Ismailiya

Date: [ca 1935-1937]

From: Hampton, Richard George, 1906-2006: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-1567

Description: Photograph album compiled by Richard George Hampton, circa 1935-1937, during an ocean cruise on the 'Strathaird'. Includes tourist views of Australia, voyage to London via Sri Lanka, India, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt and Malta, the proclamation and coronation of Edward VIII, Mahmoud's Derby at Tottenham, Doddy's restaurants, British AAA Championships at White City, New Zealand Olympic team in July 1936 at White City and at the Berlin Olympic Games including Jack Lovelock, the McMahon Incident, Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 155 x 230 mm

Date: [Between 1927 and 1965]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-113

Description: Album includes photographs, chiefly taken by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, from black and white photographs taken in the 1920s to coloured snapshots taken in the 1960s. Subjects range from scout camps and tramps in New Zealand, to views of military aircraft and scenic views of India, Egypt and Libya taken circa 1940-1943 while he was serving with R.A.F. squadrons. Later coloured snapshots show holiday scenes. The photographs are interspersed with postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled red and black cover, black corners and spine, 24 x 34 cm

Date: 1931

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1613

Description: Album relating to journey from New Zealand to England via the Suez Canal. Includes photographs of floral tributes to Zillah prior to her departure; embarkation in Wellington July 1931; Voyage to Sydney; Sydney parks, buildings, zoos, beaches; Dixon family in Sydney; Melbourne gardens, buildings; Adelaide buildings, parks, gardens; King's Park, Perth, buildings, opening pearls, Serpentine Falls and Western Australian aboriginals; Colombo, Ceylon, catamarans, coconut palms, native quarters, rickshaws, High cast Indian girl; Aden; Red Sea; Suez Canal; Bedoin Sheik; Ismalia; Port Tewfik; Port Said; Voyage on 'Balranald'; Fancy dress and deck tennis, and lifeboat drills on ship; Australian heavyweight George Cook training on ship; Malta; Gibraltar; Spainish coast; First sight of England, Chalk cliffs of Dover. In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 18 x 30 cm

Date: [1917-1919]

By: Barnett, William John, active 1914-1919

Reference: PA1-o-033

Description: Photograph album of images taken during World War I by William John Barnett, trooper with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Includes views of Jerusalem, Bethany, and Bethlehem; the only bridge across the Suez Canal erected by Anzac troops and engineers, and a pontoon bridge across the River Jordan. Images of people include Bedouin families, General Allenby and staff at Jerusalem, photographs of various soldiers in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles including Eric Anderson, Spud Murphy, and Ernie Stevens. Views of King Solomon's wells (near Bethlehem); St Catherine's Cathedral, the Palace Hotel, and the New Zealand Convalescent Home are all at Heliopolis; New Zealand war graves at Gaza. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album 190 x 260 mm Provenance: Donated by Beulah Barnett, Fairfield, 1977

Date: 1884

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-050-1

Description: Shows the coastline of Ismailiya in the background, two sailing vessels at sea and the setting sun reflecting on the water Other Titles - Ismailiya Inscriptions: Recto - above image - 1884; Recto - bottom left - K H; Recto - bottom right - Ismalia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 90 x 175 mm

Date: 11-20 May 1916

From: Papers relating to Samuel Charles Gower Downard

Reference: MS-Papers-9648-5

Description: Contains letters from Samuel Charles Gower Downard to his wife and daughter. Written while on active service in France. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: [ca 1914-1919]

From: Williams, David Owen, 1896-1949 :Photographs relating to Williams' service during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-1545

Description: Photographs relating to service of David Owen Williams during World War I as a Second Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps. Majority of photographs are taken during his time in Egypt. Includes photographs of other soliders (many identified). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 150 x 195 mm

Date: 6 Jan-28 Feb 1915

From: Dixon/Sapsford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5349-3

Description: Sapsford writes from Cairo and Ismailia Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies)

Date: [ca 1918-1919]

From: Lupton, R A :World War I photographs that belonged to Roger Lupton

Reference: PA1-o-280

Description: Small album of photographs relating to World War I, probably taken by Roger Lupton who was on active service in the Middle East, with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment. The first few show a group of soldiers on the morning they left the military camp "canvas town"; view of Wellington from the troop ship; and a scene of rough seas between New Zealand and Australia. The next sequence show arrival by sea in Colombo, including a mine sweeper outside Colombo; the SS Willochra loading coal mid-stream; a cargo ship and general scenes of shipping at Colombo. These are followed by a number of street scenes, with particular emphasis on various means of transport including ox-drawn carts, and an electric tram. From Colombo, the next scenes are in Ismailia, Egypt. These include views of Algerian and New Zealand cavalry troops; the Ferry Post Camp and Wireless Station; Indian soldiers; general scenes, including the Ismailia Railway Station, the waterfront showing a canal dredge, the residential part of Ismailia, and a number of views of the Sweet Water Canal. A number of images have been removed from the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album which lacks covers; 15 x 11 cm

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-288-q-020

Description: Shows a view over a stretch of water with a figure on a little low jetty at the left. There is a sailboat on the water and in the distance a steamship sails by. Other Titles - Ismailiya Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page, 140 x 230 mm.

Date: [Circa 1940s]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-114

Description: Album of photographs taken by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, interspersed with postcards, from the time he travelled from New Zealand, via Melbourne and Perth, to serve with the Royal Air Force in the Far East and the Middle East. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album lacks cover, black pages, 26.5 x 31 cm

Date: Mar 1941-Oct 1941

From: Mackenzie family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11985-01

Description: Detailed entries describe life at Trentham Military Camp (8 Mar-6 Apr), voyage to Egypt aboard the 'Mauretania' (7 Apr-16 May), and life while stationed in Egypt (17 May-6 Oct). Topics include: daily army routine and military procedures, social activities, personal health, travel within Egypt, correspondence with family, and observations of surroundings. Diary also includes addresses, a letter register, co-ordinates tracking the 'Mauretania', and a map of Libya from a newspaper. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (notebook 17cm x 11cm), holograph, printed matter

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

Reference: PAColl-10006

Description: Photographic prints relating to military service during World War I, probably taken and/or collected by an unidentified New Zealand soldier. Many are described on the backs of the prints. Images show military life between circa 1915-1916 at a range of locations, particularly at Anzac Cove (Gallipoli), and Ismailiya (Egypt). Areas of focus are trenches, weaponry, and shipboard and street scenes. Also includes nurses, a military hospital, ambulatory division, skinny dipping, and a race involving blindfolded nurses being led through a course. Includes eight images of a military wedding at Lahore, 1915 or 1916. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 89 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1940-1942

From: Wilcox family: Papers and photographs relating to Norman Bramwell Wilcox

Reference: PA1-o-1974

Description: Photograph album containing 251 photographs, 250 of which are numbered, mainly taken by Norman Wilcox, between 1940 and 1942. The album is accompanied by a nine-page typescript index to the photographs. Photographs include pictures of Wilcox and comrades in various camps and off duty; scenery and street scenes in Greece, Cairo, and Palestine; and many photographs of biblical sites in Palestine and Jerusalem, including a series of the Via Dolorosa and the Stations of the Cross. Title supplied by Library. Wilcox was with the 24th Infantry Battalion in Greece, and later at officer training in Cairo. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 251 photographs. Physical Description: Photograph album, 24.5 x 39 cm, with a tooled leather cover inset with a beaten metal scene of David's Tower, fastened with a cord. Pages are interleaved with tissue paper. Three loose pages in the front of the album. Processing information: Not all place names in this collection have been indexed.

Date: 1 January 1918 - 31 December 1918

From: Jackson, Ynyr George, 1898-1961: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12292-4

Description: Diary for the year 1918, with entries by Jackson, serving with First Machine Gun Squadron of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles. Describes daily events in the Palestinian campaign, including descriptions of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Later back in Egypt with time spent at Heliopolis and in Cairo. Describes visiting the zoo and opera house, with play performed in English. Also makes references to visits of historical sites, including Gethsemane. Also includes descriptions of the First Battle of Amman. The descriptions continue to the end of the year with special reference to the end of the war and how this news of the armistice was received in camp; Jackson based at camp in Rafa at the end of the diary. Page dated 10 October 1918 has a botanical specimen mounted with the caption note: "Orchid from hills of Judea". Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s) bound volume. Physical Description: Diary bound in blindstamped green leather with pencil sheath spine, 12.5 x 8 cm.

Date: 1 January 1916 - 31 December 1916

From: Jackson, Ynyr George, 1898-1961: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12292-2

Description: Diary for the year 1916 with entries dated from 1 January to 31 December. Printed at Nile Mission Press, 37 Sharia Manakh, Cairo. Diary commences with Jackson, a member of the Machine Gun Section of the Mounted Rifle Brigade, in Cairo. Describes visit to pyramids and the Sphinx in January. Late January trek in desert via Zeitoun and to Suez and Ismailiya. Visit and inspection of camp by Prince of Wales, accompanied by General Godley in March. Jackson went on to Port Said and from there back to the Dardanelles. Describes the camps and military action at Hill 70, better known as Scimitar Hill. Later in the year the diary describes action in the Sinai Desert and life at camp in Kantara [El Qantara], Egypt. The diary includes a number of items originally laid in on page dated Wednesday, 19 April 1916: including a "Twenty-Five Piastres" banknote of "National Bank of Egypt", dated 7 June 1918; a holograph note in ink by Jackson to accompany two newspaper clippings dated 1958 describing the discovery of a message in a bottle thrown overboard from the troopship 'Willochra' departing Wellington on 15 August 1915. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s) single bound volume, a banknote, 2 newspaper clippings, and note on paper.. Physical Description: Diary bound in printed cloth, banknote, newspaper clippings, and holograph note in ink on paper.

