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Date: 1939-1942

By: Crump, Spencely Noel Stanley, 1916-1995; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-750

Description: This album was compiled by Second Lieutenant Spencely Noel Stanley Crump. It is a record of his time as a soldier in the New Zealand army during the Second World War. The record begins with photographs taken while training at Ngaruawahia Camp in September 1939. He and his company were transported to Egypt on the "Orion" where they underwent training at Maadi Camp. Also recorded are the rest and recreational facilities at the camp, as well as those at Helwan Camp, and trips to the pyramids. In 1940 he was with the army campaigning and preparing defences in the Western Desert. He was also sent to the Middle East Weapon Training School in Sarafand near Tel Aviv of which there are photographs as well as others of Palestine and Jerusalem. In 1941 he was sent to Greece and Crete. This part of the album also contains a page of photographs taken from a captured German paratrooper's camera. Following the campaigns in Greece and Crete, Crump returned to Egypt and took part in the war in Libya. There are several pages of photographs of Cairo and its citizens. Others are of nurses and patients at the British General Hospital at Geneifa, and the New Zealand General Hospital at Helwan where Crump went as a result of contracting pneumonia and developing infections in his wounds. In 1942 he returned to New Zealand on the hospital ship "Oranji". There are five pages of photographs taken on this trip. In New Zealand he was sent to the Soldiers Hospital in Rotorua for treatment. In 1943 he married. The album is well documented throughout, and most of Crump's many military associates are identified. A container of letters written by Crump while he was overseas was also donated with the album. The letters have been transferred to Manuscripts and Archives. In 1934 Spencely Noel Stanley Crump was a member of the New Zealand team to the Empire Games in London where he won a bronze medal in swimming. He also represented New Zealand in swimming at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - One container of letters.

Date: 1861-1945

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2976

Description: Comprises selected papers from the log of HMS Sutlej, the Gaskell collection and letters of bishops and deans, the full autobiography of A H Gibson, and the selected papers of Sir Henry Roscoe, Samuel Alexander and Sir Claude Auchinleck Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1940-1943

By: McDougall, Robert Alexander, 1904-1975

Reference: Micro-MS-0576

Description: Diaries written during army service; describe training at Ngaruawahia; voyage on troopship Empress of Japan, Sep 1940; daily life and social activities in Egypt; bombing of Tobruk. Also, miscellaneous notes on military procedures and paybooks. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 650 pages).

Date: 1940-1945

By: Raine, Hugh Denys, 1916-1998

Reference: Micro-MS-0578

Description: Letters describe service with the 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 2NZEF; camp life at Papakura and Ngaruawahia before embarking for the Middle East, Apr 1941; service there 1941-1943, and in Italy 1943-1945. Describes life, military actions, with detailed impressions of places visited and people encountered Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (c.800p.).

Date: 1987

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-136-616

Description: Shows Ohakea Airbase with a tower and two aircraft in the distance. In the doorway of a hangar Prime Minister, David Lange is seen whispering behind his hand to Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke that Libya does $20 million worth of trade with New Zealand. Refers to New Zealand's trading in sheep with Libya in spite of strong international feeling against the Qaddafi regime. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone on paper, 320 x 480 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.