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Date: 1920, 1944-1997

By: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006

Reference: MS-Group-2284

Description: The collection comprises four folders on Robert Martin's career as a post office employee and telegraphist, while the rest consists of papers, scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings relating to his military service during World War II in North Africa, Italy, and the Solomon Islands with the Field Ambulance service of the New Zealand Medical Corps. Correspondence with his brother, Martin, and his sister, Valerie, are included, as is correspondence with two of his comrades in the Field Ambulance. Also included is a typed translation of a Japanese diary which he acquired during the Solomon Islands campaign, probably on Mono in the Treasury Islands, and a typed copy of the diary and other papers of his friend, Colin John Arroll, who also served with the Field Ambulance. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Reflecting the circumstances of their accessioning, the collection is divided into three series. Quantity: 19 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: A descriptive list compiled by the donor of the contents of the second accession (A2014-183) may be found in the backfiles held in the Reference Section of the Alexander Turnbull Library.. Provenance: Donated in two lots by Mrs Janet Hannan, Wanaka, during 2014. The first donation consisted of Robert Martin's civilian career as a telegraphist for the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department, and the second his photographs, correspondence and diaries from his military service in World War II. His friend, John Colin Arroll, who also served with the Field Ambulance, sent Robert Martin a copy of his diary, reminiscences and other papers. Donor is Robert Martin's daughter. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00859 - To Photographic Archive - Albums and other photographs - Photograph albums transferred to Photographic Archive..

Date: 1939-1943

From: Robinson family: Papers relating to World War One and World War Two

By: Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000

Reference: PAColl-8746

Description: Comprises photographs taken and collected by Leonard Rennell James Robinson who took part in World War Two in the Middle East Force. Includes photographs of army personnel in New Zealand in 1939; on the "Aquitania" about to leave for Britain; other transports which they joined in convoy which include the "Queen Mary," the "Empress of Canada," the "Empress of Japan," and the "Andes;" ports of call at Cape Town and Sierra Leone, and a view of the transports entering the Clyde at the end of their journey. A few images show a group of soldiers in camp at Aldershot, and ambulance training on the Kent Coast. Four images show the vapour trails of fighter planes in the sky over England. War in the desert is recorded by images of an ambulance being loaded; motor vehicles on a desert highway; an encampment; a scorpion; unexploded bombs in the sand; Italian prisoners of war; wrecked German tanks and aircraft; dead Germans; cemeteries in the desert. Another group relate to a camp at Helwan and a military hospital; Robinson and friends in camp and on leave; rain in the desert, and an air raid over Alexandria. Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panorama. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1113, Robinson family papers.