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Date: 1942-1943

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-259

Description: Most of the photographs relate to the remedial treatment camp set up in Rotorua. On the first page, the photographs are flanked by newspaper cuttings about another camp set up for the same purpose at Papakura, Auckland. The photographs on this page may relate to the Papakura camp. Most of the photographs are of groups of men doing various forms of excersise, and playing sport. There are group photographs of men in military uniform and others of groups posing with tennis raquets and medicine balls. Other photographs record the launch of "Bonds for Bombers" campaign in Rotorua, March 1942, and the ANZAC parade 1942 (also Rotorua). There are seven original cartoon drawings of military personnel by Stenberg. These were used in the Rotorua camp's newspaper. The photographs are supported by many newspaper cuttings about the camps and their purpose. There is a photograph relating to the camp newspaper "The Arawa Guerilla" and two copies of the paper are pasted onto the same page. Other newspaper cuttings and two programmes relate to a very successful entertainment developed by the men in the Rotorua camp. This was "Splitzkreig Army Review" which from September 1942 to March 1943 toured the upper North Island and raised 2,000 pounds for the Patriotic Fund. Remedial treatment camps were set up for men who had been judged by the military medical authorities as unfit for military service, but whoes ailments were considered curable. Examples of the sorts of conditions treated are knee problems, flat feet, \"underdevelopment,\" nervous conditions, and chronic backache. The Rotorua camp occupied Arawa Park, and the racecourse. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(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

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-031-12

Description: Mainly photographs of military officers probably involved in recruitment and selection of troops Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1943

From: Elmes, Jack George, fl 1943 :Photographs relating to service in World War II

Reference: PAColl-8342

Description: Photographs relating to Jack Elmes' service in World War II, taken ca 1940-1945 in New Zealand, Australia and Egypt. Includes photographs of Elmes and other soldiers in Egypt; of Perth, Western Australia, purchased on the way to Egypt; of soldiers at the swimming pool at Gezira; the club, commuter train, Maadi suburb and Maadi military Camp; views of Cairo and the pyramids; and of soldiers on a 2nd Junior Officers staff course at Massey College in New Zealand. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints, ephemera

Date: 1940-1941

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1374

Description: Personal record of a soldier in the Maori Battalion of the journey from New Zealand to Egypt, Second World War. Begins with troops lined up on the show grounds at Palmerston North on the 31st of April 1940. Troops embarked on the 1st of May 1940 and sailed for Fremantle, Australia, and were there by the 8th of May. There are photographs of Fremantle Harbour, Perth University, and Maori soldiers with Australian friends. Also photographs of Maori soldiers on deck of ship. The troops sailed from Femantle in a convoy that included the liner transports, Queen Mary, Aquitania, Empress of Japan, Empress of Britain, Mauretania, and Andes. They were in Capetown on the 16 May 1940, and Freetown, Siera Leone on the 23 May. The convoy arrived at Greenock on the Clyde River, Scotland, on the 6th of June 1940. From the 8th of June 1940 to the 2nd of January 1941 the troops were stationed in the south east of England where they did battle training. The places include Bognor, Aldershot, Bostling Green, and Guildford. On the 3rd of January the troops embarked on the Athlone Castle, part of a large convoy of transports and warships bound for Egypt, which they reached on the 1st of March 1941. There are two panoramic views of the convoy, and many photographs of the Maori troops on board the Athlone Castle. In Egypt photographs show the troops landing, the camp at Maadi, gardens at Helwan, training in the desert, views of Cairo, and tours to the pyramids. The last part of the album are photographs of Capetown and its surroundings, other unidentified places, and more snaps taken in Egypt. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [1925-1945]

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-4161-01-046

Description: Includes: Construction, etc of 4th General Hospital, Dumbea, New Caledonia; unidentified Pacific campaign (US servicemen); NZ Military Forces display at the Dunedin Exhibition, 1925 (Series 30/1); aerial photographs of Whangaroa Harbour showing battery position, etc, 1942 (Series 23/12); aerial photographs of Whangarei Heads, including Bushy Head, 1942 (Series 23/11); Wellington (Series 23/16) including Garrison Hall in Buckle Street 1938, magazines at Kaiwarra, Central Park Camp, Kaiwarra US Camp, Anderson Park US Camp, Gracefield US warehouses; Wanganui (Series 23/7) showing Drill Hall 1938, position of aerodrome & coastal battery; Warkworth (Series 23/8) showing general area, Camp No 6, 30-bed hospital. Includes some photocopied prints Quantity: 174 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1933-1942

From: Pearson, Alfred William, fl 1924-1949 :Photographs relating to the New Zealand Navy

Reference: PAColl-8948-1

Description: Pumpkin Cottage, Trentham. St John's Anglican Church, Trentham. Trentham Military Camp. Heretaunga Railway station. Military parade of naval personnel. An ANZAC Day commemoration at the Wellington Cenotaph. Naval personnel with members of a Maori concert party. Sailors at Maritius and New Caledonia. Naval boarding party on deck. Portraits of Alfred William Pearson. HMS Leander, june 1940. Two group photographs taken at reunions, probably in the 1950s. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941-1945

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-4161-01-219

Description: Assortment of photographs (mainly captioned) of General Freyberg in the Middle East, Greece, Crete, Italy and London. Also a series of photographs taken during his visit to Rotorua; the Prime Minister Peter Fraser's visit to Italy; on the steps of Parliament Buildings, Wellington as Governor General; during Rt Hon R G Casey's visit to Middle East. Group photo of voluntary workers, NZ Tuis, General Freyberg, Brigadier Park and Countess Jellicoe at the Fernleaf Club, London Quantity: 91 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941-1945

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-4161-01-194

Description: Series of interior and exterior photographs of various Dental Sections in NZ taken 1945. Include: Woodbourne; Trentham Camp Dental Hospital; Whenuapai; Burnham; HMS Philomel; Hobsonville. Various captioned photographs. Includes: NZDC POW dental section at Oflag V B, Biberach, Germany; 2 NZEP IP (Treasury Island, Bourail, Green Island); Vella Lavella; senior dental officers in New Caledonia; officers of 10 MOB Dental Section, 1944 (named); group of medical and dental staff BHQ 30 NZ Bn, Nissan Island; group photo of Dental Section, Pacific Area (unidentified); 22 Field Ambulance; Dental Section CCS Guadalcanal, AWWS HQ Guadalcanal; No 1 Max-Fac Dental Section, 4 Gen Hospital, New Caledonia; ATD Camp, Nemeara Valley; Dental Section RNZAF Station, Espiritu Santo; mobile dental section, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal ; Fiji detachment, 1944; Base Hygiene Section; Bougainville staff and surgery, 1944-1945; Field force exercises, 1941-1942; prosthetic truck; aerial view of mobile Dental Section area at Guadalcanal and plan of the area; aerial view of 10 MOB Dental Section HQ, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal; group photo of staff at Bn HQ; Lt Col O E L Rout and staff at Dental HQ; No 2 Max-Fac Dental Section. No 2 NZCCS, Guadalcanal; dental mechanics at work at an under-canvas dental hospital; Field dentistry at 53rd [?] Tank camp at Nissan; embarkation from New Caledonia to Guadalcanal, 1943 (group photo); 6 Squadron RNZAF 1945 (staff at Halavas); Dental Section at Emirau 1944-1945 (groups named and camp site). Quantity: 275 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1915, ca 1940, ca 1941

By: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Aickin, Fiona McBean, 1911-2004

Reference: PAColl-7859

Description: Collection comprises: Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Douglas McBean Stewart and four others in from of the Sphinx, Egypt, 1915. Norman Stewart and other prisoners at Stalag VIIIB, Germany, 1939-1945. Photograph of units of 2nd Echelon parading at Trentham prior to departure, taken ca 1940 by S C Smith. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs Fiona Aickin, Wainuiomata, in April 2003. Norman Stewart was the donor's brother, and Douglas McBean Stewart was her cousin. Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - Christmas card sent by Captain Norman Stewart, prisoner of war at Stalag VIIIB, Germany, to Mr and Mrs H Stewart, Seatoun, Wellington, Christmas 1941..

Date: 1940 - 1943

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Auckland Racing Club

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1940/1943

Description: Includes: 1940: Auckland Racing Club. Programmes for season 1940-1941 (Programmes combined in one booklet) 1940: Woodville District Jockey Club. Summer meeting 1940, 7 and 9 December. Complimentary ticket (Yellow ticket) 1941: Auckland Racing Club. programmes for spring & mid-spring meetings 1941 (Programmes combined in one booklet) 1941: Foxton Racing Club. Winter meeting, Levin Racecourse, 24 May 1941. Lady's ticket (Yellow ticket) 1941: New Zealand sporting diary, October 1941 to July 1942. [Booklet] (2 copies one with spine tube that holds a pencil) 1941: Wellington Racing Club. Summer meeting, 16, 18 and 23 January 1941. [Combined] programme 1942: Auckland Racing Club. Winter meeting (Great Northern Steeplechase), 30 May & 6 June 1942. Programme 1942: Heliopolis Racing Club. [Heliopolis, Egypt]. Race card 15 February 1942. Part 2 Quantity: 9 items. Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying under 200 mm.

Date: 1944

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to religion in general, rather than specific faiths]

By: Crusade for World Peace and Brotherhood (Interdenominational)

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-1944-01

Description: Card for the advice of soldiers and their families,also containing the Peacemaker's Prayer and some peace affirmations to be memorised. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card folded to 124 x 79 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2013.

Date: [ca 1940s], 1941-1942, 1967

By: Peters family; Thomas, Charles L, active 1940s

Reference: PAColl-10285

Description: Photographic prints relating to the Peters family taken in the 1940s and 1967. Photographers unidentified unless stated. Images comprise: - Three group portraits of members of the Royal New Zealand Airforce during World War II, including Ronald Vincent Peters. Two of the recruit training school, flight 5 group (Corp Mansthorpe), at Harewood Airport, Christchurch, 19 February 1941 and one of "fitter 2A Course" at Rongotai, Wellington, taken in 1942. - Group portrait taken at a World War II ball held in Wellington, circa 1942-1944. Sisters Patricia and Valerie Leddy are identified. (Valerie married Ronald Peters). - Ten tourist photographs of Napier city after the 1931 earthquake, taken by Chas L Thomas, possibly in the 1940s. Each print is described on the back. - Wedding portrait of Vanessa Peters and Norman Greig taken in 1967 by (Jovell Smith?) of Hastings. Names of all persons in the party written on the back of the prints. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera (Enclosure for tourist prints). Provenance: Donated by Sandra Greig, Lower Hutt, 2014. Donor is the daughter of Ronald Vincent Peters.

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

By: Walden, Peter, active 2014; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977

Reference: PAColl-10227

Description: Comprises a group portrait of a New Zealand army troop in an unknown location, and a view of No. 4 troop performing tank manoeuvres during 1st NZ Tank Brigade training in Area 6 at Waiouru. Taken circa 1939 to 1945 by R J Thomson and unidentified photographer(s). Training view is inscribed with message from B K Christensen and 'Barney'. Probably associated with Barney K Christensen. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1936-1941

From: Peat family: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1794

Description: Don Peat's own album aquired when he was 15 years old. Contents include - Group of schoolboys and a De Haviland aircraft at Wigram in 1936. The Merivale boy scouts, Christchurch, 1937. Portrait of St Mary's Church, St Albans, Christchurch, 1937. Governor General, Lord Galway at presentation of a new guiden (flag) to the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, Hagley Park, 1937. Wellington Railway Station. World War One field gun. Flying boat on Wellington harbour. Nazi flag on the last German ship to come to Wellington before the Second World War, ca 1939. Ocean liner `Strathmore,' at Wellington wharves. Portrait of Bob Semple. Don Peat with friends and in military uniform, 1939-1940. Soldiers, Second World War, in Wellington. Views of the Nurses Home, Wellington Hospital. Don Peat and his parents, Whanganui 1940. Soldiers in training, Trentham, 1940. Views of the ship `Doric Star' sunk in 1940. Soldiers in training at Waiouru, 1941. This includes a group of photographs recording a comic mock battle enacted by soldiers. Soldiers on leave in Christchurch, May 1941. Hand coloured images of Maori men posing as `old time' warriors, 1939. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1925]-1941

From: Peat family: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1793

Description: Large number of family photographs taken in New Zealand and England. These include young people swimming in the sea, a wedding, and Minnie Gray who was Beatrice Peat's aunt. Group of photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition at Rongatai, Wellington, 1939-1940. Crowds lining Lambton Quay watching floats in the Queen Carnival parade, 1941. Soldiers crowding at the windows of a troop train. A visit to Whakarewarewa. Group of photographs of Samoa and Samoans. Photographs taken somewhere in the Pacific during the Second World War. A trip to Christchurch,ca 1925. Tramping on the Volcanic Plateau. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by Jennie Jones, Wellington, 2012. Donor is the daughter of Don and Beatrice Peat.

Date: 1919-[ca1945]

From: Pharazyn family: Photographs from the papers of Noel Pharazyn and his sister Eleanor

Reference: PAColl-10031-2

Description: Includes:- Portraits of Noel Pharazyn in military dress and Lydia Field about the time of their marriage in November 1919. Photographs relating to Noel Pharazyn's time as the New Zealand military attache In the United States from 1941 to 1945. These include - Portrait proofs of Noel Pharazyn taken in Washington DC. A group of photographs of Noel Pharazyn in the company of his wife Lydia, Prime Minister Peter Fraser, and Ambassador Carl Berendsen, meeting with the US Under Secretary of War, Kenneth Royal, to recieve a medal. Photographs of military groups taken in the United States. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1940]

From: Morriss, Bernadette, fl 2014: Items relating to members of her family

Reference: PAColl-10218-2

Description: Items, chiefly photographs relating to Tod Hennessy and his service in World War I, taken circa 1890 to circa 1940s by a range of photographers. Also includes portraits of Hennessy in uniform, family photographs, and hand-embroidered silk postcards from Belgium written to his mother, Mary Eleanor Hennessy (nee Boyle) in Gisborne during World War I from 1917-1919, and later postcards from the 1930s and 1940s. Handcoloured print of two children and a dog shows Tod Hennessy's brother, Desmond, and sister Patracia. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s) including 1 hand-coloured print. 4 non-photographic postcards including 3 with embroidered fabric decoration. 1 Christmas card. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, Silk-embroidered postcards

Date: [ca 1942]

From: Bowden, Beverley :Album of photographs of RNZAF in World War 2

Reference: 1/2-174920-F

Description: Group photograph of the Ground Staff of No 30 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Behind them can be seen the propellar and front end of Grumman Avenger aircraft. Photographed at Gisborne by an unknown photographer about 1942. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative, 12.5 x 10cm Finding Aids: Photocopy of this image is held in the Photograph Archive at PAColl-3704.

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

Reference: PA1-o-1521

Description: Photographs of artillery training at Waiouru, 1940; practice amphibious landings in Vanuatu; and NZ troops at Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella and Nissan Island, taken & collected by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 310 x 190 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009 Transfers: Transfers - Collection as a whole received by Photographic Archive other material transferred to Ephemera from here. - To Ephemera Collection - Souvenir Programme - The Kiwi Concert Party (Pacific) presents 'Pacific Roundabout' 1944 (Eph-A-VARIETY-1944-02).

Date: 1941

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PAColl-8102-2

Description: Photographs taken over two winters when Alister Duthie was employed on the Homer Tunnel between 1937 and 1939. Photographs taken while Alister Duthie was a member of the "Cape Expedition" which established coastwatching functions in New Zealand's subantarctic islands during the Second world War. While employed at the Homer Tunnel Alister Duthie's main job was to patrol the power lines and report any breakages or other damage. According to Alister Duthie The first trip of the "Cape Expedition" in 1941 was in the "Ranui". The time was spent on board coastwatching, going ashore mainly to hunt fresh meat. Dr Robert Falla, then Director of the Canterbury Museum, was also on this trip, specifically because of his knowledge of the subantarctic islands. The second trip which Duthie made was on the "Tagua" to Campbell Island where they spent their time doing meteriological work. At the end of this term of duty he returned to New Zealand on the "New Golden Hind." The "Ranui," "Tagua," and "New Golden Hind," were three small ships used by the New Zealand Goverment to service its coastwatching committments, not only on its subantarctic islands, but throughout the Pacific. The "Cape Expedition" itself was operational from 1941 to 1945. Quantity: 132 b&w original photographic print(s).