World War, 1939-1945 - Military personnel - Egypt

Date: 1940

By: Whitehead, Morris and Company (Egypt) Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-1940-02

Description: Folded programme for an entertainment including a review of historical costumes (Ancient Egyptians, Turkish Mamelukes) and tent pegging, drills, bull fighting, cossack riding performed by Cairo City Police. This was to be followed by the Cairo Police Band singing "Land of hope and glory", and "There'll always be an England" (words included on back page), the English and Egyptian National Anthems. All for pages have decorative borders: the inside spread has borders of holly, and the front and back pages show simplified coats of arms of British Empire: Canadian and Australian provinces and states, African countries, India, Ceylon, New Zealand, Papua, Fiji, Jamaica. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on sheet folded to 275 x 212 mm.

Date: 2022

By: Bates, John, 1939?-

Reference: MSX-10206

Description: Biography of Peter Bates (1920-1993) written by his nephew, John Bates, and self-published in 2022. Titled 'Peter's Reflections' and subtitled 'On joining the Taranaki Herald, Going to War, Capture, Escape, Swiss Internment and his later life'. The book includes transcriptions of Peter Bates' war and later life diaries and letters, copies of photographs, maps, and illustrations. Comprises 25 chapters and 332 pages excluding title page, contents, and index. The biography covers such topics as Bates' employment at the Taranaki Herald; the declaration of war; his military training at New Plymouth, Waverley, and Trentham; the voyage to and arrival in Egypt; joining the 6th Brigade, 25th Battalion; 2nd Division involvement in the Mediterranean and Syria; his capture and experience as a prisoner of war; his escape to Switzerland; his repatriation to New Zealand; and his life post-war. Title supplied by Library. Bates, a journalist from New Plymouth, embarked from New Zealand for the Middle East in September 1941. He was captured in the Western Desert in July 1942 and was sent to a prisoner of war camp in Italy. When Italy capitulated he escaped to Switzerland and was repatriated to New Zealand in December 1944. John Bates is Peter Bates' nephew and was given copies of Peter's diaries and letters by Peter's children prior to his passing in 1993. He wrote this biography at Peter's suggestion. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Hardcover volume bound in blue cloth with gold embossed lettering, 300 x 220 x 25 mm.

Date: [Between 1935 and 1945]

By: Kent-Johnston, Charles Walter, 1918-1973; Kent-Johnston, Isabella Christie Loma, 1918-2003

Reference: PA1-q-134

Description: Photograph album relating to World War II, chiefly taken by Charles Walter Kent-Johnston, when in the 2NZEF in Egypt. The first part of the album shows family and friends, and various houses, none of which are identified. The war images include scenes of Burnham Military Camp, and then shipboard travel to the East, followed by scenes in Egypt. There are numbers of group scenes of the life of soldiers on leave, and some of the everyday life of Egyptians. The last group consists of postcards of Egyptian life. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with tooled leather cover, decorated with poker-work coloured illustration entitled `Maori Whare, N.Z.', and `Photographs'; 21 x 32 cm

Date: [ca Apr 1943]

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: Wemyss, Stan, active 1945

Reference: DA-03041-F

Description: A NZ and an Australian soldier talking with the Commander of the 8th Army, General Bernard Montgomery, at a garden party in the British Embassy grounds in Cairo on April 30, 1943, when repatriated personnel from Italy were entertained. Photograph taken by S Wymess. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 12 Nov 1943]

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: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996

Reference: DA-04482-F

Description: Some of the men who attended the parade at the 23rd New Zealand Field Ambulance Unit at Maadi Camp, Egypt, when Brigadier H S Kenrick handed over a cheque of £1814 to Major Tweedie (NZ Red Cross Rep) on behalf of recently repatriated personnel in appreciation of the aid given them while in German POW camps. L to R, Pte J F Dellaca (Oxford), J N Robson (Huntly), L/Bdr Paterson (Sydney, Aust), Pte V Riley (Westport). Photograph taken circa 12 November 1943 by George Robert Bull. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 30 Apr 1943

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: Wemyss, Stan, active 1945

Reference: DA-03040-F

Description: British Ambassador to Egypt, Sir Miles Lampson, and General Bernard Montgomery, at a garden party held in the Embassy grounds in Cairo on April 30, 1943, when soldiers repatriated from Italy were entertained. Photograph taken by S Wymess. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 10 Nov 1943]

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

Reference: DA-04473-F

Description: General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and British Minister Terence Shone listen to experiences related by repatriated prisoners of war at a garden party held at the Gazira Sporting Club, Cairo, during World War II. Taken circa 10 November 1943 by a British official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca May 1941]

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

Reference: DA-01095-F

Description: Prime Minister Peter Fraser with 2nd Lieutenant C F Skinner (Member for Motueka) and high officers of the Egyptian Army. On right Ferir Ibrahim Atallan Pasha, Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Army. Location at Shepheards Hotel, Cairo, on the occasion of a dinner in the honour of the PM. Taken circa May 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative