World War, 1914-1918 - Military personnel, New Zealand - Belgium

Date: 1916-1917

By: Grant, Elsa Gladys, 1891-1981; Kinsella, Alison, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1211

Description: Album of photographs taken by Percy James William Simmons of the 15th Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1916-1917. Includes scenes on the troop ship 'Ulimaroa' en route to Plymouth, Sling Camp and surrounding villages, Messines, and London and Edinburgh on leave. Percy Simmons, son of Edgar and Harriet Simmons of Taumarunui, was engaged to Elsa Bass, a teacher. He sent the photographs to her until his death in action in France, on 8 October 1918, aged 29 years. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth covered album 14.6 x 18.5 containing 67 photographs Provenance: Elsa Bass was the mother of the donor.

Date: 1918 - 1919

By: O'Grady, James, 1888-1956

Reference: E-919/920

Description: Sketchbooks contain over 100 sketches of a New Zealand soldier's view of trench warfare in Belgium and the consequences of war immediately afterwards; with many sketches of buildings in the region. #48670 Corporal James O'Grady was in the Otago Infantry Regiment, E Company. Quantity: 2 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on pages of sketchbooks Provenance: Purchased from Davidson Auctions (Annandale, NSW), auction 17 May 2008, lot 418. Transfers: Collection accessioned in Drawings Paintings & Prints; typescript reminiscences transferred to Manuscripts from there. - To Manuscripts & Archives -.

Date: [ca 1917-1918]

By: Harries, Leonard Cyril David, 1896-1971; Randell, Diana, 1928-2001

Reference: PA1-o-1517

Description: Photographs of World War I, Belgium and France, taken ca 1917-1918 and compiled into an album by Len Harries. Most of the photographs have been captioned by Harries but the donor has written additional captions to identify Harries in some of the photographs. Includes photographs of groups of soldiers, damaged buildings and tanks (including Cloth Hall in Ypres), craters, local women and children, aircraft, soldiers in a trench, stretcher bearing. The photographs of France show Ambleteuse and Selles Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album, 15.2 x 20.7 cm Provenance: Len Harries was a cousin of the donor's father and Harries met the donor's mother, Gwendoline Ryall (later Randell), while on leave in England. He left the album with her when he returned to New Zealand.

Date: 20 January 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012998-G

Description: Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders. Record title taken from caption for matching print in album at Library reference PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Bottom left - H-364 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4 x 5 inches

Date: Jul 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012827-G

Description: Soldiers of the New Zealand Division marching at a presentation of medals ceremony after the Battle of Messines during World War I. Rows of troops look on. In front of the first row, far end, stands General Godley who presented the medals. Photograph taken probably France July 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Record title taken from caption for matching print in album at Library reference PA1-f-091 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4 x 5 inches

Date: 4 Feb 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013054-G

Description: A New Zealand Artillery officer bends over to read the wooden cross marking a grave in a former German field cemetery that is now a target of German shelling in World War I. Water-filled shell holes can be seen in the background. There is also a broken wooden cross on the ground. Photograph taken at Westhoek Ridge 4 February 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Caption - "A N.Z. Artillery Officer at the one remaining cross left standing in what was once a German Field Cemetery now practically destroyed by his own shelling." (Album) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H431 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012752-G

Description: World War 1 New Zealand troops during training behind the line in Belgium, rehearsing the attack on Messines. Shows soldiers in a field, down on one knee, with packs on their backs, and guns held upright on the ground. Photograph taken circa 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 with the caption: "NZ troops attacking". A caption in the centre of the page reads: "Rehearsing the attack on Messines". Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H27 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 30 Nov 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012995-G

Description: New Zealand officers watching a bombardment from their dugout near the Western Front during World War I. The area around where they are standing is extensively sandbagged. Photograph taken at Hooge Crater 30 November 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H361 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 20 Nov 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012979-G

Description: World War I soldiers of 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in muddy conditions at "Clapham Junction", Belgium. Shows one reading jokes from the publication "NZ at the Front" to a wounded man on a stretcher. Photograph taken circa 20 November 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-91. Members of the New Zealand Division wrote and illustrated the publication 'New Zealand at the front', published in 1917 and 1918. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H342 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: May 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/4-009462-G

Description: A small group of New Zealand officers leaning on sandbags in the trenches in the Messines Sector during World War I. Behind them is a wooden sign with the lettering "Surrey Lane". Photograph taken May 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H40 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 15 May 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/4-009459-G

Description: A World War I New Zealand soldier sits at the entrance of a dugout in the front line and reads a newspaper. Photograph taken near Messines, Belgium 15 May 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H37 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 21 Jun 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012786-G

Description: General Godley accompanied by officers inspects assembled soldiers of 2nd Infantry Brigade at a review held after the Battle of Messines, Belgium. Photograph taken 21 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H75 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: May 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/4-009463-G

Description: A New Zealand Brigade Commander, identified as Brigadier General Harry Townsend Fulton, looks through binoculars at the German position from a front line trench on Hill 63, near Messines, during World War I. Photograph taken May 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Caption - "A Brigade Commander looking at Boche line." (Album) Library client supplied the full names of Harry Townsend Fulton, April 2009. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H41 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 2 Mar 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013058-G

Description: New Zealand troops at field operations in Belgium during World War I. Soldiers in the foreground sight a lewis? gun. Further away a group of crouching soldiers are sighting rifles. Far left an officer, a Brigadier?, observes. Photograph taken near Dickebusch 2 March 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H435 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 21 Jun 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012783-G

Description: General Godley salutes marching soldiers of 2nd Infantry Brigade during troop review after the Battle of Messines, Belgium. Photograph taken 21 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H72 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012750-G

Description: New Zealand troops during training behind the line in Belgium, rehearsing the attack on Messines. Shows soldiers in a field, with packs on their backs, and guns over their shoulders, walking in the mist. Photograph taken 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 with the caption: "NZ troops in training behind the line". A caption in the centre of the page reads: "Rehearsing the attack on Messines". Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H25 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 7 Jun 1917

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

Reference: PAColl-7985-10

Description: Maori members of the Pioneer Battalion watching tanks advancing towards Messines Ridge, in Belgium, during the attack of June 7th, 1917. Australian Official photograph. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - E 1417. New Zealanders watching the tanks advancing towards Messines Ridge, in Belgium, during the attack of June 7th, 1917 (Australian Official Photograph) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.9 x 19.5 cm

Date: l917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012792-G

Description: The car used by the official New Zealand World War I photographer, Henry Sanders, parked at the heavily fortified New Zealand camp in Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium. The car has a fern leaf emblem on its side. In the background, the entrances to a number of dugouts can be seen. Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders during World War I. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H81 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 21 Jun 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012782-G

Description: General Godley reviews the 2nd Infantry Brigade after the Battle of Messines.Godley shown walking along a line of soldiers standing at attention. Photograph taken 21 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H71 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 2 Mar 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013060-G

Description: The General Officer Commanding (General Russell) observing field operations of New Zealand troops in Belgium during World War I. He is standing with soldiers behind a fortification. The crouched soldiers are taking aim with their rifles. Photograph taken near Dickebusch 2 March 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H437 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches