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Proposed Maori community centre for Palmerston North as a memorial to the Maori Battali...

Date: 1964

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1960s].

By: Universal Printers Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1964-01

Description: Booket outlining the Palmerston North Maori War Effort organisation activities in World War II, with proposals to erect a new community centre on an adjacent site. Contains photographs and clippings from the Manawatu Standard, 29 June 1964 about the opening of the memorial. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopied booklet of 12 pages, 210 x 148 mm.

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Units. 28 Battalion (Maori)

Date: [ca 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-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

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28th Maori Battalion Association : 20th Reunion ATG Waiouru. Fri 5th, Sat 6th, Sun 7th ...

Date: 1996

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1996-01

Description: Programme includes a welcome from R.S. (Sonny) Sewell. Activities included meals, formal presentations, static displays, a Battalion parade. The names of the organising committee are listed on the back cover. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 210 x 150 mm.

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Remedial treatment camps for unfit men

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).

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Southward, Keith, d 1944 :World War II aircrew photograph album

Date: [ca1920-ca1950]

By: Southward, Keith, 1921-1944

Reference: PA1-q-969

Description: Album probably compiled by Keith Southward, a New Zealand airman in World War II, showing training in New Zealand, Canada (Halifax) and England. Opens with a group photograph of women and airmen at the ANZAC Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panama Canal taken March 1942 on the way to Canada. Views of Halifax, airmen, and convoy which took them to Britain. Servicemen in Bounmouth, England, and views of Bournemouth. Views of London, some of its notable buildings, and bomb damage. Views of the lake district aquired on a trip taken in August 1942. Many pages of postcards, commercial photographs of cities and villages visited in England. These are interspersed with photographs of airmen and other people. There are also three pages of photographs of Oxford training aircraft, probably taken in Canada. The album ends with photographs of family and friends in England and New Zealand, including three pages of ephemera. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Military personnel assist farmers

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: PAColl-4161-01-023

Description: War effort on the home front. Soldiers helping with harvesting linen flax, tobacco, oats, wheat and managing pigs Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

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Cooch, W J, fl 1947 :Disabled Servicemen's Training Centre (Riccarton, Christchurch). T...

Date: 1947

By: Cooch, William Joseph, 1898-1950

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-WII-1947-01

Description: Handwritten document, ink on parchment, by W J Cooch, 1947 (signed lower right). Lists the names (with signatures) of the Chairman of the Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League, Deputy Mayor of Riccarton, President of the Christchurch Branch of Returned Services Association, Minister of Rehabilitation, President of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establisment League, the Mayor of Christchurch, Director of Rehabilitation, District Vice-Chairman NZ Returned Services Association, District Officer Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on parchment, 455 x 340 mm. Provenance: Deposited by an unknown source, ca 2000-2004.

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Postcards and stereoscopes of New Zealand and Pacific

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

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Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills Ltd :War work. 'Reidrubber' goes to war! 'Reidrubber' is ...

Date: 1943

By: Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills Ltd; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-WII-1943-01

Description: Advertisement for the participation of Reidrubber in the war effort, shows an inset illustration of a worker at top centre, working with a pulley hook and chain. Text says "For the present, war work keeps us going at top speed! If you can't get 'Reidrubber' now, don't blame us ... blame the Axis!" Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 395 x 267 mm. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - - Transfers: To MSS; telegrams of condolence, letters, clippings. To Ephemera: postcards and advertisements.

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Adams, William, b 1911?:Photographs relating to William Adams

Date: [ca 1912-1915, ca 1943-1944]

By: Adams, William, 1911?-; Ellerbeck Studio

Reference: PAColl-7762

Description: Photographs relating to William Adams' service in the Middle East and South Pacific during the Second World War, including tourist photographs of the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations, Jerusalem. Also included are two photographs of Adams as a young child, taken by Ellerbeck of Auckland, ca 1912-1915. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1093: Adams, William, fl 1929-1943 : Diary and papers.

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Military camps. Officers and inspections

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).

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Photographs relating to Jack Elmes' service in World War II

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

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Aerial photographs of New Zealand defence installations

Date: 1938-1943

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: United States. Marine Corps. 2nd Division

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-057

Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Dunedin fortress area showing Wharf Street Hy.A.A., camp, Kensington Drill Hall, 1938, 1942 (Series 4/5); Blumine Island showing gun emplacements, Top Camp site and Lower Camp site (Series 2/5); Timaru showing general area, battery position, Drill Hall, Band Room (Timaru Municipal Band Inc), Patiti Point magazine (Series 20/4); Bluff coastal defence showing gun position disguised as cottage, Drill Hall (Series 2/4); Burnham Military Camp showing general area, magazines, school buildings, recreation field, NCO's quarters, etc, 1939-1942 (Series 2/7 & 8/9); Christchurch showing general view of battery position, District Headquarters in Malings Building, aerial view of 44 Riccartion Road (S.D.Constr. Sqr), 1946 (Series 3/4); Coromandel Council Chambers/Coromandel Orderly Room, 1938 (Series 3/5); Dannevirke Drill Hall, 1938, and general view of C.D.S.I Camp, 1943 (Series 4/1); Delta Military Camp showing power house and engine room under construction, 1943 (Series 4/2); Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton showing general area, 1942 (Series 4/3); Dunedin fortress area showing Taiaroa Heads, Harrington Point & Wharf Street A.A. site, 1942 (Series 4/4); Duntroon Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 4/6); Featherston Military Camp and Drill Hall (Series 6/1); Foxton showing general area including Manawatu River, township and racecourse (Series 6/2); Tomahawk, Dundein showing three houses taken by army for accommodation purposes (Healey's, Winefield's and Richard's), gun positions and B.O.P., 1943 (Series 20/7); Te Atatu showing Hy A.A. position, 1942 (Series 20/2); Pilots Beach, Dunedin fortress area showing general area and gun emplacement and camp, 1943 (Series 16/14); Plimmeron showing general views of camp (Series 16/15); Post Office Point, Sounds defence showing magazine construction, camp site, gun emplacement site, general views, etc, 1943 (Series 16/17) Some Dunedin and Bluff photographs taken by Captain A F Tylee. Quantity: 162 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Victory loan campaign and application forms

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: PAColl-4161-01-025

Description: Two photographs of people on the back of a truck campaigning for suport for a forty million dollar victory loan, and a photograph of packages of aplication forms Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

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World War, 1939-1945. Hospital ship `Oranje'

Date: [ca 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

By: Boyer, Charles Percy Samuel, 1902-1973

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-180

Description: Series of captioned photographs taken by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service (Film & Photo Unit) of Dutch evacuees arriving in Australia from Java on board the Dutch hospital ship `Oranje'. Includes ex-internees released from Japanese camps; Dutch family groups (all named); general views of the ship with walking wounded; nursing and medical staff; hospital facilities on board; Captain and officers. Series of photographs of returning soldiers from on board `Oranje' (no captions). Series of photos taken for The Dominion (Wellington) showing groups of nurses; military personnel; official welcome home; soldiers and their families (no captions). Series of photographs taken by C.P.S.Boyer of Wellington showing soldiers being welcomed home. Includes Lady Newall welcoming a NZ officer; Governor General chatting with a soldier at the Clearing Hospital; Mrs C A Bennie and Lady Elliot handing out cigarettes to invalided men. Series of captioned publicity photographs of Australian and Dutch personnel from the Oranje on leave at the hotel, Chateau Tongariro, skiing, horseriding, relaxing at the hotel and during a dinner party. Photographs taken during a military parade in Wellington, possibly 1941 Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s).

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New Zealand places, events and personalities, etc

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

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Coastal defences - Installation of 9.2" coast guns a...

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: PAColl-4161-01-044

Description: Series of photographs showing transportation to and assembly to gun emplacement at north-east end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Includes photos showing barge leaving Devonport wharf, landing at Shakespear Bay, road transportation and assembly of the gun emplacement on northern end of the peninsula. Tiritiri Matangi Island can be seen in the distance off the end of the peninsula. Quantity: 119 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Maori Battalion on the way from New Zealand to Egypt

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).

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Coastal defences

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).

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[Ephemera relating to Anzac and First and Second World War, and later war events in New...

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.

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