murphy. See also Published and Manuscripts..

Date: 10 Mar 2004

From: MOTAT: Aviation memories oral history project

By: Brown, Clarence Easten, 1924-

Reference: OHInt-0767-03

Description: Interview with Clarence Brown, born in Auckland in 1924. Talks about being called up for the Air Force in 1942 when he was 18 and training at Levin and Wigram to be a wireless operator and traffic controller. Discusses going to Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and then to the New Hebrides where he was based at Henderson Base, Guadalcanal. Refers to New Zealand Hudsons flying day missions from the base. Discusses living conditions - mosquitoes, denge fever, bully beef, fermenting coconuts, lack of water, and boredom and their activities to relieve it. Comments on radar-controlled searchlights, and their gear rotting quickly in the conditions. Talks about the formation of a fighter wing of 36 aircraft, with 24 being kept serviceable. Refers to being a telephone operator. Talks about the base at Ondongo, and New Zealand planes escorting American planes in October 1943. Mentions the Catalina flying boats at Palagi that were used to pick up downed pilots. Discusses the period October 1943 to January 1944 when the Americans established a beachhead on Bouganville with three airstrips. Refers to going in by landing craft with their gear, the presence of Fijian troops, air raids, and American battleships shelling Japanese positions. Comments on support from P40 aircraft, the only Royal New Zealand Air Force aricraft engaging with the enemy in that area. Describes receiving a schrapnel wound in the eye, returning to Auckland for treatment, and eventually losing the eye. Abstracted by - Jean Ford Interviewer(s) - Roger Munns Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014154, OHC-014155 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (33 Kilobytes). 1 digital photograph(s) (549 Kilobytes). 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s) (276 Kilobytes). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5118, OHDL-000223. Search dates: 1924 - 1942 - 2004 - 1945

Date: ca 1943-1945

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

Reference: WH-0194-F

Description: Original caption reads: "Troops of 3 (NZ) Division in Vella Lavella [during World War 2]. Artillery pieces await loading on landing craft, as elements of the force prepare to move to attack the Japanese in another part of the island." Official war photograph, taken circa 1943-1945. Photographer unidentified. Identified from original print of this negative in album PA1-q-302, page 94 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1943

By: Thomas, Trevor Lloyd, 1919-1993

Reference: PAColl-6017

Description: All photographs relate to action on Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands. Thomas, a motor-trimmer from Christchurch, was called up for military service in Dec 1941 and saw action with C Company, 35 Battalion 2nd NZEF (IP) in the Pacific Campaign. The photographs are part of a larger collection which includes dairies and a pay book. The diaries cover the period 1 Jan- 9 July 1942 (vol 1), 22 Dec-31 Dec 1942 (vol 2), 1943 (vol 3) and 1 Jan-11 Jun 1944 (vol 4). During this time Thomas was stationed in Fiji and New Caladonia as well as fighting against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands. Also a typed transcript of excerpts from the diaries, 12 Jan 1942-10 Jun 1944 and a soldier's pay book for Thomas, 1941-1945. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1943-1944

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: PAColl-4161-01-113

Description: Most photographs contain captions. Include: Embarking at Vella for Green Island; Lance Cpl Brewster & Pte Walker behind their guns at Maquana Bay; L/Cpl Stringer & Pte Fromont behind their guns at Warambari; washing day in Maravari River; checking equipment as it is loaded into landing barges; disembarking at Barakoma; swimming in a creek beside newly constructed bridge; Sgt J Burns (Auckland) repairing weapons; Pte P Waqawai of Fijian Commandos waiting in ambush; Pte A J Bradley (Matamata) & L/Cpl F T Thrupp (Hamilton) playing cards in the jungle; group photo taken at camp commandant's farewell; group photo of Provost Section. Gunner R S Pike & Gunner R S Airey of 35th Bty, 17th Field Rgt, loading flour at Guadalcanal; group photo of Transport Section, 14 Bde; Japanese bivouac; 35th Bn evacuating wounded at Pakoi Bay; No 2 Pl 14 MMG at Maquana Bay, Oct 1943; 14 Bde at HQ; 5 K Section Sigs group photo; 37th Bn working party unloading stores at Boro village; engineers working at Maravau; Lt F Sweeney, Pte N L Beazley & Sgt S W Trigg (all from Auckland); NZ Combat patrol lunching in jungle; native canoe commandeered by NZers; Pte G W Wotherspoon placing his voting paper in ballot box on board a troop ship; Major G B Gibbons & Major H F Allan at polling booth; 2nd Lt C D Griffiths (NZ Intelligence Officer from Timaru) working on his situation report: soldiers reading mail; Padre Percy & others. Lt L T McMillan (Dunedin), Lt Col C F Seaward, M C (Auckland), Capt A J Robertson (Piopio); and 2 Lt C D Griffiths (Timaru)at NZ Combat HQ; Japanese jungle camp; group photo of men of an infantry company who have been fighting in the jungle enjoying a meal; group of NZ NCOs with Fijian Commandos; Pte A E Julian cleaning his rifle; Brigade Commander Brigadier L Potter in a native canoe; Major Barrowclough with Col E E Brown, commander of 35th Inf; patrol at Pakoi Bay with native guide; unidentified group photo; loading stores on LCI in Juno Beach, Feb 1944; Governor General with General Barrowclough crossing a newly-constructed bridge buily by NZ engineers. Embarking at Vella Lavella for Green Island (Nissan); Lt Col Seaward with Governor General & Gen Barrowclough; NZers interrogating a Japanese prisoner of war; Higgins boats transporting troops to shore; 35 NZ Bn crossing Timbala Bay in a native canoe; patrol from 35 NZ Infantry Battalion crossing a creek at Pakoi Bay; destroyer which brought main body of NZ personnel to Vella Lavella. Group of Fijian scouts in jungle; American troops disembarking Quantity: 94 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941, 1943-1944

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: PAColl-4161-01-115

Description: Most photographs have captions. Include: Members of NZ Flying Boat Squadron at Espiritu Santo (New Hebrides); RNZAF mobile workshop at Guadalcanal; Lt Crass & Lt Barrow with Solomon Islanders; aerial photo of Stirling Island and Blanche Harbour; yachts at Falamai, Mono Island; Treasury Islands Yacht Club race; ammunition dump at Guadalcanal; NZ airmen in Solomons. Various views of Bougainville Island and nearby smaller islands - Sohana Island and Buka Passage, Buka Island, Kieta and Kieta Harbour, Teop Island and harbour, Petats Island, Numa Numa Beach, Arawa Bay. Church service; Fijian force in Bougainville jungle; ration drop; MV Malaita at Numa Numa; front page of Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1 Dec 1941; Skotolan Mission Station at Buka; Japanese transport burning as a result of American bombing (near shoreline at Tassaforonga); sketch maps of New Georgia showing Roviana Lagoon and Munda Airfield, and map of Solomon Group showing Japanese positions before American drive in 1943 (commando operations); National Patriotic store at Guadalcanal; Admiral Chester W Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Fleet, conferring award at Guadalcanal; Solomon islander being dressed by American medical officer, 1943; unloading operations at Falamai, Mono Island, Nov 1943 Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1 Jan 1943-30 Jul 1944

From: Mackrell, Brent, fl 2012 : Papers relating to military history

Reference: MS-Papers-11253-29

Description: The diaries contain abbreviated entries describing his activities for the period 1 Jan 1943-30 Jul 1944 Cornwell arrived in New Caledonia in Jan 1943. He was appointed commander of the Training Post at Burail and on 9 September 1943 he assumed command of 30 Battalion. As part of Third Division the Battalion saw active service against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands. In June 1944 a shortage of manpower resulted in the decision to withdraw New Zealand ground forces from the Pacific Campaign and on 30 July 1944 Cornwall returned to New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript

Date: [ca 1942-1945]

By: Waldegrave, Henry Richard, 1920-1993

Reference: PAColl-10022

Description: Photographs collected by Henry Waldegrave who served in the Pioneer Company of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific during World War II. Images show military group portraits and military life and were taken circa 1942-1943 by unidentified official photographers. Also a set taken possibly by Henry Waldegrave in Tonga, and another set of ten tourist photographs taken in Fiji. Approximately ten items taken on Mono Island in the Treasury Islands (which form part of the Solomon Islands) including some taken at Malsi (coastal village, eastern Mono island) during the scrap', one of 'old Jap headquarters' and one of the 'British Solomon Islands Police Force with attached New Zealanders' Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donor is the son of Henry Waldegrave. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2080 : Waldegrave, Henry Richard, 1920- : Military papers relating to the Solomon Islands campaign..

Date: 14 Sep 1944-24 Jun 1945

By: Thomas, Emlyn Hall, 1911-1984

Reference: MS-Papers-8602

Description: Contains a typed transcript of a diary written by Emlyn Thomas during his time serving in the New Zealand Air Force Construction Corps in the Solomon Islands during World War Two. Thomas provides details of his time spent in the Solomon Islands, with comments on the weather conditions, interactions with American and Australian troops and the conflict with the Japanese. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by V Dyer, Dunedin, July 2006

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

Reference: WH-0256

Description: Army vehicles of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on a muddy road in bush. Taken on Vella Lavella Island, Solmon Islands, during World War II. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1943

From: Ellis, J M :Photographs of the Pacific during World War II

Reference: 1/2-071947-F

Description: Photographer unidentified Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative