Karnak

Date: 1916 to 1918

By: Sandford, Gladys, 1891-1971; Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970

Reference: PA1-o-269

Description: World War I photographs in an album created by G Henning (Gladys Henning), a nurse at the military hospitals at Giza and Montazah (now El Muntazah). Many of the images show nursing staff and soldiers, very few of whom are identified, and then only by Christian name. Other scenes are of trips to various sites, such as Karnak, Philae and the Aswan Dam. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green corded fabric cover; 19 x 25 cm

Date: 1914-1915

By: Hackworth, Philip Vernon, 1891-1960; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PA1-q-107

Description: Photograph album containing photographs of Luxor and Samoa during World War I Views in Egypt include ancient sites at Luxor, Karnak and Thebes, and one of water buffalo by the Nile. The second part of the album starts with a view of the harbour at Noumea showing a number of warships in the distance which are named as HMS Australia, HMS Melbourne, HMS Psyche, HMS Philomel, HMS Pyramus, and the French warship Montcalm. Most of the images in the second part relate to the arrival of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Apia, Samoa; the surrender of Samoa by Germany; group portraits of many of the British and New Zealand officers involved in the takeover (most of whom are identified by surname); and scenes of life in Samoa. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Hackworth album Inscriptions: Album page - `In memory of Lieut. P.V. Hackworth, died 1/2/60 at Wellington. This album of photographs was presented to the Samoan Reunion Committee by the Misses Mildred & Ethel Hackworth' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black covers, entitled `New Zealand seaweed'; endpapers decorated with finely detailed pattern in black and gold; 36 x 29 cm Provenance: The album had been presented to the Committee by Misses Mildred and Ethel Hackworth, Wellington, 1960.

Date: 1916-1919 - 1923

From: Gillies, Alexander, 1891-1982: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1936

Description: Photograph album compiled by Alexander Gillies, relating to his service with the NZYMCA (New Zealand Young Men's Christian Association) in Egypt and Palestine during World War One, 1916-1919. Some prints include captions that identify locations, mainly well-known sites in Jerusalem. Images mainly relate to YMCA centres and events. 36 prints depict a garden party for convalescing soldiers at Ezbekiah Gardens. 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 women serving food or drinks, and the Ezbekiah Garden YMCA centre in detail (band rotunda, notices, decorations, tables and chairs, plants). Photographs taken on different occasions depict further views of the entrance, main stage, indoor areas, and visiting soldiers or YMCA workers. Eight prints show different unidentified YMCA performances, tents, huts, vehicles, and workers in Jerusalem as well as other unidentified locations. One hut is labelled "Whaler Past". Portraits of identified individuals include a baby possibly called "Myanoir", "Minerva Page. North Vancouver. 1923", and Gillies himself (bottom right, page 12, with moustache). A postcard with a portrait of six performers is labelled "The Lena Ashwell YMCA Concert Party Egypt". The identifiable signatures on reverse are: Sylvia De Gay, Grace lvell, Marjorie Ffrangcon-Davies, Yvette Pienne, and [?] Flint. The final name is obscured. Portraits of unidentified individuals include a woman holding a lizard, a woman patting a donkey, a young girl, two boxers, and various men in civilian dress or military uniforms. Group portraits include a Pierrot Troupe at Helouan, unidentified performers (possibly in Heliopolis), and many groups of unidentified soldiers. One portrait of soldiers is labelled "34". Gillies appears in group portraits on pages 21 and 26. Images also relate to both routine and unusual military events. Five prints depict Erich von Falkenhyan and Jamal Pasha in Jerusalem (inspecting troops, surveying land, meeting a little girl). Other images show solders in a trench "near Birshaiba", the interior of a "Fancy Store", and a priest conducting a funeral with a group of soldiers around a grave. The print is labelled "W. Sant". Prints depicting a sports day at "Mahomediya Hospital" show convalescing soldiers either watching or playing hockey, volleyball, basketball, croquet, and clock golf. Four prints show a 1918 water polo match in the sea at Alexandria (Abbassia versus Sidi Bishir). Images related to sightseeing mainly show groups of unidentified soldiers at well-known locations around Jerusalem. Locations depicted in Egypt include Memphis, and Philae. Five prints show Gillies and other soldiers (Roy Clack, C.W. Whitehair, Corporal Gas, W. Boyd) with Egyptian guides at the Sphinx and Pyramids at Giza. Seventeen tourist prints show ruins at Karnak and Luxor. Sites photographed in Cairo include the Zoological Gardens, Luna Park in Helipolis, and the Royal Entrance at Cairo Station. Five prints show multiple interior and exterior views of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali. Other images show street scenes, daily life, and unidentified local people in Cairo, Alexandria, Gaza, and Jerusalem. Subjects include local workers, their machinery and animals, a wedding procession, and church dignitaries with the Bishop of Jerusalem at his enthronement (1918). Waterway images show Felucca boats in a canal, "headwaters at the Pyramids", and an unidentified bay with a breakwater, possibly Alexandria or Port Said. Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Album has become unbound and pages are loose. They have been left in order of delivery. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 190 b&w photographic prints. Physical Description: One photograph album consisting of 16 loose pages and broken binding, 25 x 31.5cm Processing information: Album pages have been numbered on each side (1-32) by Library.

Date: 1940

From: Johnston, Ian Thomas Young, 1912- :Photographs relating to Johnston's service in World War Two

Reference: PA1-o-1194

Description: Photographs collected by Johnston, depicting his voyage from Wellington to the Middle East via Australia in 1940, and his time spent in Egypt, Greece, Crete and the Middle East during World War Two. The photographs show Johnston and other military personnel, ships, accommodation and clubs, and scenes of places visited. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916 to 1918

By: Sandford, Gladys, 1891-1971; Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970

Reference: PA1-o-270

Description: Album of photographs taken in and around Egypt during World War I, probably taken by Gladys Henning, a nurse working at military hospitals in Egypt. Mostly traveller's scenes, very few with people, and none identified, except one view on page 21, with a woman, seated between two soldiers, identified as "Me". (This album is associated with the Long Album 3, in which she is identified as G. Henning) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album, entitled `Camera studies'; 21 x 15 cm

Date: 1915-1916

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-08

Description: Ruins and public sculptures of ancient Egypt at Luxor and Karnak; New Zealand military hospitals in Cairo with group photographs of convalescing New Zealand soldiers; Egyptian nurses and midwives as well as other Egyptians carrying out their daily occupations such as water carriers, farmers, cab drivers, pottery sellers, manure carriers, and men operating irrigation technology. There are photographs of waterwheels and other technologies for lifting water from the nile for irrigation. There are some photographs of major architectural features of Cairo such as the Citadel, and a large Mosque. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1940-1944

By: Crump, Douglas Ronald, 1919-1944; Crump, William, active 1950s; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-764

Description: Photographs taken and collected by 2nd Lieutenant Douglas Ronald Crump prior to his death at La Luna, Italy, 7 August 1944. Album comprises: Photographs of the grave of Douglas Ronald Crump at La Luna, Italy, with Brigadier S H Crump Scenes in Papakura Camp, 1940 Scenes of farewell parade for 5th reinforcements at Auckland Domain, 1941 Scenes on convoy to Middle East, showing ships Nieuw Amsterdan and Mauretania, and views of Sydney and Colombo. Scenes in camp at Maadi and Helwan, Egypt, June 1941; pyramids and sphinx; Divisional swimming sports; manoeuvres; Cairo; Alexandria; No 1 NZ Convalescent Depo, Alexandria; Sinai Desert; Syria; Palestine; Lebanon, Beirut; Damascus; Palmyra; Jerusalem, Bethlehem; Haifa; Tel Aviv Visits to ancient Egyptian sites, including Luxor, the temples at Karnak, the tomb of Tutankhamun, the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, and Thebes Scenes on the Nile, including the Assuan Dam, and a BOAC flying boat landing Sporting events, including a rugby match between 4th NZ Armoured Brigade and Welsh representatives at Maadi, 3 Feb 1943; Brigade athletics meet, Littoria Stadium, Cairo, 5 April 1943 Scenes at Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) Views of Bari, Rome and Florence Portraits of Douglas Ronald Crump Album consists of photographs taken and collected by Douglas Ronald Crump (1919-1944) prior to his death, and compiled into an album by his brother, William Crump. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound album with red morrocco spine and corners, 28.5 x 33.5 cm

Date: 1974

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8581

Description: Views of Egypt include - Brickworks at Kom Ombo. Views from the River Nile taken between Kom Ombo and Edfu. Ruins of the Temple of Horus at Edfu. Views of Egypt from the Nile. Temple ruins at Luxor. Temple ruins at Karnak. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1974

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8582

Description: Views of Egypt include - Brickworks at Kom Ombo. Temple ruins at Luxor. Temple ruins at Karnak. Temple of Rameses III at Thebes. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1862 - 1867 - 1863 - 1869

From: [The George Henry Wood collection of prints]

By: Poynter, Edward John (Sir), 1836-1919; Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909

Reference: A-420-154/166

Description: Images of romances, historic and adventure tales, and an Egyptian scene "Feeding the sacred ibis in the halls of Karnac". Engravings by Joseph Swain; one by Dalziel. Quantity: 13 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white prints mounted on sheets, sizes approximately 335 x 223 mm

Date: 15 Feb-9 Apr 1915

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

Reference: MSX-2545

Description: Diary continues from MSX-2544 with Malone commanding the New Zealand troops at the Suez Canal. Describes living and fighting conditions, the activities of his men, and conferences of Unit Command. Also comments on his own personal activities like visiting the dentist, reading mail and arranging a beer for his men. New Zealand troops withdrawn from the Canal on 26 Feb 1915 to Zeitoun Camp. Training his men in the hot winds of the Sahara Desert, and night Divisional exercises. Marched to Avenue de Koubbah on 25 Mar 1915. Four days leave from 29 Mar 1915, visits Luxor, Nile, Karnak, and the Tomb of Queen Nefertari. 3 Apr 1915 Malone comments that he has received word to embark for Turkey aboard the `Itonus'. Diary ends 9 Apr 1915 as troops ready to entrain to Alexandria. Malone takes photographs (for the families) of the graves of the three men of the Battalion who had died so far: Private John A Campbell, Private Albert G Cooper, and Private Bethel J Simpson. 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) (102 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, original & carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Includes ink diagrams Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 94 digitised images. This diary includes the original top copy and also its carbon copy. On page MSX-2545_017 there is a pencil annotation. This annotation is slightly different on the carbon which is also annotated at MSX-2545_017a.