Date: [1942-1946]

From: Penny, Theo Kenneth, 1913-1986: Military papers

Reference: MSX-9626

Description: Journal with numbered pages of experiences during World War Two service. This volume with numbered pages is rewritten by Penny after "my experiences of some 20,000 words were lost in action in the Syrian Desert campaign". Includes a pasted in newspaper cutting with a map of Egypt and Libya, Penny has drawn in the "retreat" path. Diary describes marching through Greece then travelling by ship to Alexandria, Egypt and by train to Ismailiya and crossing into Palestine. Includes descriptions of places, of travelling in trucks in convoy, of battle including receiving the order to retreat and injury received by Captain Brown which resulted in his death. Describes Christmas day, leave, and returning to base camp at Maadi. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Manuscript on pre-lined notebook, 15.5 x 9 cm.

Date: [Circa 1870s]

By: Arnoux, Hippolyte, active 1860s-1880s

Reference: PA1-f-047

Description: Photographs taken in the 1870s, covering a wide range of places, photographers mostly unidentified, and most images with no captions. The first group were taken in an around the Mediterranean, including Gibraltar, but particularly focussing on the Suez Canal. The sequence includes a copy of a montage produced by Hippolyte Arnoux, showing a map of the route of the canal, surrounded by photographs of canal designer Ferdinand de Lesseps and various sites along the route. Other images in this sequence were probably taken by Arnoux who was working in Egypt during this period. The next group of images travel via India (?), to Australia. Views of Melbourne include Government House, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Houses of Parliament, the Scots' Church (in Collins Street), the Post Office, the Town Hall, and the Public Library. Following these is a panorama of Sydney, and views of Tasmania. The New Zealand scenes start with a panorama of Auckland, the Mount Eden residence of G.B. (?, pencilled name undeciphered), and the Auckland Domain). Images further south include Ohinemutu; the Pink and White Terraces; Napier; the Manawatu Gorge; Wellington (with the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel visible in the foreground); Nelson; the wreck of the ship Otago, at Chasland's Mistake; and a number of views in the Dunedin area. The last sequence shows parts of Canada, including the Rockies, Montreal and the Niagara Falls. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown leather cover, with decorations stamped in gold; 28 x 40 cm

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-291-q-021

Description: The top pencil sketch shows a soldier on his bed covered in a mosquito net, writing a letter. There is a tortoise on the floor beside him. At the right of this sketch is the head of a man in a turban, and a "scene in the Garden of Eden" showing a very small patch of shade at the base of a palm tree (similar to a sketch at E-288-q-008). The pencil sketch at left centre shows a profile portrait of a soldier in a pith helmet on a galloping horse. The pencil drawing at centre right shows an officer in a pith helmet seated on a deck chair beside a river with a fishing rod. There is a shelter on ploes above him and a servant with a fly whisk stands behind him, keeping flies away. The ticket at the bottom of the page is a Suez Canal Zone pass for Sapper McFarlane for permission to be absent from his quarters from 3pm to 9.30 pm on 25 September 1917, for the purpose of proceeding to Ismailia Station Moascar. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (ticket). Physical Description: Pencil drawings and ticket, mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm.

Date: 1886 - 1891

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Bowker, H W, active 1880s; Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929; Cutchey, C C, active 1890s; Samuells, W L (Colonel), active 1890

Reference: PA1-o-543

Description: Photographs taken in the district around Loughton (Essex, England), including wedding scenes of the marriage of Thomas Berry Cusack Smith and Winifred (nee Maitland) in 1896, and later, scenes with their young daughter Maia Wilhemina Cusack Smith. The latter part of the album includes images of life and events in colonial Samoa during the time T B Cusack Smith was posted there as British consul, with views of the consulate, general views of Samoa, and portraits of several Samoan dignitaries. Several scenes show various performers at the British consulate in a farce by John Maddison Morton. As well, one photograph shows the unveiling of a statue of Queen Victoria at the Legislative Council Buildings in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) in July 1890. At the end of the album there are a number of images of Cambridge and Dresden, circa 1889. Many of the photographs were taken by Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, but some are identified as being taken by professional photographer C C Cutchey (Loughton), and by friends in Samoa, H W Bowker, and Colonel W L Samuells. Inscriptions: Album page - "Winifred Cusack-Smith. Easter 1889. The Shaws" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue album, 25 x 29.5 cm