Zeitoun

Date: [ca 1890-1930]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9773

Description: Contains Powles family photographs from the 1890s to the 1920s. Includes: a group portrait of the Levin Football Club, `Cup winners, 1898'; a view of Wellington Harbour with masted ships; views of a harbour town, probably on the south coast of England; views of two churches probably in the south-east of England; a photograph of an aqueduct, possibly part of the Wey and Arun canal; landscape and village scenes from the south-east of england and New Zealand; portraits of military officers; photographs of Colonel Charles Guy Powles on a horse and meeting soldiers while serving in Egypt; unidentified photographs of people and locations, probably taken in the Wellington Region. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1914-1915

By: Maunsell, Henry Beresford, 1890?-1958

Reference: PA1-o-336

Description: Photograph album relating to Henry Beresford Maunsell's service during World War I, with the NZ Army 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles Regiment in Egypt. Many of the military personnel are identified, a few with later dates added noting when some of the men photographed in the album were killed in action. The first part of the album shows soldiers leaving on board HMNZ troopship 'Orari' 14 October 1914, the trip through Hobart, Colombo, Aden, Port Said until disembarkation in Alexandria December 1914. Many scenes show the shipboard stabling for horses used by Mounted Rifle troops; others show various ships they passed on the way. The latter part shows various military scenes in Egypt, including The New Zealand Corps camp near Cairo; swimming horses crossing the Nile; Red Cross Vauxhall ambulance; groups of soldiers riding camels; horse lines; and a line of horses at drinking troughs. There are a few images of soldiers at tourist sites, and some of Egyptians. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Maunsell album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover; 25.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: January 1916

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA6-610A

Description: New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade on parade at Zeitoun, Cairo, taken January 1916 by an unidentified photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 18 January 1916

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA6-609A

Description: Photograph of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in parade, Zeitoun, taken 18 January 1916 by an unidentified photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1916-1919

From: Gillies, Alexander, 1891-1982: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1940

Description: Photograph album compiled by Alexander Gillies, relating to his service with the YMCA (New Zealand Young Men's Christian Association) in Egypt and Palestine during World War One, 1916-1919. A small envelope stuck inside front cover is addressed to Miss Gillies, YMCA, Moray Place, Dunedin. All prints include captions that identify locations and people. Contains 12 prints relating to a garden party for 3,000 convalescing soldiers at Ezbekiah Gardens labelled “I” to “XII”. Prints show crowds of soldiers in conversation, eating lunch, and watching or participating in games (egg and spoon race, sack race, donkey rides). Prints also show the Ezbekiah Garden YMCA centre in detail (band rotunda, notices, decorations, tables, and chairs, plants), and other people at event (local Egyptians, a table of "Lady Helpers"). The print labelled “XI” includes an inscription on reverse saying “lighthouse about a mile from camp”. Two other prints depicting Ezbekiah Gardens show the notice board and two men at the entrance. Eight prints relating to the “Command Depot” at Sidi Bishr are labelled “I” to “VIII”. One print depicts convalescent officers in Gillies' “P.T. Class” (possibly meaning physical therapy class) and one print labelled "My Instructors" showing six men doing exercises outside a hut. Four prints show larger groups of soldiers doing exercises and parading during a review by Sir Reginald Wingate. Two prints show Wingate talking to his Aide-de-Camp, Major Owen, Colonel Alston, and Gillies. Remaining prints show nine people outside a YMCA tent and "Devotional Hut" at Zeitoun, a running race labelled “Egyptian Race”, and a group portrait of a Pierrot Troupe at Helouan. Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - To Lil From Effie & Alex July 12 1921 Inside front cover of album is address to "Lil". This is likely Alexander Gillies' older sister Lillias Gillies (born 1877). Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 33 b&w photographic prints. Physical Description: One photograph album bound in green cloth, 19.5 x 14cm

Date: 1914

From: Stichbury, Vincent John, 1891-1966 : Family papers and World War One diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-11559-03

Description: Folder contains correspondence from Stichbury home to his family during World War One. Includes letters to his parents (William and Hannah Stichbury), sisters (Myrtle, Eva and Elsa Stichbury) and brothers (Bill and Tim [sic] Stichbury). Letters detail training and departure to Egypt. Stichbury sailed aboard the `Waimana', details life and training aboard the transport. Recounts stopovers on the way to Alexandria. Continues with life in Zeitoun Camp. Much of the correspondence relates to domestic family events back home in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project.

Date: 4 Jan 1915-21 May 1917 - September 2015

By: McLeod, John Duncan, 1887-1942

Reference: ATL-Group-00124

Description: Collection relating to the service of John Duncan McLeod in World War I. Comprises his service diary, and a transcription of the diary written by his granddaughter Loris Mcleod, which includes comments by her father. Sergeant McLeod was born in Timaru. Worked as a survey hand before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force. Enlisted aged 28. Served with the 9 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 9 Reinforcements (December 1914 - September 1915). Embarked 8 Apr 1915 from Brisbane on HMAT Star of England A15. He fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Resident at Enfield, New South Wales after the war, then moved to New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Physical Description: Diary bound in black leather

Date: [ca 1916-1919]

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

Reference: PAColl-10623-2

Description: Photographs of landscapes, buildings, animals, and people, mostly in Palestine, by Ynyr George Jackson, from the period 1916-1919. Series of photographs with captions inscribed by Jackson verso, including: - "1 Near Zakariah" [Az-Zakariyya or Zakaria] - "2 Bedouin ploughing Richon Le Zion" [Rishon LeZion] - "3 Monastry on the 'Mount of Temptation' Jericho" - "4 Near Solomon's Pools Bethlehem" - "5 In the Wadi Kelt Jericho" - "6 On trek between Zakariah & Bethlehem" - "7 The Damascus Gate Jerusalem" - "8 Bethlehem" - "9 Watering Horses Auja" [Al-Auja or Yarkon River] - "10 Russian Church 'Garden of Gethsemene'" - "11 River Jordan" - "12 Armed Arabs" - "13 Street in New Jerusalem" - "14 Jordan River Near Ghoranieh [Ghoraniyeh]" - "15 Pontoon Bridge at Ghoranieh [Ghoraniyeh] Jericho" - "16 Bridge built by R E's Ghoranieh [Ghoraniyeh] Jericho" - "17 Pontoon bridge Ghorianieh" [Ghoraniyeh] - "18 Jaffa Gate Jerusalem" - "19 Jerusalem" - "20 Kasr el Nil Bridge Cairo" [Qasr El Nil Bridge] - "21 Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem" - "22 On Trek" - "23 In the Jordan Valley" - "24 Bethlehem" - "25 Jericho" - "26 Near Amman" - "27 Road between Bethlehem & Zahariah" - "28 Jerusalem" - "29 Mosque of Omar Jerusalem" And another series of images with captions: - "2 Tobacco patch Abu Hassan el Keber" - "3 Pits dug in front of Turk trenches at Weili Sheikh Nuran redoubt. The earth is carted away & they were almost impossible to cross on foot." - "4 Transport French Colonial Troops. Khan Yunis" - "5 Khan Yunis" - "6 This hill is supposed to have been built many centuries ago as a fortress. Its about 4 times as large as photo only shows one corner." - "7 Indian Troops" - "8 Khan Yunis" - "9 Arabs Khan Yunis" - "10 The Dump. Dier el Belah" - "11 Barley crop near Rafa" - "12 Orchards near Khan Yunis" - "13 Military Cemetery Khan Yunis" - "14 Water Troughs. Wadi Ghuzze [Ghuzee]" - "15 Ayrshire R. H. A." [Royal Horse Artillery] Another series of images most likely by an unidentified photographer with captions inscribed by Jackson: - "Jaffa Gate Jerusalem" - "Old Jerusalem" - "School of Instruction Zeitoun" - "St Davids Tower Jerusalem" Also four photographs without captions, all featuring horses. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints.

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: 1916-1918

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-604

Description: Album is the first part of a record of the British campaign in north-eastern Egypt and Palestine from 1916-1918. It begins with views of Alexandria and Cairo where Australian and New Zealand Troops from Gallipoli began their rest, and recovery. There are views of the troops at the military training camp at Zeitoun where they were retrained and equipped for the Western Front and the defence of Egypt. In relation to the Palestine campaign, the album covers the driving of the Turks and their German allies out of north-eastern Egypt, the capture of the oases of Quatia and Romani, and the subsequent capture of El Arish. The album is a very good record of these events with much incidental detail. Cities, architecture, ruins, places, the locals, farming, crops and farm animals are all included. Most usefully it is a good record of the military operations from the perspective of a New Zealand participant Arrangement: Negatives relating to prints in this album should be among those registered at F 178589 1/2 to F 178976 1/2, and F 178993 1/2 to F 179124 1/2 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1908-1916, 1923, 1939-1943

From: Malone family :Photographs relating to William George Malone

By: Malone, William George, 1859-1915

Reference: PAColl-10155-2

Description: Photographs relating to William George Malone and his military career during World War I, including scenes in New Zealand, Egypt and Gallipoli, and the military service of his sons. Photographs taken between circa 1908 and 1916, plus prints taken in 1923 and ca 1940s. Includes wartime photographs that were taken, developed and printed by Malone. Other photographs taken by a range of photographers. Some smaller prints are duplicated as larger prints on mounts. Nearly all photographs are identified and dated. There are explanatory notes from the donor. Includes pre World War One views taken in New Zealand; Lieutenant Colonel William George Malone in his dress uniform (possibly taken after his promotion to Lt. Colonel), assembled soldiers wearing lemon squeezer hats (possibly Territorial Force at camp), 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles) 1913, Ida Katherine, second wife, and son Maurice with others on wharf farewelling NZEF troops 14 October 1914 (taken by W.G Malone from troopship 'Arawa'. Also includes view of W.G. Malone clean shaven in army uniform (uncertain date, possibly 1908 or 1915). One group of views were taken in Egypt and Gallipoli during World War One by W.G Malone or possibly with his camera. Views in Egypt show Capt. R.E Coningham (?), 10 Ghurka Rifles, outside army tent at El Kubri, Egypt, G.S.O (General Staff Officer) to Malone; William George Malone with Capt Horne (Home?) sight-seeing at the Sphinx and Pyramids, Luxor; Arab guides and camels; Malone on his horse 'The Don' in Zeitoun Camp; and framed photograph of Ida Katherine on desk in Malone's tent. Prints on pages extracted from photograph album include a view of 'The Farlands', the second Malone family homestead, Stratford. Views taken at Gallipoli show W.G Malone outside his bivouacs on Walkers Ridge and Cape Helles, including scene of Malone with (possibly) Capt R.E. Coningham. Gallipoli views include original prints taken April to May 1915 by W.G. Malone showing views of fortifications on Walkers Ridge; the battlefield of Krithia; the ship 'Clyde' run ashore at old Sedd-El-Bahr Port ruins; Reserve Gully; burial of dead Turkish soldiers on the day of armstice to bury the dead (24 May 1915). One group of photographs show the sons of W.G Malone in military uniforms. Those in World War One uniforms are Maurice Patrick (serial no. 11/1338) (solo portrait and group portrait with machine gun soldiers and equipment), Brian Bernard (5/2), Terence Joseph (11/553), Edmond Leo (11/699). Includes William Bernard 'Barney' circa 1939 to 1943. Also includes soldier who served under W.G. Malone, Sergeant Jacob ('Jack') Randup Moller standing outside King George V Hospital, Rotorua. Includes views of memorial plaque to W.G Malone and Lieutenant Colonel Charles Frederick Denman Cook on wall of All Saints Church, Palmerston North, and view of crowd at official unveiling of Malone Memorial Gate, King Edward Park, Stratford, August 1923. Accompanying information - various notes identifying photographs were received from donor and kept with prints and in backfile Relationship complexity - Donor has scanned some of the photographs and Taranaki-related papers to give to Puke Ariki. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 pages with 19 b&w prints. 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1912-1915, 1944

By: Quick family

Reference: fMS-Papers-11995

Description: Collection comprises two letters from Robert Garfield Quick (known as Garfield) to his sister Emma Quick written from Zeitoun, Egypt, during his service with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles in World War I. Also includes photocopy of Quick family history, some handwritten information about Garfield Quick, some newspaper cuttings, and some postcards dated between 1912 and 1915. One postcard is blank, the others are mainly from Garfield to Emma, but also include some to and from other siblings Jack and Girlie (Mary) Quick, as well as George Davidson and Gerald Mitchell. Also includes three commemoration cards, two with photographs attached. One with and one without a photograph of Garfield Quick, who died in action in 1917. The other one is from the parents of Colin James Ashworth thanking people for the sympathy expressed on the death of their son (1944). Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, photographs Provenance: Donor is the grandaughter of Robert Garfield Quick.

Date: 5 Oct 1914-6 Apr 1915

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2550

Description: Army correspondence book records notes to Officer Commander (O/C), B Company, 5 Oct 1914. Notes on a military exercise in Karori, Wellington in early Oct 1914 including sketch maps. Letters start 7 Feb 1915 from Kubri, Egypt to his military commanders. Also weekly military reports and letters home to family and friends in New Zealand from Zeitoun Camp. Note on 8 Apr 1915 acknowledging a censor's stamp for the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, NZ and A Division. Last letter of volume on page 97 to Lady Godley regarding the care of the sick soldier "Gordon", written in Zeitoun Camp, 13 Mar 1915. Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (98 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book) Volume includes ink sketches Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 60 digitised pages. Pages 50 and 51 include original and carbon copy pages. Some pages have been removed throughout the volume.

Date: Jan 1916-Aug 1916

From: Bunkall, Ernest Arthur, 1886-1957 : World War One diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-11987-02

Description: Detailed entries document service in Egypt (1 Jan-31 Jul) with Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment and Imperial Camel Corps during Sinai campaign. Undated pages include an inscription from 'M S L', sums, a list of Egyptian sites, and other notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (notebook 10 x 7cm, marbled boards)

Date: 1915

From: Stichbury, Vincent John, 1891-1966 : Family papers and World War One diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-11559-04

Description: Folder contains correspondence from Stichbury home to his family during World War One. Includes letters to his parents (William and Hannah Stichbury), sisters (Myrtle, Eva and Elsa Stichbury) and brothers (Charlie, Martin and Tim [sic] Stichbury). Letters detail training in Zeitoun Camp and departure to Gallipoli via Port Mudros. Further letters detail the landing at ANZAC Cove 25 Apr 1915 and subsequent fighting with the Turkish Army. Stichbury wounded in action on 8 May 1915. Also includes letter to Mrs Stichbury from a family friend relating to Vincent Stichbury's injuries at Gallipoli. Further correspondence relates to Stichbury's recuperation in Malta and return to Gallipoli in August 1915 with a promotion to sergeant. Much of the correspondence relates to domestic family events back home in New Zealand and other family members involved fighting in the War. During Oct 1915 Stichbury falls ill with enteric sickness and is moved out to Lemnos, then onto Warminster in England to recover. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs & ms Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 162 digitised images

Date: 28 August 1914-13 January 1916 - 1916-1974

From: Claridge, Cyril James, 1890-1976: Memoir scrapbook diary and papers

Reference: MSY-8364

Description: Volume comprising memoir scrapbook diary with entries and narrative descriptions, illustrated by mounted maps, photographic prints, newspaper clippings, and ephemera material, including a visiting card. Title page states: "Diary of C. J. Claridge 12/977 - Auckland Infantry, August 1914 - January 1916: While serving in the Auckland Infantry Battalion. New Zealand Expeditionary Force". The diary describes activities and travel: - Departure from Morrinsville for Auckland, and "Getting into the army". - Military training at "Potter's Park [also known as Potter's Paddock, now Alexandra Park] and Eden Park. - Departure from Auckland on the transport ship 'Waimana' (HMNZT No. 12). - Voyage on the 'Waimana' down East Coast of New Zealand to Wellington. - Trans-Tasman voyage to Hobart and from there to Albany, Colombo, Red Sea, Suez, Aden, Port Said, and Alexandria. - Military camp at Zeitoun, service in Egypt including march through Cairo. - Training, security patrols, and other military duties at Ishmailia, El Ferdan, and Serapeum. - Departure from Alexandria bound for Gallipoli (Dardanelles), via Lemnos Island, in April 1915. - Landing, 25 April 1915, and military action at Achi Baba - this is elaborated on in a section titled "The Anzacs and Achi Baba". - Relocation to Cape Helles, and reference to Daisy Patch, where Claridge describes being injured on 8 May 1915. - Taken aboard the HMHS 'Braemar Castle' and returned to Alexandria. - Voyage from Alexandria to Malta, where time is spent in hospital, before being transported on HMHS 'Ascania' to England. - Visits to Plymouth, Birmingham, Weymouth, and London. - Descriptions of travel to New Zealand, departing from Plymouth on SS 'Ruahine' on 17 November 1915 and voyage via Teneriffe, Cape Town, Hobart, and arrival back in Auckland on 5 January 1916. Numerous items enclosed, laid- and tipped in, including newspaper clippings. Newspaper clippings include: - 'New Zealand Herald', 14 June [1974] with image captioned "Mr Liddle looks through a diary written by Mr C. J. Claridge, aged 85, of Rothesay Bay, of experiences at Gallipoli". - 'The Auckland Star', 12 October 1954, showing parade of troops. Annotated copies of maps mounted in volume: - 'Sketch map to illustrate Sir Ian Hamilton's despatch', from 'Life', 1 May 1916, page 360. - 'Environs of Cairo and the Pyramids', published by A & C Black Ltd, London, imprint: John Bartholomew & Co. Edinburgh. Printed visiting card of Laura Jane Boddington (1863-1938) - "Mrs Laura J Boddington, 340 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham" (laid in at page 89). Mounted photographic prints include group portrait of Gallipoli veterans at 50th anniversary meeting at Auckland War Memorial Museum on 16 October 1964. Ephemera mounted in diary includes: printed leaflet promoting free entry to "Grand Casino Bosphore - Soldier's Rest" at Bab El Hadid Square; "Cazino Ambassadeur" at Avenue Farouk, Cairo; and "Kursaal Music-Hall" at Emad el Din Street, Heliopolis. Also includes a 6-page letter from Claridge to his mother, dated Camp Zeitoun, 20 March 1915 (laid in at page 143), and a postcard to his mother dated 7 April 1915, featuring the 3rd Auckland Company marching, with annotations naming some subjects, including Claridge (mounted page 50). Some of the newspaper articles were written by Claridge or based on his communications (see for example mounted articles facing page 50), while others published excerpts from the diary (see page 67). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound volume, cloth binding with "Claridge" label on front cover, holograph manuscript on ruled pages, photographic prints, newspaper clippings, and ephemera, mounted and loose items laid in, 32 x 19.5 cm. Transfers: Papers originally enclosed with volume now at MS-Papers-12360..

Date: 1915

From: Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum:Photographs of NZ forces in Egypt, Palestine and Gallipoli, World War I

Reference: 1/2-167429-F

Description: New Zealand camp at Zeitoun, Egypt, taken in 1915 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: between 1914-1918

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 19

Reference: PAColl-7985-15

Description: New Zealand soldiers manipulating a Maxim machine gun at a camp in Zeitoun, Egypt, in the vicinity of Cairo, during World War 1. Photographer unidentified. Other Titles - New Zealanders manipulating a Maxim gun, Zeitoon, Cairo Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - New Zealanders manuipulating a Maxim gun, Zeitoon [sic], Cairo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9 x 13.9 cm

Date: [ca 1914-1918, 1990s]

By: McKay, George Riddall, 1890-1951; Edmonds, Brian, active 2009

Reference: PA1-o-1525

Description: Photograph album compiled by George Riddall McKay comprising photographs of McKay's service during World War I in Egypt. Includes photographs of warships returning from Dardenelles, trams, Eyptian people, buildings, policemen, holy sites, river boats, New Zealand ambulances and hospitals, and the Sphinx and pyramids. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 16 x 21.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McKay, George Riddall, 1890-1951: Papers relating to World War One (MS-Group-1767).

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Williams, Charles Athol, 1899-1990 : Photographs of Te Aute Station, Mangakuri Station, the Williams family, and Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during World War I

Reference: PAColl-0184-1-031

Description: Horses of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, at Zeitoun, Egypt, during World War I. Photograph taken circa 1915. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: W M R horses at Zeitoun Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.1 x 16.9 cm