Freyberg, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, Baron, 1889-1963

Date: 1946 - 1955

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Sports post (Newspaper)

Reference: B-154-057/126

Description: Includes covers of the Evening post sports post, and the Sports post, for the following dates: 1946. 11 May, 15 June, 29 June, 6 July, 20 July, 27 July, 3 August, 31 August, 7 September, 28 September, 12 October, 26 October, 9 November, 23 November, 7 December 1947. 4 January, 18 January, 1 February, 15 February, 5 April, 26 April, 10 May, 24 May, 14 June, 23 August, 30 August, 6 September, 25 October 1948. 18 September, 25 September, 2 October, 9 October, 11 December, 23 December. 1949. 5 February, 5 March, 26 March, 2 April, 28 May, 16 July, 13 August, 10 September, 22 October, 26 November, 10 December 1950. 25 March, 1 April, 8 April, 15 April, 27 May, 10 June, 9 September, 23 September, 21 October, 25 November 1951. 9 June 1952. 19 April, 3 May, 7 June, 5 July, 26 July 1953. 25 July 1954. 1 May, 26 June, 4 December 1955. 12 March, 18 June, 9 July, 6 August, 3 September. Includes cartoons featuring women golfers, General Bernard Freyberg, women cricketers, sports press photographers, boxers, cyclists, rugby players, husband getting a garden trowel from his wife as a present, cricketer Ian Cromb playing golf, soaking one's tired feet, bowler, first swim of the season, opening of the lifesaving season (political cartoon about socialism and private enterprise); "Crossroads" (Labour's Peter Fraser and National's Sid Holland - re the 1946 general election), town versus country cricket match at Basin Reserve (original at B-154-054); "We beat Auckland" - caricature of J R Lamason the selector for the Wellington Cricket Association, punters at the horse races, Australian and USA runners; "The big chief" - Tom Lock, president of the NZ Bowling Council; photographic portrait of the Sports post cartoonist; Mother's Day - expectant father paces the hospital corridors and faints on being confronted by twins!; "No confidence" - a rear view of a golfer; "Our Alf" (probably wrestling referee Alf Jenkins); "Death is on the road" - a warning about the road toll; women hockey players - "the female of the species; Father's Day (Father upsets his son by playing with a toy train); jockey rides a horse in a handstand position ("I learned it at the circus!); "The cert" - rugby player carts his luggage to South Africa; Portraits of North Island and South Island rugby teams; "Doomsday" - rugby selection?; wife irons husband's bowling trousers; Go-Kart racing (original drawing at B-154-052); Father Christmas; members of the 1949 NZ Cricket team to tour Great Britain; a pole-vaulter about to land on a rake; schoolboys at the change in season between cricket and rugby; "Beginning of the grand uproar season" - politicians as opera performers (numbered key inside cover lists participants as James Roberts, Mr Mason, Mr Nordmeyer, Mr Nash, Mr Fraser, Mr Jones, Mr Parry, Mr Cullen, Mr McKeen, Mr McCombs, Mr Hackett, Mr McLagan, Mr Chapman, Miss Mabel Howard); cricket players and rugby players; burglar watches the rugby (see laser copy of original at A-317-063); "Sportsman's nightmare" (Rugby test in South Africa and cricket test in England both on at the same time); "The age of innocence" (original at C-132-889); Opening batsman; "The M.P. games trial" (original at C-132-877); "The Cabinet" (see key inside front cover); "An ivers 'un!" (Australian spin bowler Iverson); "Boy oh boy - the tail-end at last (see original at B-154-053); Camping - "Hoi - why can't you use the gate like everyone else?"; rugby charge with a player as a battering ram; Eric Tindill; Lion and All Blacks; Rugby injuries ("Two more from that friendly game at Kilbirnie, Sister"); Wrestlers; Cricketer needs his trousers from the Dry Cleaner's; Pigeons at a cricket match; Ladies' Hockey Club Dance (original at C-132-883); Warming up causes a fire; duck shooting with a cannon; wrestlers tied in knots; Ron Jarden; Yvette Williams; Mooloo, Waikato's pride (rugby mascot); "The winning streak" - Murray Halberg?; runner Landy; Cricket violence (cricket captain claims that the Australian team didn't do the same to their captain Hutton - see original at C-132-870); Cricketer Tyson bowling during England's tour of New Zealand - Tyson at his peak after helping defeat Australia); Soccer free kick; Indian hockey players use the Indian rope trick; little boy takes up hockey to his father's disappointment; Father does the dishes on Father's Day. Quantity: 70 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (newsclippings of cartoons). Physical Description: Photolithographs on front cover of newspaper 485 x 330 mm (folded) Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Colvin in 2000.

Date: [Circa 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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-287

Description: Official photographs from World War II, very few of which have captions. General Freyberg is seen in many images, with different groups of officers and soldiers, and reviewing of New Zealand troops on parade. He is also shown receiving the Greek Military Cross from the Greek Minister of War, Stelios Dimitrakakis. The New Zealand Bomber Squadron is shown with their "Wellington Devil"; R.A.F. bombers with some New Zealand airmen returning from a raid on Berlin; and airmen from NZ joining the fighter force receiving final training on a Spitfire. There are scenes of activities associated with entertainment and sports. These include a pipe band of a South Island Battalion recently arrived in the Middle East, taken at Maadi, circa 1941, and one picture of four buglers; the Kiwi Concert Party performing in the Middle East (p 118-125); and sports including boxing, athletics, discus throw, tug-of-war, rowing and swimming. New Zealand Division Athletics Championships in Cairo (p 82-87). One set of photographs (p 58-68) were taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete. They show Axis destroyers at Piraeus, in readiness to transport Nazi parachute troops and airborne infantry to an island airfield in the Aegean Sea used as a base for the invasion of Crete; Nazi bombers with groups of soldiers waiting to board a troop carrier; and two aerial views, one showing a Junker troop carrier nosed down into the Cretan Sea, and one showing wrecked German troop transports on Maleme aerodrome. Views of HMS Leander in the Middle East (p 70-75, 98-99). New Zealand crew members W. Hickford (Wanganui), E. Drabble (Auckland), J. Stewart (Wellington), A L Poad (Auckland) and K Newson (Wellington) are named in image no. 952 (p 71); a large range-finder in action; group of officers (identified in reference no. DA-01901); clothes-washing; mending clothes; serving the rum ration; a church service; gunners with a captured Breda gun (D.L. Graham-Cameron (Gisborne) and J. Kelly (Waitara)); repairing a torpedo; and deck hockey. The opening of the Lowry Hut at Maadi on 16th July 194l shows general Freyberg and Mrs Freyberg, Mrs A P F Chapman who was attached to the New Zealand YMCA which operated the hut, which was presented by her father Thomas Henry Lowry; and general scenes inside and outide the hut. The other club shown in this album is the New Zealand Forces Club in Cairo, with a mural painted by war artist Peter McIntyre. There are also reproductions of some of his paintings on p 101 and 104-105. Ambulances were presented to the NZEF through the British American Ambulance Corps and the Anzac War Relief Fund, Maadi, with a number of photographs showing different types of ambulance, and a mobile surgical unit. At the reception of the Anzac War Relief Fund in New York they gave a demonstation of the Australian Indian type of ambulance which would be sent to the Middle East, at which the Hon. J G Coates, Nola Luxford were present, and at which the American president of the fund presented the Wings of Mercy badge to the Hon. Frank Langstone. A group of wireless operators and air gunners who attended the No. 11 W.A.G. course at Mountain View Air Station (Canada), p 111. (For full names see information noted on reference nos. DA-01417 to DA-01418, and DA-01420). Many photographs are related to the postal service, showing huge piles of incoming parcels and letters for the troops, with men sorting, collecting and receiving their mail. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22 cm

Date: 1939-1945

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: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-295

