Military hospitals - England

Date: 1918

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1918-2

Description: Includes (numbering continued from Folder 1): 11. Alhambra, Paris. [ca 1918] 12. Application for issue of first class rail tickets at reduced fares for officers in uniform ... Sister McCallum, NZANS Unit. Paddington to Codford. 8 June 1918 13. No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Christmas card 1918 (showing two photographs of the hospital) 14. XV Corps, Xmas 1918. A merry Xmas and a Happy New Year ... from J B McKnight 15. The American peril. [Note on verso: German propaganda from German trenches on the banks of the Canal De Nord, Hindenberg Line, France, 20 Sept 1918] 16. Special Divisional Routine order, by Brigadier-General G N Johnston, CMG, DSO, Commanding New Zealand Division. 9 December 1918. Signed by H E Avery, Lieut-Colonel, Assistant-Adjutant & Quartermaster General 17. Rationing order 1918. Pass containing leave or duty ration book, soldier or sailor. Serial no R1 No. 130453 18. YMCA. If they knocked at YOUR door tonight, would you let them in? Red Triangle publication No. 5. Red Triangle Day, Friday March 15th. 19. 42nd Reinforcements, HMNZT 'Tofua'. W R Taylor, hon sec. Souvenir programme. Concert and presentation of prizes (With C S M Finlayson, P Payne, Rev C H Olds, Mr Warren, Mr Mabee, mr hartman, Lester Cpl Rowe, Sister Affleck, Pvt Reeve, Sergt Goudie, Pvt Mudford, R W Chiswell, Pvt W Anderson, Pvt A Robertson). Accompanied by fragment of address label giving provenance details 20. Mother's Day 1918. American YMCA. Back cover has a portrait sketch of "Fritz; a typical Hun", signed by S.J.K. (likely to be surname Kircher) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources. Donors include Mrs Primrose MacFarlane in 1986, and Mr F T Norton, 1985.

Date: 1939-1940

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: McKenzie, J S (Private), active 1940

Reference: PA1-q-293

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel in New Zealand, England and Egypt, taken 1939-1940 and compiled for official use. Most of the images have good captions, and most of the names noted are listed above. The album includes a number of British Official Photographs. Scenes include New Zealanders in the advance party sailing from Melbourne in December 1939; shipboard scenes of the First Echelon arriving in Egypt; Freyberg welcoming the troops on arrival with Anthony Eden (Secretary of State for the Dominions) and Sir Miles Lampson; the train service between the NZ camp and Cairo; Egyptian workmen helping construct the camp, and women doing the laundry; Divisional Signallers lined up on motor bikes. Battle practice and army life in the desert: anti-tank & anti-aircraft practice; bren guns; vehicle maintenance; blacksmiths; operating the telephone exchange; engineering work; sorting mail; manufacturing field oven; chopping wood for the oven; food preparation; boot mending; camp cinema; various games including cards, bowls, cricket, swimming, boxing; disinfecting plant for killing pests in soldiers' blankets; digging trenches; erecting tents. Opening of the Kiwi Club at Helwan, formed through the efforts of Lady Lampson. Three photographs taken by a sergeant of the Royal Marines, showing action related to the battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Battle of the River Plate (p 65, 111, 133) New Zealanders resident in England who volunteeered at the outbreak of war are shown training with the Eastern Command; manoevres with the 2nd Echelon in Britain, and the opening of a new club for New Zealanders in Charing Cross Road; Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops in 1940; NZ armourers and wireless operators working for the RAF; information about the longest non-stop reconnaisance flight made in a Vickers Wellington bomber, piloted and crewed by members of the RNZAF Bomber Squadron (5 crew + 1 officer from the Navy to assist in ship identification); and Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops. In Libya scenes show a motor rail car which patrolled the rail to Matruh; "Whare Kiwi" dugout in the Libyan Desert; The first air raid experienced in a small village in the Cairo area. NZ airmen arrive in Canada for training in the Empire Air Trianing Scheme; haka led by Pine Takarangi. Transportation of troops and equipment across inland water, use of collapsible assault boats and building bridges. Western Desert battle; Italian and Libyan prisoners of war; captured tanks and vehicles; view of the Italian defence line; also the surrender of Traghen when the whole population of the Libyan Fort marched out in surrender. Various hospital scenes, both in England and in Egypt, including occupational therapy activities. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1904-1926

By: Ryburn family

Reference: MS-Group-1796

Description: Eric Ryburn, a law student at Otago University, sailed from New Zealand with the Third Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He served with the Otago Infantry Regiment and saw action at Gallipoli and later on the Western Front. On 14 July 1916 he was wounded and was hospitalised in England. When he was fit he undertook officer training and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant. Ryburn was killed in action at Ypres in Belgium, 12 October 1917. Quantity: 15 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.18 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs S Robinson, Gisborne (on behalf of the Ryburn family), 2009

Date: 6 Jan-28 Mar 1919

From: Stone family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11199-78

Description: Letters written from Education Branch, Hornchurch Convalescence Camp, 6 Jan; Rhineland, Germany, 12 Jan-17 Mar; Hornchurch, 22-25 Mar and Sling Camp, 28 Mar 1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1914 - 1916

From: Rule, A, fl 1914-1916 :[Cartoons relating to the European War, 1914-16]

Reference: A-224-012

Description: Ink sketch shows a wounded soldier swathed in bandages, sitting up in his hospital bed smoking. A young nurse is bringing him a tray of tea. Extended Title - Published in: Shell Shocks... London: Jarrold [1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 250 x 325 mm.

Date: 1916-1919, 1987-1989

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: Series-5541

Description: Includes letters E S Bibby wrote to his family while on active service, diaries 1917-1919, military documents, photographs, and ephemera relating to his military service and correspondence with researchers about his recollections of aspects of World War One, 1987-1989. Also includes letters written to family members by his brother, Bruce, from military camps in New Zealand, 1918. Also includes photographs taken or collected by E S Bibby while on military service. Other photographs of Edward Stuart Bibby's war years and of Waipawa peace celebrations are at Library references PAColl-9161, PAColl-2838-1m, and PAColl-5636-1. Edward Stuart Bibby spent most of 1916 in military camps in New Zealand. He sailed for England with the 23rd Reinforcements for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force aboard the `Ruapehu', leaving Wellington on 14 March 1917. Shortly after arriving in Etaples training camp in France in July 1917 he developed pneumonia and was shipped to England where he spent time at New Zealand military hospitals in Walton, Hornchurch and Codford. After his recovery he was sent to Sling Camp and returned to Etaples in February, 1918. In the following month he rejoined the Otago Regiment and saw action during the remainder of the war during which time he was wounded. After the war ended he returned to Sling Camp and left England for home aboard the `Tahiti' in May 1919. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 33 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 1 album(s).

Date: 10 Oct- 28 Dec 1918

From: Stone family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11199-77

Description: Letters written from London, 6 Oct; Sling Camp, Salisbury, England, 10 Oct; France, 12 Oct-26 Nov; London 1 Dec and Educational Wing, Hornchurch Convalescent Camp, England, 12-28 Dec 1918 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1917-1918

From: Mackrell, Brent, fl 2012 : Papers relating to military history

Reference: MSX-8898

Description: Diaries kept by A Clive Johns, 9th Hawkes Bay Company, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Brigade while on active service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War One. The diaries commence on 1 Jan 1917 while Johns was undergoing training at Sling Camp. On 12 February he landed in France where he saw action until 17 October when he was wounded by a shell. He was hospitalised in England at Brockenhurst. He left England for New Zealand aboard the hospital ship `Marama' on 7 April 1918. See 2003/107, MS-2003-107 for related material at the Auckland Museum Library. A C Johns books and scrapbooks are in box 23 of this collection. Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1901-1902, 1915-1919

From: Mackrell, Brent, fl 2012 : Papers relating to military history

Reference: MS-Papers-11253-28

Description: The diaries describe McComish's experience in the South African War and World War One McComish left Invercargill as a member of the 7th New Zealand Contingent on 12 March 1901 and saw action in the South African War, returning to New Zealand in May 1902. On 12 June 1915 he embarked on HMNS No 24 (Maunganui) with 5th Reinforcements for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was wounded in the Gallipoli Campaign and invalided back to New Zealand. Partially recovered he sailed with the 24th Reinforcements for the NZEF to England in April 1917 but after a medical examination he was deemed unfit to go to France. However in September 1918 he finally went there and joined the New Zealand Light Rail Operating Company. McComish returned to New Zealand in August 1919 aboard the `Tainui'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typed transcripts

Date: 1913, 1915-1918

By: Dougherty, Allan Telford, 1891-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-7929

Description: Diaries kept by Alan Dougherty in New Zealand in 1913 and while serving in the Army during World War One, 1915-1918. During this time he saw action on the Western Front where he was wounded at Armentires in 1916. After hospitalisation in England he was invalided back to New Zealand at the end of the year and spent 1917 and 1918 recuperating at Auckland Hospital and at a sanatorium in Rotorua. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: 20 Oct 1916-4 Mar 1918

From: Mackrell, Brent, fl 2012 : Papers relating to military history

Reference: MS-Papers-11253-33

Description: The letters, written to members of his family, begin when Johns was on HMNZT no 67 (Tofua) as part of the 18th Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. After landing at Plymouth on 28 Dec 1916 Johns was sent to Sling Military Camp. In Feb 1917 he embarked for France where he took part in action on the Western Front. In June 1917 he was wounded. After treatment at No 5 Convalesant Depot in France he subsequently returned to active service. On 17 October 1917 he was injured by a shell and treated at Number Four General Hospital in France. From here he was moved to Southwark Military Hospital, London and in January 1918 he was sent to No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst. John's last communication was a telegram sent to his family in Te Awamutu, 4 March 1918, which read `Returning shortly'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1919-1915

From: Stout family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11518-081

Description: Letters to his parents, written after being stationed in France at an unidentified field hospital, and later at No 3 NZ General Hospital, at Codford, Wiltshire, UK. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: 1914-1917

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

Reference: MS-Papers-11559-02

Description: Folder contains a bound scrapbook of correspondence, ephemera, newspaper cuttings and printed material collected by Stichbury during his World War One military service. Includes shipboard and hospital menus, soldier's leave passes, postcards, tickets, souvenir programmes, certificates, troop list card, invitation cards, ANZAC Day 1916 (1st Anniversary) service programme at Hornchurch 23 Apr 1916, and discharge certificate for Stichbury 28 May 1917. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (bound volume). Physical Description: Printed scrapbook (32.5 cm) Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 70 digitised images

Date: 1916

From: Dowling, Richard Egbert Compere, 1894-1979 : World War One papers

Reference: MSX-8955

Description: During 1916 Dowling worked as a medical dispenser at Hornchurch Hospital and in July was transferred to the Command Depot and Codford. He continued to suffer the after effects of his injuries received at Gallipoli. In October a Medical Board decided he was unfit for further service and he was shipped home to New Zealand on 29 Oct aboard the hospital ship 'Maheno' and was discharged from military service in January 1917 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project

Date: Jul 1917

From: Simonds, Sheila, active 2005: Collection

By: Panora Ltd

Reference: PA6-785

Description: Panoramic group portrait of New Zealand soldiers and nurses at World War One convalescent hospital 'Grey Towers', at Hornchurch, England, July 1917, taken by Panora Ltd of 60 Doughty St, W.C. Ivy covered hospital building in background. Inscriptions: Photographers title on print - bottom right: Photo by Pamora Ltd, 60 Doughty St, W.C. No. 1787 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panorama. Physical Description: Panoramic photographic print

Date: 1908-1919

By: Levick, Edith Audrey Mayson, 1890-1980

Reference: MSX-9386

Description: Autograph album belonging to Edith Audrey Beeton. Includes entries from 1908 to 1918, including the period when she was a nurse during the First World War at the St George's Hill Auxiliary Hospital, Weybridge, England. Includes sketches and autographs of New Zealand and Newfoundland soldiers. The approximately 185 autograph entries generally consist of the individual's name and service number, rank and unit, along with the date of the entry. Some also have a personal remark added, such as 'In remembrance of happy hours spent in Walton', by a member of the New Zealand Light Railway Operating Company. Ownership inscription on first free endpaper states 'Edith Audrey Beeton, July 30th 1908, 310 St James Court, Westminster, S.W.I.' The album includes eleven original artistic illustrations and two illustrated manuscript programmes laid in: - Ink drawing of a cat, signed by E Caldwell of the SS 'Pythia', dated 25 October 1910. - Pencil drawing of a dog named 'Don', signed Eileen Hood, dated 1909. - Ink and watercolour drawing of a young girl wearing clogs, signed W Cowles, no date. - Ink drawing with the title 'London Bridge, Torquay', signed with initials, dated 1918. - Pencil drawing of mounted cavalry soldier on horseback, signed, no date. - Pencil and watercolour drawing of a female in profile, signed Violet Hood, dated 4 September 1908. - Ink drawing of a stylised nurse in uniform, signed, dated 1918. - Ink and coloured pencil cartoon-style drawing depicting war scenarios from a New Zealand soldier's perspective, signed 'W S Cumberland N.Z.R.B.', dated 29 December 1917. - Pencil drawing of the head of a horse wearing a full double bridle, also known as a Weymouth bridle, signed Kitty Hood, dated 27 September 1908. - Pencil and watercolour drawing of a child wearing clogs and seated on a fence holding two chickens, signed R G Lee, no date, on paper mounted on album page. - Watercolour drawing of a building and gardens with large trees, signed, dated 8 September 1908. - Ink on paper, manuscript programme with illustration on cover, bifolium, 'Programme. Cranford. House 4. March 26th', includes list of roles and cast ('Dramatis Personae') and an overview of the play in two acts (four scenes). - Ink, pencil and watercolour, manuscript programme with illustration on front cover, bifolium tied with pink ribbon, 'Program - Love is Blind', includes cast list divided into 'extras' and 'propers'. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Autograph album - padded maroon full leather binding with the title 'Album' in gilt lettering on front cover, marbled endpapers, 80 leaves of pastel pink, blue, yellow and green tinted paper and art paper with 24 leaves of tissue interleaving; two loose bifolium manuscript items laid in. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Collection of four photographic prints originally enclosed with autograph album (PAColl-10398). Includes illustrations in a range of watercolour, ink and pencil, depicting horses, dogs, cats, men (including as soldiers), women, children, and buildings.

Date: [ca 1918]

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

Reference: 1/2-014144-G

Description: A general view of the officers' quarters at Brockenhurst, the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital in Hampshire during World War I. Shows iron-clad dwellings among trees and lawns. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK340 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

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

Reference: 1/2-014120-G

Description: Group portrait of the orchestra at Oatlands Park, the World War I New Zealand military hospital in Weybridge, Surrey. The members, dressed in khaki, pose with their instruments. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - UK317 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

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

Reference: 1/2-013928-G

Description: The rabbit farm at the New Zealand military hospital at Walton-on-Thames - possibly at the nearby Oatlands Park branch. Shows a row of wooden cages raised off the ground containing rabbits. A group of soldiers converses on the right near a sitting cat. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - UK137 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches