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Date: 1916-1917

By: Grant, Elsa Gladys, 1891-1981; Kinsella, Alison, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1211

Description: Album of photographs taken by Percy James William Simmons of the 15th Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1916-1917. Includes scenes on the troop ship 'Ulimaroa' en route to Plymouth, Sling Camp and surrounding villages, Messines, and London and Edinburgh on leave. Percy Simmons, son of Edgar and Harriet Simmons of Taumarunui, was engaged to Elsa Bass, a teacher. He sent the photographs to her until his death in action in France, on 8 October 1918, aged 29 years. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth covered album 14.6 x 18.5 containing 67 photographs Provenance: Elsa Bass was the mother of the donor.

Date: 1960 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1960/1979

Description: Includes: 1961: Symbol of Anzac. Anzac Day service Petone Railway Station, 25 April 1961. Order of service with a page of historical notes about the flagpole erected in 1916 to signify the comradeship of Australian and New Zealand railway men at Gallipoli. The Anzac Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance. The Dawn Service, Anzac Day 1961. Cenotaph, Auckland Domain. Conducted by the Australian Imperial Force Ex-Servicemen's Association with the co-operation of the Auckland Returned Services' Association. [Order of service]. His Worship the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Wellington in conjunction with the Wellington Returned Services' Association. Commemoration Service, Anzac Day 25th April 1961. [Order of service] 1964: Anzac Day; a statement by the Public and Social Afairs Committee of the Anglican Church of New Zealand. October 1964. 1965: NZ Returned Services' Association. Wellington District Anzac service and parade, 25th April 1965. 50th anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli. service of commemoration conducted by His Grace the Most Rev. P T B McKeefry, Major A Sampson, the Rev A W Sutton. [Order of service] 1966: NZ Returned Services' Association. Citizens Anzac Day service ... held under the auspices of the Christchurch Returned Services' Association. King Edward Barracks, 25 April 1966. Order of service. Anzac Day 25th April 1966. Deep Cove RSA Group. Dawn Parade timetable 1967: Anzac Day 25th April 1967. Deep Cove RSA Group - Dawn parade timetable 1968: Westminster Abbey. Anzac Day Commemorative service. Thursday 25 April 1968 at 12 noon [attended by Sir Alexander Downer and Mr R H Wade]. 1971: Anzac Day parade at the NLF Cenotaph, Pigeon Park. Sunday 25th April, 10.00 am. Self determination for the Vietnamese people. Withdraw all NZ-US troops now. Trash Willis St on the 30th. Progressive Youth Movement. [Typescript flier] 1972: His Worship the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Wellington in conjunction with the Wellington Returned Services Association. Commemoration service, Anzac Day 25th April 1972. [Order of service] 1975: Lest we forget. Dawn ceremony of remembrance. Wairarapa Returned Services Association (Inc). 59th Anzac Day Dawn Parade, Friday 25th April 1975 at 0555 hours, Queen Elizabeth Park Masterton. Order of service Citizens' Anzac Day service, Christchurch Town Hall, Anzac day, Friday 25th April 1975 at 10 am. held under the auspices of the Christchurch City Council in conjunction with the Christchurch Returned Services Association. Chairman the Mayor of Christchurch H G Hay, esq. Order of service 1976: Lest we forget. Dawn ceremony of remembrance. Wairarapa Returned Services Association (Inc). 59th Anzac Day Dawn Parade, Sunday 25th April 1976 at 0555 hours, Queen Elizabeth Park Masterton. Order of service 1979: New Zealand Returned Services' Association. [Type of poppy sold on Anzac Day up to 1979] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Engravings and offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1916-1919

