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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: 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: 1940-1945

From: Lewis, Lorrie Lionel, 1917-2001 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1610

Description: Photograph album compiled by Lorrie Lionel Lewis who served as a signalman during World War II. The album is dedicated to fellow signalman Laurie H Sweetman who died 23 October 1942. Includes photographs of the Lewis family in New Zealand, Lewis at Trentham camp, voyage on board the 'Aquitania', scenes in Ceylon and Egypt, on leave in Palestine, prisoner of war in Germany, scenes in London and Petone in 1945 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 24 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1913-1914, 1917-1919, 1942 [transcribed 2007]

By: Simpson, Andrew, active 2007

Reference: MSDL-0248

Description: Comprises transcriptions of note pad jottings by Percy Cecil Brockett during 1917. Also comprises transcriptions of letters relating to the Brockett family. Partial transcriptions of letters located at MS-Papers-2406. Accompanying material - Accompanied by biographical notes on Brockett family Arrangement: The transcriptions are arranged by five sections by author. First section is notes by Percy Brockett (1 Dec 1917-8 Jan 1918). Second is transcribed letters by Percy to his brother Fred and sister-in-law Marg (18 Nov 1917-11 Feb 1919). Third is letters by Charles Frederick Brockett to his son Percy (5 May-9 Jun 1913). Fourth is letters by Archie Brockett to his brother Percy (14 Aug-24 Sep 1914). Fifth is a letter by Rev N F E Robertshawe to Percy (10 Nov 1942). Quantity: 192 kilobyte(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Donor is a descendant of Brockett family

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