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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: [ca 1941-1945]

From: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1933

Description: Photograph album compiled by Robert Thomas Martin containing images of New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands during military training and service in World War II. Some images likely taken by Martin. New Zealand images show training camps at Rotorua (1941), Papakura (1942), 1st Field Ambulance camp in Warkworth (Jun-Sep 1942), and Fencourt [Cambridge?] (1942). In addition to informal portraits featuring Martin, Colin Arroll, and other unidentified soldiers, there are images of tents, a route march, a hospital under construction and parked ambulances (at Warkworth), and a Bob Semple tank with soldiers and Martin and his sister Valerie posed in front (at Papakura). Identified groups include Warrant Officers and Sergeants in 1st Field Ambulance in Papakura, 7th Field Ambulance, and D Company. Also image of Martin walking down a street in uniform while on leave. Images from Rotorua also show Regent Theatre (exterior and courtyard), Post Office, Sanatorium building and grounds, St Faith’s Church (Ohinemutu), swimming scenes at the Blue Baths, and Maori children diving for pennies [at Whakarewarewa?]. A 1940 series of images at a house in [Auckland?] show Martin in uniform with various people including his Uncle Frank, Guy [?], and a number of young women [relatives, including his sister Valerie?]. Martin is also photographed with a dog [Collie?]. Images from service in New Caledonia, Jan-Aug 1943, feature group photographs of the B Company 7th New Zealand Field Ambulance at Nemeara and Nepoui Valley. Identified people in informal group and individual portraits at the Nemeara Camp are Doug Smith, Wally McKusker, Doug Smith, Stan Poomore, Shorty Luscombe, Jack Ireland, Allan Stewart, Bill Cullum, and Cliff Pinker. Nemeara Camp images also include a medical examination of an unidentified local man, local children and men, the cookhouse, tents, hospital “bure” [thatched hut], a combination water heater and incinerator, mess hut under construction, swimming area in river [including competition?], and Nemeara mission church (with Mt Boa in the background). Images from Bourail show the gendarmerie, Main Street, and a church. Also view of Nouméa Harbour Treasury Island images show scenic views, including the river mouth at Malsi and the northern tip of Mono Island. Solomon Islanders are photographed including local men trained to fight by 34th Battalion, A Company tent, vegetation, local church (following rebuild by 29th Battalion) and [another?] destroyed church, men packing up the QM [Quartermasters?] store, and group getting ready to play “Tennaquoits”. Identified men are Tom Murphy, Jock Plunkett, Fred Walker, and Martin. Some show men posing with “Jap Souvenirs” (including flag, swords, knife, and trumpet), sick and injured men at 7th Field Ambulance [MDS?] at Stirling and on stretchers being evacuated by barge. Images of military equipment and armaments include G pounder anti-tank gun, 50 mm Bofors Ack Ack gun, a jeep (being dug out of mud), beach landing craft, beach scene with men rolling drums [fuel?], LST being unloaded at Purple Beach (Stirling Island), ship ‘Tyrone’, and a boat described as a “Seaplane tender”. Arrangement: Donor identified item as "ITEM C Family photos and Pacific Islands". Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 115 silver gelatin photoprints. Physical Description: Black cardboard album bound with string, 20 x 23 cm

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: 1940-1944, [ca.1960s]

From: Murphy, Rodney Morris, 1921-2012 : Photographs

By: Leicagraph Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10270

Description: Comprises photographs relating to World War II soldier John Reichel, mainly showing Reichel during his army service. One image was taken by Leicagraph Studio (Wellington, N.Z.) and the others by unknown photographers, between 1940 and 1944, and during the 1960s. Some of the images show Reichel at Trentham Camp where he was an instructor, by himself and with others. He wears his army uniform in most prints. One image shows him relaxing with a friend, another strolling near shops smoking his pipe (this photograph is taken by Leicagraph Studio). Another photograph shows an 'Army' exhibit, possibly at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition (1939-1940 ; Wellington, N.Z.). One image is taken from the stern of a boat during the 1944 landing on Nissan Island as part of the Solomon Islands Campaign. Also photograph showing the plaque on the grave of Edwin Reichel (died 1962 aged 86 years). Also two images which appear to show thermal hot pools in a bush setting with steam rising. Also an image of St Matthew's Anglican Church in Masterton ca.1960s. Other - For typescript memoir by John Reichel relating to his experiences in the Solomon Islands during World War II, see Reference MS-Papers-11817-2 Other - The connection between John Reichel and Rodney Murphy is unknown Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Ephemera collected by Rodney Murphy. See also Published and Manuscripts..

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-4161-01-041

Description: Mainly photographs of coastal defence and operations during World War II in the Pacific Islands and Auckland Islands. Some photographs are identified with captions and information on the back. Some people are identified. Includes coast watching on Auckland Islands - No 1 Camp Port Ross (The Cape Expedition) - wireless operations, surveying and meteorologists; Pacific Island - coast watchers cave on Vella Lavella Island used by signalmen (Signal Corps, US Army); radio and radar operations; women naval personnel; RNZN camp at Banika (Russell Islands); RNZN base camp at Guadalcanal (Camp Adams); group photos including crew of MW3 at Lombari; telegram relating to American soldiers washed ashore, 15-16 June 1942; albatross on Auckland Islands; coast watching quarters under construction at Cape Campbell; etc. Photographs taken at Nukufetau (Tuvalu), Guadalcanal, Bonika, Anchorage Island, Manu Island, Lombari, Bougainville, Banika (Russell islands), Cape Esperance, Vella Lavella Island, Auckland Islands, Cape Campbell, Funafuti, Visu Visu Camp, Savo (Solomon Islands), Suwarrow. Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1942-1945]

By: Waldegrave, Henry Richard, 1920-1993

Reference: PAColl-10022

Description: Photographs collected by Henry Waldegrave who served in the Pioneer Company of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific during World War II. Images show military group portraits and military life and were taken circa 1942-1943 by unidentified official photographers. Also a set taken possibly by Henry Waldegrave in Tonga, and another set of ten tourist photographs taken in Fiji. Approximately ten items taken on Mono Island in the Treasury Islands (which form part of the Solomon Islands) including some taken at Malsi (coastal village, eastern Mono island) during the scrap', one of 'old Jap headquarters' and one of the 'British Solomon Islands Police Force with attached New Zealanders' Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donor is the son of Henry Waldegrave. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2080 : Waldegrave, Henry Richard, 1920- : Military papers relating to the Solomon Islands campaign..