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are named, are not individually listed above. Images include a consignment of 3000 cases of apples arriving at the New Zealand Forces Club in Egypt; YMCA secretaries of the NZEF in Crete before the blitz; NZ pilots at advanced RAF training school in England; King George II of Greece inspecting troops in the Middle East, being entertained by members of the Maori Battalion, and presenting medals to the platoon acting as his bodyguard on the Greek royal family's evacuation from Crete to Egypt (p 6-11). American aid to the ANZACs, showing a function in New York celebrating the presentation of over 100 ambulances to the fighting forces in Egypt, with (on p 12-15) views in Egypt of the ambulances & mobile surgical unit; the General Hospital at Helwan, with views inside wards, and life of convalescents including a swimming carnival, picnics and yachting (p 16-20); nurses' life at the General Hospital (p 139-141). Arrival of a mobile canteen for the YMCA (p 20-21); NZ soldiers on leave in Cairo; NZ cricket team at the Gezira Sporting Club (p 23-24); Parades of NZ units reviewed by general Freyberg; A YMCA canteen service van in Crete; opening of the Lowry Hut (p 8, p 28-30, p 34-35); Rowing races between a NZ team and Cairo representative team at the Cairo River Club (p 30-31, p 67). PM Peter Fraser's tour of NZ activities in Britain; broadcasts to NZ through the BBC's New Zealand programme (p 32-33, 92-93, 124-125); the New Zealand Forces Club (p 35-39, 44); ENSA Concert Party (p 40-42); staff at NZ House in London sorting parcels from NZ for NZ personnel. Attack on Crete (p 44-53), views taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete, including Junkers transport carriers, Axis destroyers and wrecked German planes at Maleme airport; transport ship Glengyle after the evacuation from Crete. HMS Leander (p 55-61, p 79, p 84-85), includes group of sailors & NZ officers, all identified. Maori Battalion training in the Middle East; incidents during route march; two views of the official Netherlands Indies Women's organisation in wartime who looked after NZ airmen passing through batavia (Djakarta) (P 66, 68); sports meeting at the Prince Farouk Stadium Cairo (p 68-73, 83); artillery callibrating guns (p 73-79); field ordnance worlshops; Mobile Surgical Unit; copies of paintings by war artist peter McIntyre (p 87-91); Bomber Command Operational Training Unit. Postal unit (p 94-101); wireless operator air gunners after training at the WAG course at Mountain View Air Station in Canada (all named, p 96-97); investiture conferring Greek decorations on NZ officers (p 101-102, 110-111); Kiwi Concert Party (p 103-110); manouevres in the desert; fire brigade at NZ Base Camp (p 118-122); 2nd Echelon Office keeping personal records (p 120, 122-123); camp laundry in Egypt (p 128-130); work of a Light Aid Detachment in the field; the original ANZAC Club, Singapore (p 144); training under active service conditions in desert (p 145-149); visit by NZ soldiers to a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis raising Arab horses. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 782-1226. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1942-1951

From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers

Reference: 2003-005-5/10

Description: Mainly letters of semi-private nature to Cox. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-164

Description: Photographs, relating to the lives of prominent New Zealanders, arranged alphabetically from FA to GI, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1974

From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers

Reference: 2003-005-4/05

Description: Labelled `Dan Davin MS'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1942]

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: PA1-q-290

Description: Official photographs from World War II, many of which have captions. Most of the men named are listed above, but where there are large groups, some of the names are noted below. Only pages 1-30 have photographs attached; page 31 contains a number of loose captions which have no photographs attached; and pages 32-149 are empty. Photographs linked with New Zealand airmen training in Canada include photographs of a Christmas party given for English and Polish refugee children and 100 ANZAC pilots in Canada (p 8); some of the men on leave in New York (p 15-16); three New Zealand airmen in North Western Alaska (Stan N Askew, Robert B Graham and Len Burgess); wireless operators in the Canadian Wireless School; group of New Zealand Sergeant Pilots who have received their "Wings" at a Canadian Flying Training School (P E Mason (Herne Bay), C G Suckling (New Lynn), E K Buchanan (Takapuna), K Irwin (Tuawai), V S Roberts (New Lyncc), D J T Hills (Whakatane), W A Kalka (Grey Lynn), and J H Moore (Auckland)). The New Zealand High Commissioner in London visited NZ personnel at an RAF station; Winston Churchill is seen on a visit to the Western Desert paying silent tribute at a small temporary cemetery marked by crosses bordered by tin cans; burnt out and crashed Nazi planes from the Libyan campaign; and weapon inspection before going out on night patrols. Pages 19-21 show the Kiwi Concert Party at various sites, including scenes of their camping en route. There are views of patients and medical officers at the 2nd NZ General Hospital at Kantara (p 25-26); and several views of Montgomery presenting awards to New Zealand troops (p 28-30). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1940-1945

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: PAColl-4161-01-218

Description: Assortment of photographs (mainly captioned) of General Freyberg in the Middle East, Greece, Italy and New Caledonia. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1890s-1954

By: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962; Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942; New Zealand herald (Newspaper); Tesla Studios; Photo News Ltd; Price Picture News (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7488

Description: Photographs of Sir Peter Buck, his family, friends and colleagues. Includes photographs of his services with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, life in Hawaii when working with the Bishop Museum, knighthood, and tangi. Also includes photographs of Huria Matenga, Sir Bernard Freyberg, Sir Peter Fraser, Sir Apirana Ngata and the Prince of Wales. Among the photographers represented are Hermann Schmidt, Tyree Brothers, Leslie Hinge, New Zealand Herald, Tesla Studio, and Price Picture News (New York). Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0181 (Papers of Eric Ramsden).

Date: 1941-1945

By: Trethewey, Allan W, active 1920-

Reference: PAColl-4888

Description: Mostly relates to the construction of a port and facilities at Safaga, Egypt on the Red Sea during the Second World War. Safaga port was the Red Sea teminal of a railway line built to connect the coast with the Nile at Quena. The route for the railway line and the port was surveyed by New Zealand engineers and the line was constructed by the Egyptian Railway Department. The purpose of the line and the port was to provide infrastructure to facilitate retreat and evacuation should the Nile Delta be lost. Prior to the war a British phosphate company had established an operation at Safaga and had built a small jetty there. This is also recorded in the photographs. Also in the desert on the route between Safaga and Quena are the Roman ruins of the Mons Claudianus Baths which were the site of a good water supply There is also a record of Peter Fraser and General Freyberg in Rome in June 1945 Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945

By: Fernleaf Club (London, England)

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-Freyberg-1945-01

Description: Cover shows a milestone with the distances in miles to New Zealand and London respectively. The milestone marks to site of the old coaching stop for the mail coach running between Hounslow and London about 1775. Text inside explains that the milsetone gives its name to the "Latest and last club for the New Zealand Division in leave ... the final milestone on the welfare road".; Back cover has the words "New Zealand Fernleaf Club" and a picture of a fern leaf. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on Christmas greetings card. Physical Description: Folded card, 122 x 122 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Trevor and Pam Plumbly, in 2005.

Date: 1939-1945

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: PA1-q-294

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in Greece, Crete, the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This album includes a number of official photographs taken for the British official records. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are identified are not listed above. Many views show aspects of military training in the desert, including machine guns, rifles, manoeuvres, Bren guns, range practice, and anti-tank guns. New Zealand Divisional Cavalry. In England military training and preparation includes scenes of the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, William Joseph Jordan, watching New Zealand lumberjacks from the New Zealand Forestry Corps in a Gloucester forest felling trees for war purposes. Also related to England are scenes of the Duke of Gloucester inspecting troops, and King George VI at an investiture at Buckingham Palace investing Flight-Sergeant Williams with his Distinguished Flying Medal for gallantry in air operations. Long Range Desert patrols and expeditions into enemy territory showing the difficult terrain they had to negotiate. Views of a formation of five American-built Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the RAF Coastal Command carrying out an action patrol near Borkum, Heligoland and the Danish Coast. They are the first released photographs taken while under fire from German anti-aircraft ships, flying only 200 ft above the sea because of the weather (p 15-21). One image shows a wireless operator checking one of H.M. the King's homing pigeons, presented to the RAF to carry messages in case of a forced landing & breakdown of wireless. Arrival of NZ airmen & pilots for duty with the RAF in 1941. Gift of fruit and vegetables presented to NZ troops stationed in Fiji, transported 60 miles by boat from Kandavu, formally accepted by Brigadier Cunningham. (A number of images of Cunningham are dotted throughout the album). Views of the sinking of the Italian raider Ramb I, by HMS Leander in February 1941 (p 33-37). Scenes of a huge field bakery run by Egyptian bakers which can supply 3500 loaves each day. Also the "Waiwera Hotel - the 'ouse on the 'ill" cookhouse in the desert; and other scenes of food preparation. Relaxation organised by the YMCA, and the opening of the Lowry Hut run by the YMCA. Shipboard life on a transport ship, including games, relaxation and officers censoring mail. Floods after heavy rain in the Western Desert along the Mediterranean fringe (p 61-64). The Oranje leaving Amsterdam on her maiden voyage; used as hospital ship for Australian and New Zealand forces. Groups at the Royal Canadian Air Force Bombing and Gunnery School, all of whom are named (p 67-69). Prime Minister Peter Fraser's visit to the Middle East (p 69-72), his visit to Greece (p 93-105), and inspecting the hospital ship Maunganui (p110-111).) The No. 1 General Hospital in Greece. War damage to New Zealand House in London (p 105-106). Italian prisoners of war in a soccer match "NZ vs Italy" in Egypt (p 79-81); German parachute troops wounded and taken prisoner in Crete; captured swastikas used to hoodwink the enemy into dropping supplies. Fighting and evacuation of Crete. Evacuation of the Greek Royal party by a bodyguard of New Zealand soldiers, with views of a reception given by His Majesty the King of Greece, showing Lieutenant W H Ryan, Princess Marie, lady Palairet, Prince George, Prince Peter, and British military attache Colonel J S Blunt. Group portrait of New Zealanders in Britain training for the Fleet Air Arm (members named). Members of the New Zealand Bomber Squadron of the RAF who have been part of the raids on Germany, particularly on Berlin. (Several group portraits, some of which are named). Several photographs of unidentified men who escaped from Crete in barges. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 398-791 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1928-1929, 1941-1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Dudgeon, Ellis, 1905-1979; Hildreth, F H, active 1947; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-161

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1928 and 1940s. Also miscellaneous manuscript material relating to army recruits at Papakura Military Camp, schedule for Easter & Anzac Day production of the Free Lance, BOAC, Totara Flats hut (clipping), and letter from Mrs J G Blair re photograph she had of a `boxing' cat (dated 11 Dec 1948). Includes: Visit of Lord & Lady Freyberg to Ngaruawahia, 1947; several official British WWII photographs; woman in a cart pulled by a goat taking part in a Goat Race in Sydney, 1928 (also 1929); large poplar on J Jackson's farm at Clyde; children on beach at Queenstown; textile design (King's Navee), 1949; crippled children being taught to swim by instructor J Bruid at Tepid Baths. Portraits of Leo Wright, 1941; Mrs Anganui Thomas Birch of Taheke, 1947 Photographers include: F H Hildreth of Kaitaia; Ellis Dudgeon; J D S Roberts, and others Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1933-1998

By: Proudfoot, John William, 1914-1998

Reference: MS-Group-0769

Description: Proudfoot's letters to his family contain a daily account of his activities, including recording messages of New Zealand troops and his experiences recording General Freyberg's 1944 Christmas message. He gives accounts of his various expeditions around Italy with descriptions of the scenery, urban landscape, theatres visited, art viewed etc. The activities of some of the members of the Public Relations Service, `a quarrelsome and unruly crowd' are also described. Also included in the collection are further letters from Proudfoot to his family in New Zealand from Italy, and from Maadi (2 Feb-12 Mar 1945); radio broadcast despatches from Italy for New Zealand and the BBC; and papers relating to interviewing by Noel Palmer Also wartime memories of Venice and the New Zealand Forces Club, and his obituary Title supplied by Library. Proudfoot served as a war correspondent with the Broadcasting Unit, Public Relations Service 2NZEF. In December 1943 he landed in Italy from Egypt and spent 1944 with the advancing Allied forces. He was based for much of this time in Naples and Rome and made side trips to Bari as well as going north of Rome with the New Zealand forces. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter (photocopies) Processing information: Collection description was updated on 29 March 2023 when the access only with permission requirement was removed.

Date: 1943-1944

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: PA1-q-299

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and Italy during World War 2, 1943-1944, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. This album changes between the Middle East and Italy, with the bulk of the Middle Eastern images between pages 1 and 71, and the Italian scenes on pages 49-52, and from 72 onwards, with a few Middle Eastern items interspersed. Recreation for soldiers with sporting activities including athletics, cricket, swimming, tennis and softball, some of which are in competition with personnel from other groups including South African Division Artillerymen. New Zealand engineers building a pontoon bridge across the Suez Canal with the help of Belgian Congo troops; NZ reinforcements arriving in the Middle East; troops voluntarily donating blood; parades and inspections by Freyberg and Inglis, and decorations presented by them (p 9-13, 23, 33, 36, 62). Hitchhiking from Maadi into Cairo; street tailors altering uniforms while the soldiers wait (p 15-16); camp cinema. A large number of reunions of personnel from various New Zealand districts held at different restaurants in Cairo, including Rotorua & district; Levin & district; Arrowtown, Queenstown Lakes District; Wairarapa; and Temuka. Occupational therapy for convalescent troops including embroidery and leather-work toys (p 20-22); a leave camp for forces on the Palestinian coast, run by British Army staff assisted by ATS, and Italian Prisoners of War and European women assistants. NZEF in Italy: Members of the PoW Sub-Commission in Taranto; members of the 2nd NZ Division Advance party in Taranto; released prisoners of war; embarkation on troopships from Alexandria for Italy. Funeral at cemetery at El Ballah of 3 nurses and a corporal in a motor accident between Ismailia and Port Said (Private (Miss) P A Morrissey (from Port Ahuriri); Private (Miss) M O McNulty (from Eketahuna); Private (Miss) M Innes (from Masterton); and Corporal S R W Bomford (from Takapuna), all members of the No 2 NZ General Hospital). NZEF Middle East: Award winners of the NZ Division Field Ambulance; personnel with a NZ Air Transport Squadron; members of the NZ Port Detachment; weddings in Egypt; Xmas dinner at the Maori Training Depot, Maadi. George Formby, seen with his wife/manager entertaining troops at El Djem Theatre, Maadi; Mobile Cinema Van donated by NZ Film Exhibitors' Association through the YMCA. Group of 10 men repatriated after time in German prison camps who had been taken in the Grecian Campaign; 4 brothers from the Duncan family from Wellington reunited at Maadi (S/Sgt A T Duncan, Capt R J Duncan, Pte H G Duncan and Cpl G J Duncan); photo of brothers A J and S R Halkett who arrived back in Canterbury after having been together in the firing line, in a shipwreck, in a prison camp and in a successful escape.t NZEF in Italy: men of transports from Alexandria to Bari; troops in Bari; artillery duels on the Sangro River Front; party of Russian military observers visiting the 8th Army (p 82-83); road construction, mud, road deviations constructed after demolition of bridge; water carts being filled at Sangro River, and filling canvas water tanks for filtering and storage; repair of tents and canvas items by NZ soldier A A Patmore on a sewing machine behind the lines; small arms repair; bootmaker; visit of senior officials from the British Army to HQ 2NZ Division in Italy; destruction of the village of Gessopalena by the Germans. Arrival of Patriotic parcels in Italy, Xmas 1943; Xmas dinner; snow on New Year's Eve; NZ Forces Club in Bari (p 109-110), with NZ sisiters and members of VAD at the club, and soldiers in the writing room of the club; inspection and awards by freyberg in the Volturno Valley; soldiers washing vehicles, and Italian women washing clothes in a stream near Alife in the Volturno valley. Two scenes with Peter Fraser one at Pearl Harbour with Admiral Chester W Nimitz, and Robert L Ghormly (p 116); and his arrival at National Airport, Washington in April 1944, with Walter Nash, Mrs Nash and Mrs Fraser (p 116). NZEF in Italy: Bivvies and dugouts to cope with the cold; the No 2 NZ General Hospital (p 121-123); the Monte Cassino area (p 124-136), with bombing, destruction, villagers living in caves after homes demolished by Germans; Airmen serving with the RAF in the Cassino area recording messages to be broadcast in NZ; preparation for transport of supplies over the Inferno Track, only possible at night. New Zealand Infantry Brigade Band in Italy; malaria control (p 138-140); Malaria School established by the NZ Field Hygiene Section; preventative spraying; routine taking of anti-malarial tablets; examination of Italian children for signs of malaria. Airmen in italy; men on leave at "200 Rest Home" giving free amenities to troops on 4 day's leave from the front line; sorting of winter clothing after summer clothing had been issued; Registrar's office and staff at the No 1 General Hospital, Molfetta. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 2556-3002. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22 cm

Date: 1940-1945

By: King, Russell David, 1896-1970

Reference: PAColl-3179

Description: Because the photographer was one of the commanding officers of the Field Ambulance many of the photographs are snaps of officers and visiting commanders and officials. Other photographs show the Field Ambulance in operation in various theatres of the war, on leave and playing sport. The largest group of photographs are of a tourist type showing historical sites, architecture, places of scenic interest and the native populations Arrangement: Negatives at F66732-1/4 - F66784-1/4 Quantity: 53 b&w original negative(s). 625 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0247, Russell David King papers.

Date: 1948

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Otago Centennial Association (Inc)

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-Otago-1948-01

Description: Booklet includes a message from Bernard Freyberg, and a foreword by the Mayor, Mr D C Cameron. The programme of events is given in detail, with particular emphasis on Carnival Week 23-28 February, Anniversary Week 21-27 March. A central spread shows a map of the route of the "Cavalcade of Progress", and the order of the Pageant is given in detail, describing each of the 64 floats. There is a complete list of the firworks to be lit at the Pyrotechnics display on 28 February. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 32 pages, 246 x 184 mm.

Date: 1945

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: Wood, W J (Private), active 1945

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-089

Description: All photographs were taken by Pte W J Wood and include captions (multiple copies of most). Include: Group of officers and nurses taken after the ceremony with Lt Gen Freyberg; Freyberg reading his message to the troops; padres J B Dawson, C C Palmer, M A Bennett & F H Walsh; senior officers with Freyberg - Brigadier L W Thornton, Brigadier S H Crump, Brigadier W G Gentry, & Major C K Reed; Freyberg placing a wreath to honour the fallen; Guard of Honour; The Last Post; Padre J B Dawson reading the dedication; Brigadier Parkinson placing a wreath; volley being fired; Freyberg chatting with Lt Gen G W Allfrey; senior army, navy & air force personnel; debris of wrecked vechicles in desert; 48 veterans of Italian campaign who formed a Guard of Honour Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: 1944-1945

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: PAColl-4161-01-093

Description: Photographs taken at the dedication of the Polish Memorial on Mt Cassino, erected to all Polish troops of the 3rd Carpathian Division, 18 Jul 1945. Photographs taken by Sgt Jakub Fuchs (official photographer) and W Choma. Shows General Anders, Lt General Freyberg, Major General Duch Gleves (Commanding Officer of Cassino District), Brigadier Gentry, Brigadier Cripps (CO of 56 area) at the dedication service, 1945; the memorial and epitaph (English); Polish graves and caskets, 1944; Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).