By: Fulton, Robert Henry, 1888-1980

Reference: PA-Group-00894

Description: Four photograph albums compiled by Robert Henry (Harry) Fulton relating to his World War I service between 1916-1919 with New Zealand 12th Reinforcements, and with the New Zealand Army Service Corps (NZASC) based at New Zealand Base Kit Stores unit at Sling Camp, Bulford, England. Many photographs taken by Fulton. Some prints are taken by other unknown photographers as indicated by caption 'loaned negatives', and as they show campaigns, such as Gallipoli, in which Fulton did not serve. Images show his time with the 12th Reinforcements; from the journey from New Zealand on HMNZT 'Ulimaroa' and 'Ivernia' troop ships to Egypt in 1916, camp life in England as part of the NZASC, and activities whilst on leave during wartime and post war. Particularly shows family and home in Ireland and sight-seeing photographs from around Egypt and Great Britian, including New Zealand soldiers at Stonehenge. Prints have captions on the album pages; some images are inscribed on the print. Fulton has often arranged images of unrelated locations and activities on individual album pages. Accompanying information - Biographical information for Robert Henry Fulton supplied by donor. See backfile. Publication note - Photograph taken at Stonehenge was published in 'New Zealand and the First World War : 1914-1919' by Damien Fenton, with Caroline Lord, Gavin McLean and Tim Shoebridge (Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Group (NZ), 2013). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photographic albums, photographic prints Provenance: Albums were found at a rubbish dump by Anne Smith. She sold them to Fenton who was writing 'New Zealand and the First World War:1914-1919'. Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - on appraisal - a section from an original Gallipoli army map, which has different provenance from the Harry Fulton albums - To Other - Items taken as a whole in to Photographic Archive and transfers made from there.

Date: 1914 - 1929

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Memorial-1914/1929

Description: Includes: 1915-01: In memoriam service in His Majesty's Theatre Wanganui. Sunday June 13, 1915 ... in memory of the brave Boys from Wanganui fallen in the present Great European War. Chronicle Print 1915-02: Memorial service for those who have fallen in the War, held in Victoria Domain, Gisborne, Sept 19th 1915. Herald print. 1916: Unveiling of monument erected by the Returned Soldiers' Association, to the memory of their departed comrade, Corporal Edwin Hart. Waverley Cemetery [Sydney], 14 May 1916. Order of service 1918-01: Hut given to the YMCA by East London Jews, in memory of those of their faith in the district fallen in the War. Mile End Gardens, Mile End Road ... opening by Field-Marshal HRH the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ... June 21, 1918 [London] 1919-01: St Paul's Cathedral [London], June 13th 1919. memorial service for the Royal Navy. Order of service 1919-02: Ararata. Unveiling and dedication of memorial and roll of honour, erected in school grounds by the Settlers of Ararata, 8 December 1919. Order of service 1921-01: Order of service to be observed at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Kaikorai School Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Arch. 29 October 1921 1921-02: War memorial gates, Tauranga Domain. Opening ceremony by the Hon Sir William H Herries, 11 December 1921. Order of service 1922-01: [Levin Borough Council?]. Peace memorial to those who fought in the Great War 1914-1918, to be opened by the Right Hon W F Massey, P.C., Premier of New Zealand, on Wednesday, March 21st, at 11.30 a.m. [Printed by] Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Lambton Quay [1922] 1923-01: Hawkes' Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Order of Ceremony. Unveiling of cenotaph in Russell Street, Hastings, N.Z. on Armistice Day, Sunday 11th November 1923. 1st edition. Stickland & Bryant, printers. 1923-02: Te Aroha District War Memorial unveiling ceremony by Major-General Sir Edward Chaytor, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B, general officer commanding N.Z. Defence Forces, in memory of the men of this district who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918. 15th September 1923 (The anniversary of the capture of Flers in the Great Battle of the Somme, 1916). [Printed by] Te Aroha News [1923] 1923-03: Knox College Dunedin. Unveiling of war memorial window and brass tablet in Ross Chapel. Anzac Day, 25 April 1923. Order of service 1923-04: Levin and District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial. Unveiling ceremony. 14 March 1923. Order of service (Unveiling by Major-General Sir E W C Chaytor) 1923-05: "Lest we forget". Soldiers' Memorial on Sugar Loaf Hill, Brooklyn, Wellington NZ. Programme of unveiling ceremony, 22 September 1923. (Unveiling by Viscount Jellicoe) 1926-01: Borough of Northcote. Northcote War Memorial. Ceremony of the unveiling by the Hon F J Rolleston (Minister for Defence). Sunday 14th February 1926. Order of service 1929-01: Wellington Citizens' war memorial. Foundation stone laid by Gen Sir Charles Ferguson, 25 April 1929 ... sculptor Mr R O Gross. Souvenir with photograph, and poppy illustration (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Date: 1919

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-2

Description: Includes (numbering continues from Folder 1): 13. Thanksgiving and memorial service. Town Hall Wellington on Sunday April 13th 1919, at 3 pm. Ferguson & Osborn Ltd [printers] 14. "God save the King"; programme of peace celebrations, Wanganui, NZ, 19 July 1919. Official programme 15. Peace thanksgiving service 1919. "Come before His presence with singing". Issued by A H Reed, Express Co.'s Building, Dunedin [Sheet music for: "There's a light upon the mountains", "These things shall be! a loftier race", and "God of Nations at Thy feet". 16. Souvenir of the Great Peace, NZ. Compiled by Collinson & Cunninghame Ltd of P[almerston] N[orth], NZ for free distribution. 14th Aug 1914 - 28 June 1919 [folded card] 17. Auckland Star Peace Commemoration number, Saturday July 19, 1919 [Miniature 4-page pamphlet] 18. Peace celebration; souvenir of the Childrens' Day, Masterton, 21.7.19. [Facsimile, on back of Wairarapa Archival Society invitation to the opening of the inaugural exhibition at the new Wairarapa Archive, 22 August 1997] 19. Colonist Extra, Nelson, Saturday June 21, 1919. Germans accept peace terms 20. Souvenir peace programme. Programme of Peace Day celebrations [including the procession of British and Allied Troops]. Printers, The Gainsborough Press, 48 Frith St, W 1. Publisher S Chandler, 5 St Anne's Court, W.1 [London] 21. [Undated]. Extracts from First World War histories [typescript booklet] 22. Peace Day celebrations. Havelock, Saturday July 19, 1919. Guardian Print. 23.J R Akersten, photographer, Havelock. [Postcard photograph of children's parade, probably during Peace Day celebration, 19 July 1919] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..

Date: 1919

By: Baker, Gerald S, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-6409

Description: Postcards showing Lonnikers Bay, Stewart Island, and the victory march of Allied troops in London, July 19, 1919. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1916 and 1919]

By: Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973

Reference: PA1-o-425

Description: Photographs chiefly taken by Leslie Bowden Quartermain during his time in the New Zealand Medical Corps, World War I. Most of the men photographed are named only with Christian names, surnames or nicknames. The first sequence shows various military camps, including the training depot set up at the Awapuni Racecourse for the Medical Corps. There they were trained in specialist medical work, and also in basic infantry training and discipline. The following sequences were taken en route to Europe, with stops at Fremantle, Durban, Cape Town, and Dakar. The arrival in England gives views in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire where the men were quartered before travelling to France. Two show the village of Lewknor, the ancestral home of the Quartermain family; and several show the royal review of Australian and New Zealand troops on Salisbury Plain. Other views were taken on leave from France; and with the army of occupation in Cologne, before the voyage home on the ship Kia Ora, through the Panama Canal. The final photograph is a group portrait with Leslie Bowden Quartermain in military uniform seated in the middle of a large group, probably Quartermain family, taken in 1919. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled "Photographs"; 21.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: 1914-1918

From: Powles family papers

Reference: PA1-o-814

Description: Coverage mainly Sir Guy's activities with Island Territories Dept (Samoa) and Foreign Affairs; Ombudsman. Also material relating to Sir Guy's father who saw service in Boer War and WWI and some material relating to his grandfather. Of particular importance are Colonel Powles well documented albums recording his involvement in the Gallipoli and Egyptian and Palestine campaigns, World War One. Many of these photographs were used to illustrate his official war history. Most of the negatives relate to Egypt and Palestine. Quantity: 1 album(s).