Messines, Battle of, Belgium, 1917
Martin, Charles Henry : Diaries
Date: 1915-1918
By: Martin, Charles Henry, 1881-
Reference: MS-Papers-2125
Description: Diaries include brief day to day account of activities, 1915 to 1918. They begin with his enlistment in Dec 1915 and end with his discharge in Dec 1918. Signaller in 1st Otago Battalion. He saw action in the Battles of Messines and Passenchendale Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 volumes). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs
Healey, Clarence Alfred Peter, 1896-1940 : World War One diary
Date: 1916
By: Healey, Clarence Alfred Peter, 1896-1940
Reference: MS-Papers-2244
Description: Contains brief daily entries with some gaps. Also contains two entries for 1917 including reference to Battle of Messines in June. Source of title - Supplied title Healey entered Featherston Camp in January 1916 and sailed for France in May. He served on Western Front with Wellington Infantry Battalion and took part in Battle of Somme in September. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (48 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Hogg, William Fergusson, 1883-1974 : Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1917
By: Hogg, William Fergusson, 1883-1974
Reference: MS-Papers-1102
Description: Includes photographs, maps, battle orders, a message and signals notebook relating to the Battle of Messines, Jun 1917; also diagrams of weapons, lecture notes. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, and photographs Includes photographs, diagrams of weapons and maps
Creator unknown: Photographs relating to Brocton Camp
Date: [ca 1914-1918]
Reference: PAColl-10702
Description: Photographs mounted on a loose album page show Brocton Camp, the New Zealand military camp at Cannock Chase, County Staffordshire, England during World War One. Photographer(s) unidentified. Photographs include views of a large-scale terrain model of the town of Messines and surrounding area (including trenches) with one image showing men working on the model. Also the YMCA hut Walsall, unidentified soldiers, and buildings. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on an album page. Physical Description: Photographic prints mounted on a loose card album page
Jervis, Vincent Gordon, d 1973 : Diaries
Date: May 1917-Nov 1918
By: Jervis, Vincent Gordon, -1973
Reference: MS-Papers-2241
Description: Jervis recorded daily giving an account of his activities including participation in Battle of Messines and Passchendale in 1917 Source of title - Supplied Jervis left NZ in 1916 and served on the Western Front with NZ Rifle Brigade. He was wounded in Battle of Puisieux-au-Mont in August 1918 and hospitalized in England. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 volumes). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs
Guns captured by the New Zealanders at Messines
Date: 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012789B-G
Description: Guns captured by the New Zealanders at Messines on public display in Bailleuil, northern France, during World War I. Photograph taken 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches
Guns captured by the New Zealanders at Messines
Date: 14 June 1918
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-013406-G
Description: Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders. Record title taken from caption for matching print in album at Library reference PA1-f-094 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Bottom left - H822 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4 x 5 inches
General Godley addresses troops after the Battle of Messines
Date: 21 Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012785-G
Description: General Godley congratulates members of the 2nd Infantry Brigade on their success in the Battle of Messines at a review held afterward. Godley, standing in centre, addresses seated troops. 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 - H74 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches
A New Zealand battalion after the Battle of Messines, World War I
Date: June 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/4-009519-G
Description: Group portrait of part of a New Zealand battalion that fought successfully at the Battle of Messines, Belgium during World War I. Photograph taken probably France in June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-094 Caption - "Group of the Battalion which took the Hospice, Birthday Farm, 6 machine guns and 100 prisoners." (Album) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H823 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
A New Zealand machine gun company after the Battle of Messines
Date: Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/4-009469-G
Description: A group portrait of a New Zealand machine gun company that was one of the first through Messines during World War I. Photograph taken June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H108 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
A New Zealand battalion after the Battle of Messines, World War I
Date: June 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/4-009516-G
Description: Group portrait of part of a New Zealand battalion that fought successfully at the Battle of Messines, Belgium during World War I. Photograph taken probably France in June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-094 Caption - "Group of the Battalion which took the Hospice, Birthday Farm, 6 machine guns and 100 prisoners." (Album) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H805 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
New Zealand gun 'Alice' in action during the Battle of Messines
Date: 8 Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/4-009465-G
Description: A New Zealand artillery gun in action at the Battle of Messines in World War I. Shows the gun crew standing by the gun. Photograph taken 8 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Caption - "Our guns come into action in the open for the first time in the Messines Battle." (Album) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - H53 [Inscription reversed] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
A New Zealand artillery gun and gun crew at the Battle of Messines
Date: 8 Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/4-009467-G
Description: A New Zealand artillery gun 'Alice' with its gun crew at the Battle of Messines, Belgium, in World War I. Photograph taken 8 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Caption - "Our guns come into action in the open for the first time in the Messines Battle." (Album) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H57 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
General Godley reviews the New Zealand troops after the Battle of Messines, Belgium
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
German wounded captured at Messines arrive at the New Zealand Field Hospital
Date: 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012774-G
Description: Young German wounded soldiers, captured at Messines, arrive at the New Zealand field hospital. Led by New Zealand soldiers, they walk along a duckboard past tents. Photograph taken 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 - H63 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches
New Zealanders carrying a wounded soldier near Messines, Belgium, during World War 1
Date: 8 Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012771-G
Description: New Zealanders carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher, near Messines, Belgium, during World War 1. Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders on 8 June, 1917. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H60 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
German 77mm gun emplacement destroyed during the Battle of Messines, Belgium, during Wo...
Date: Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012777-G
Description: German 77mm gun emplacement destroyed by New Zealand troops during the Battle of Messines, Belgium. Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders in June, 1917. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H66 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches
General Alexander John Godley reviewing troops in Belgium after the Battle of Messines
Date: 21 Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012784-G
Description: General Alexander John Godley reviewing troops in Belgium after the Battle of Messines. Photograph taken 21 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - Original print from this negative in album PA Series 1 : f : 91 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H73 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches
Duke of Connaught inspects the Victors of Messines
Date: 26 Jun 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012858-G
Description: The Duke of Connaught, accompanied by General Godley, passes down the line of New Zealanders at a troop inspection in the Market Square, Bailleul, northern France. Photograph taken 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 - H158 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches
Guns captured by the New Zealanders at Messines
Date: 1917
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-012788-G
Description: Guns captured by the New Zealanders at Messines on public display in Bailleuil, northern France, during World War I. Photograph taken 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - H77 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches