Guadalcanal

Date: Apr 1945, 1957

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-4161-01-189

Description: Series of captioned photographs taken Apr 1945 showing medical headquarters at Los Negros; casualty room, laboratory, patients in Ward 1, and operating room at [Guadal]canal; Medical Section 25 and 30 S.U. Camp Piva, Bougainville; Rotorua convalescent Includes letter from P L D Cummins, Sqn.Ldr. (for Group Captain, Commanding), RNZAF Station Ohakea, relating to the photographs, 10 Oct 1957 Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1944]

From: Wright, Alfred Charles Seymour, 1916?-1998 : Journal

Reference: MSX-5967

Description: Journal kept by Wright while on active service in the Solomon Islands in World War Two; includes notes on maps, soil, geography, weather and rainfall, geology, Pidgin English, botany and war matters; Wright has indexed the journal, has drawn several maps, land profiles and rain gauges Wright has recorded a brief history of the Solomon Islands and New Britain; he has described the occupation of Vella Lavella and included a newspaper clipping about the island; and from the `Pacific Islands monthly' (Jan 1944), has recorded the Japanese entry to Guadalcanal Maps in the journal are for Necal, Guadalcanal, Florida Island, New Georgia Group, Treasury Group, Balbi or Bougainville Island and Buka Quantity: 1 volume(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

By: Barns-Graham, Allan Barclay, 1906-2006

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-112

Description: Large number of unsorted photographs, mostly captioned. Includes: Visit of NZ Defence Minister, Hon F Jones. Shows him talking to L/Bdr Robert Abbot (Opotiki); Genr Joseph Larrington (Napier); Bdr Lem Wakelin (Whakatane); Gnr Maurice Gillard (Whakatane); Bdr Frank Jury (Auckland); Sgt Alex Ferguson (Te Awamutu), and Bdr Basil Fenton (Takapuna). Watching unloading operations on the beach: Major General Rush B Lincoln; Col W W Dove; Col C W Salmon; Brig C J Duff; Col J I Brooke; Lt Col H W D Blake; Major General Barrowclough; Major G W Waddell, Major H G Guttensohn. Amphibious training 14th Brigade at Ducos Peninsula, Noumea Harbour, Jul 1943. View of Base Training Camp Bourail; camp of Avenger & Dauntless servicing units; Base Ordnance Depot; Armistice Day parade (NZ WAACs in march past, inspection of troops, salute being taken by Rear-Admiral Shaf-Froth, Lt Gen Vandergrift, Major Gen R B Lincoln, General W W Dove, and Governor Laigret), 11 Nov 1943; embarkation practice; cook house ovens, 37 NZ Bn, Taom. NZEFIP camp life; Bourail Beach Club; view of 4 Gen Hospital from hill; troops on parade & Pipe Band leading the parade; nurses' quarters at 4 NZ Gen Hospital, Boguen; 22 NZ Field Ambulance at Tinyep; 30 NZ Bn HQ at Koumac; training exercise (Mortar platoon of 29 NZ Battalion up Mt Tonta); paintings by Lt A B Barns-Graham - Town of Bourail, cookhouse at 35 Bn, camp site near Bouloupari with Pique Ouiliambou in distance, and a view of French gendarmarie from `Signals' hill; general view of the high-power transmitting station `Gracefield' in Bourail. Various photographs of sporting and recreational activies including swimming sports, boxing matches, life saving and group photo of lifeguards, rugby matches (exhibition), woodchopping at Sports Meeting, horse races, entertainers and outdoor theatre. The Vicarage, HQ NZEF IP in Bourail; NZ Governor General with physical training class at 2 NZ Convalescent Depot; group photo of staff at Base Pay Office, Bourail; general view of Base Training Depot; traffic control post; mess bures at Noumea Transit Camp; Northern Racing Club at Taom; WAACs on parade in Noumea on the occasion of the return of French volunteers from Egypt. Cpt A McCulloch with Governor General after being invested with military medal (taken at 4th Gen Hospital, Dumbea), 1943; His Excellency with Major J Willis and Sister Cargo, 4th Gen Hospital, Boguen Valley; D Support Coy 29 Inf Bn climbing Mt Tonta, May 1943; NZ force training for amphibious operations; embarking on a landing craft at Sandy Beach; various views of the WAACs and Bourail Club (group photos, inside staff quarters, kitchen, doing laundry, at servery, swimming, etc) Base Pay Office and bure, Tene Valley; Battalion Athletic Team, Apr 1942; thatching a mess hut in Works Services Unit area; 28 Bn rugby team; group photos of A, B, C & D companys; photo of Col Henri Montchamp, Gen Barrowclough & Lt R E Moore; Squat-pot factory (concrete plant at Le Clerc's farm); pipe bands; Robbie's Hall, 29th MT copany recreational bure. Emaciated Japanese prisoner taken at Guadalcanal; 28 Bn Rugby Team; Bourail Club during construction; thatching a mess hut in Works Services Unit area; Battalion Athletic Team, Apr 1942; jungle warfare US troops on Guadalcanal; NZ soldiers making a mock assault on beach; Occupational Therapy Dept; Brigadier Goss with officers; practice exercises at Taom; Guard of Honour in Bourail for Major Gen Rush B Lincoln; unloading operations at Nepoui & view of wharf and harbour; interior of chapel in Bourail township; embarking at Guadalcanal, Aug 1943 (loading barges at Michel Dock). Quantity: 177 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(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

By: Barns-Graham, Allan Barclay, 1906-2006

Reference: PA1-q-303

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Pacific theatre during World War 2, 1943-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. Amongst the official NZ photographs there are a few from the official British war photographs. Signals personnel train at the New Zealand School of Signals in New Caledonia; New Zealanders construct roads on Vella Lavella; the Post office at Vella Lavella; the boot repair section; arrival of Xmas mail in New Caledonia. Works services engaged in construction of the NZ General Hospital No 4; hospital wards; wounded and sick soldiers with nursing staff; and convalescents; Xmas dinner at the Artillery Training Dept; New Year function at the No 4 General Hospital (Boguen Detachment); an ice cream plant amenity provided by the NZ National Patriotic Fund Board. Field maintenance camp in the Solomons. Various sporting activities at a number of sites in the Pacific including boxing championships, race meetings, aquatic sports carnival on Vella Lavella including a Xmas-New Year treasure hunt; native canoes; cricket; rugby games and team portraits; New Year sports meetings; road race; swimming carnival and basketball. Group portraits of officers and staff at the New Zealand Base Reception Depot; the Base Ordnance Dept.; Wharf operating Unit; WAAC personnel at the NZ Convalescent Depot; presentation of awards by H E Barrowclough. Embarkation of NZ troops for a commando raid on Green Islands (known as the Green Island Campaign and as the Nissan Campaign); troops boarding a destroyer by means of nets on the side; soldiers wounded in the raid; men camouflaged with blackened faces; LSTs (Tank Landing Ships); unloading heavy vehicles and equipment form LSTs; fresh water being brought ashore from an LST; LCI (Landing Craft for Infantry) amphibious ships. Parade of various NZ troops welcoming "Fighting French" volunteers home from North Africa; a NZ casualty clearing station at Guadalcanal. Activities of NZ troops at Nissan Island; capture of Japanese antitank guns, army radio sets and medical equipment; group portraits of various personnel on Nissan Island. Dr W W Hallright with assistants giving medical treatment to Nissan Island natives prior to their being evacuated to Guadalcanal, and also giving medical treatment for Pinipel natives. Scenes on Treasury Island include native islanders thatching a roof for a new church at Falamai built by NZ soldiers in memory of NZ and American soldiers, and presented to the nation to replace their church which had been destroyed by fire in the Treasury Islands campaignl; the cemetery at Falamai; a church service at the open air "St James' Theatre"; yacht races; a barbershop. On Nissan Island the No 2 Platoon of a Field Co. engineers constructing Halas Pier and Salipal Pier; a sawmill operated by Field Park Sawmill section; Field Ambulance laboratory; malarial control unit; group portraits of various sections; wood chopping competitions. In New Caledonia there are many scenes of the Kalavere Hospital and the 2nd NZ Convalescent Depot; the opening of the new Kiwi Club built by NZ work services personnel who built it from prefabricated sections made in NZ, with representatives from the NZ National Patriotic Fund Board attending; a dance at the club; dance band; and the Moindah Racing Club meeting. On Mono Island a naval control tower; and Saveke Bridge built by NZ engineers. On Stirling Island scenes of an antitank battery; army and navy personnel meet on Treasury Island; Anzac Day parade in Bourail Camp (New Caeldonia); scenes of members of the Fijian Defence Force with New Zealanders in Bouganville; a native church at the Allied Cemetery in Guadalcanal. Views of the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Pacific showing crew members; the boiler room; engine room; gun crew practice; and depth charge drill. Black and white reproductions of 5 paintings by 3rd NZ Division war artist Lt Allan Barns-Graham: The town of Bourail; a bridge designed and built by NZ engineers designed to carry the heaviest loads; a sketch of a fox-hole near Island Command on Vella Lavella; caped men returning from an engagement on Nissan Island; and the landing at Pokonian Plantation. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, darker blue corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1943

From: Minson, Patrick Opawa, 1917-1978 :[Twelve watercolours of scenes in the Pacific (New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu), 1942-1944; and two of Gore Bay, North Canterbury 1944-1945].

By: Minson, Patrick Opawa, 1917-1978; Minson, Marian Frances, 1945-

Reference: A-348-004

Description: Shows the pulpit and a carved eagle beside the altar, with a window at the right looking out under thatched eaves, to palm trees. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 167 x 254 mm. Provenance: Donated by Marian Minson in 2001.

Date: 1938-1942

From: Andrew family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7417-3

Description: Comprises letters from Richard Andrew to his family while on active service in 1942 in the Pacific; clippings relating to the war; Casino de Monte-Carlo card for Stanley Andrew (1938); and letter from Richard Andrew to Fred and Ef while on war service `In the Jungle' (n d) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [2000-2001]

From: Dobson, David J, fl 2002 : Papers relating to Harry Jacks and Jack Enoch Clark

Reference: MS-Papers-7534-2

Description: Copies of reminiscences of Jack Enoch Clark, `Personal log', about his experiences in World War Two as a lietuenant in the USNR serving on USS `Fuller' at Red Beach and Kukum, Guadalcanal, and the British Solomon Islands; and `Life and times of Jack Enoch Clark, a Yankee in a strange world' in which he recounts his early childhood in Wisconsin, schooling, education to become an engineer, his war service which included going to New Zealand where he met his wife. In 1951 he and his family came to New Zealand and he furthered his engineering career to become an architectural engineer; the narrative stops in midstream. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1943

From: Minson, Patrick Opawa, 1917-1978 :[Twelve watercolours of scenes in the Pacific (New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu), 1942-1944; and two of Gore Bay, North Canterbury 1944-1945].

By: Minson, Patrick Opawa, 1917-1978; Minson, Marian Frances, 1945-

Reference: A-348-003

Description: Shows a large khaki tent pitched among palms and other trees, with the sea in the background. A large parrot sits on a sign outside it: "Malua Lodge". A bicycle is parked in the foreground. Electric wires are strung between posts in the foreground. A sign at the far left reads "Post". Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - 41142 P O Minson / 29/11/43 (41142 was the artist's serial number). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 169 x 255 mm. Provenance: Donated by Marian Minson in 2001.

Date: 1887-1889

By: Young, H J, active 1887-1889

Reference: MSX-6334

Description: Diary kept by H J Young from Nov 1887 to Nov 1889 mostly while on board HMS `Royalist' on a voyage he called `The Cruise of the Evolutionary Squadron'; he also kept a log of the ports called at, noting their arrival and departure with remarks on events in the ports. A personal equipment list is included and some financial records. The diary includes latitude and longitude, length of runs, songs, poems and puzzles which entertained the crews of these voyages, a list of Young's family's birth dates, notes such as addresses of various people and other material. The only recorded event is a battle commanded by Admiral Geoffrey T Phipps Hornby in the Solomon Islands in Jun 1889 which is described in some detail, particularly noting the various vessels involved. The remarks in the log record specific acts by the participants. The log begins with the `Royalist's arrival at Accra and its departure from Simon's Bay, South Africa (17 Nov 1887-5 Sep 1888) when they `Left for Our new Station Australia'; they arrived in Albany 11 Oct 1888 completing the assignment when they left for England 5 Nov 1889. Included in the remarks about the Australian assignment are comments on fighting taking place in various Pacific Islands, particularly the Solomons. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

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: [1943-1944]

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: PA1-q-302

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Pacific theatre during World War 2, 1943-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. Many scenes show NZers in training exercises in New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, including Bren carriers crossing rivers on raft & trestles erected by military engineers; signals; road construction; thatching and constructing buildings (the Works Construction Unit); amphibious training from invasion barges; unloading and landing supplies; transporting guns and equipment; bridge building; digging fox holes and camping in the jungle; jungle warfare; maintaining wireless communication; organising camouflage; repairing damaged weapons; use of local canoes for transportation; ordnance workshops; and weapon training. Many scenes show parades, and inspections, including the King's Birthday parade in New Caledonia; a church parade; the Hon Mr F Jones visiting NZ troops; visit of Hon W Perry; visit of General Freyberg; visit of Admiral Halsey (US); and visit of the Governor of New Caledonia. Sporting activities, including individual players and group portraits of various teams of rugby players, soccer teams, hockey teams, swimming teams and a carnival, boat races, athletics, jockeys and horse racing, wrestling and boxing; surf clubs including the Engineers' team, Infantry No 2 team, and the Signals' team. Daily scenes including food preparation and coking; an anti-mosquito campaign; a leave centre for pacific troops; a dance sponsored by the American Red Crosss Service Club, and a celebration of New Zealand Day at the club; casting votes for NZ elections and a visit of scrutineers overseeing the voting; NZEF Base Repertory Players and the Kiwi Concert Party; a Base Camp reception at the hospital in New Caledonia; a garden party held by the Officers' School; Xmas parcels for NZ troops in the advanced Pacific Base. Images linked with medical care in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal and Treasury Islands include hospitals; medical personnel including dental surgeons, opticians and nurses; convalescent depot; and evacuation and transportation of the sick and wounded; and scenes of funeral services and graves of NZ soldiers in the Solomon Islands. Transportation of equipment and troops loading and embarking for the north from New Caledonia; landing craft; Liberty ships; New Zealanders in Guadalcanal. The NZ Brigade arriving in Guadalcanal, and the move from Guadalcanal to Vella Lavella on board L.S.Ts (Landing ship, tank); climbing up nets on the side of transports; bulldozer drawing heavy vehicles and equipment from the L.S.T.; New Zealand soldiers with Fijian commandoes; use of outrigger canoes; capture of a Japanese armed coastal barge, a Japanese supply boat and camp equipment left by retreating Japanese. Treasury Islands campaign in which a small group of NZ worked with native guides; two native chiefs who were extremely helpful; a NZ camp at Malsi on Mono Island; Falamai Village; water collection at Saveke River on Mono Island; tree cutting to provide wood for pump bases and flooring; unloading drums of petrol; NZ troops consolidate on Treasury Islands. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1940-1946

By: Blundell, Henry Neil, 1909-2002

Reference: Micro-MS-0594

Description: Describes his service in the Royal New Zealand Air Force; training in New Zealand and UK; air strikes against Germany; transfer to Egypt; service at Guadacanal and New Britain. The 1946 letters describe a newspaper conference in London and business activities thereafter. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 150 pages).

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: Jul-Sep 1942

By: Krey, Charles William, active 1920-1942

Reference: fMS-Papers-8805

Description: Diary kept by Charles William Krey, a New Zealander, on the `Kopara' during a supply run to New Caledonia, and then the Solomon Islands including Guadacanal. Describes and comments on activities and events, including coming under air attack off Guadacanal. Includes short note from donor giving background to Krey. Source of title - Supplied by Library The `Kopara' was a New Zealand ship seconded by the United States Navy for supply duties in the Pacific Campaign Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (Photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, O R Anger, 2007

Date: 1940-1944

By: Lewis, Ray, active 1983

Reference: MS-Papers-10931

Description: The history outlines these events giving details of the battles as well as training undertaken by the Division Source of title - Transcribed In Jan 1942 the New Zealand land forces in the Pacific grouped to form the 3rd Division. In Nov 1942 they trained in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. In Aug 1943 they landed on Guadalcanal and saw action against the Japanese at Vella Lavella in Sep 1943, at Mono in Oct 1943, and Nissan Island in Feb 1944. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (15 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ray Lewis, Christchurch, 1983

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: 1943

From: Dell, Richard Kenneth, 1920-2002 : Papers

Reference: 2006-080-78

Description: Field notebook containing notes on the topography and natural history of Guadalcanal and Nissan Island Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms

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: Feb 1997

By: Lysaght, Matthew J, active 2007

Reference: MS-Papers-8701

Description: An account of the army service of Andrew Lysaght, father of Matt Lysaght Also an account of Matt and Linda Lysaght's trip with Andrew Lysaght to the Pacific in 1996 to view the sites of his active service. Illustrated with photographs. Andrew Lysaght served as a gunner in D Troop, 50th Battery 38 Field Regiment, 8 Brigade 2NZEF IP. He left New Zealand for Noumea, New Caledonia in June 1943 and was dispatched to Guadalcanal in September. He took part in the fighting to clear Mono Island of Japanese forces in October and was stationed on nearby Sterling Island until April 1944 when it was decided to disband 2NZEF IP. In June 1944 he returned to New Zealand where he remained for the remainder of World War Two. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopy)