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Date: 5 Oct 1914-6 Apr 1915

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2550

Description: Army correspondence book records notes to Officer Commander (O/C), B Company, 5 Oct 1914. Notes on a military exercise in Karori, Wellington in early Oct 1914 including sketch maps. Letters start 7 Feb 1915 from Kubri, Egypt to his military commanders. Also weekly military reports and letters home to family and friends in New Zealand from Zeitoun Camp. Note on 8 Apr 1915 acknowledging a censor's stamp for the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, NZ and A Division. Last letter of volume on page 97 to Lady Godley regarding the care of the sick soldier "Gordon", written in Zeitoun Camp, 13 Mar 1915. Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (98 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book) Volume includes ink sketches Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 60 digitised pages. Pages 50 and 51 include original and carbon copy pages. Some pages have been removed throughout the volume.

Date: 6 Aug-10 Nov 1914

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2541

Description: Diary begins with Malone offering his services to the NZ Defence Department. Offer accepted to command Wellington Infantry Regiment. Details winding up business and family matters then attending training at Awapuni Camp. Troops entrained to Wellington. Organising Regiment for embarkation aboard the `Arawa'. Continues with descriptions of shipboard life for the troops and his own recovery from a bout of influenza. Notes the death of a soldier aboard the `Ruapehu' who is buried at sea. Transport calls in at Hobart and Albany. Malone on shore leave at Albany 28 Oct 1914. Ends 10 Nov 1914 with comments on the sinking of the German ship `Emden' at Cocos Islands. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (102 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Includes ink sketches of troopships and the port at Albany. Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 112 digitised images

Date: 20 Aug 1914-3 Jan 1915

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2549

Description: Letter book records military memoranda and detailed letters from Malone to his wife. Also letters to family members, friends and business colleagues. Memoranda was written 20 Aug 1914 when Malone was based in the Awapuni Camp. Letters continue from early Oct 1914 as the transport ships prepare to leave Wellington for Egypt. Most letters are written to Mrs Ida Malone. Final letter in volume is sent from Zeitoun Camp, Egypt on 3 Jan 1915. Malone expresses his affections for his wife and the difficulties of separation from his family. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Contains ink sketches including a drawing of transport ships from the perspective aboard the `HM NZT No.10 Arawa', page 8. Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 107 digitised images. Page 82 is missing.

Date: 14 Apr-23 Jul 1915

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2551

Description: Military exercise notes at start of letter book relating to practice manoeuvres in Miramar, Wellington on 23-14 Oct 1914. On 14 Apr 1915 there are notes for a lecture by Malone: "Officers Efficiency and how to obtain it". Page seven lists points for disembarkation of soldiers from transport vessels. Memoranda aboard the transport `Itonus' relating to soldier's performance. From 18 Apr 1915 there are detailed letters home to Ida Malone, and other letters to family members and Army Headquarters. On 24 Apr 1915 there is a 43 points list from a conference of Commanding Officers held aboard the `Lutzow'. Note of remodelling work to be undertaken at Courtney's Post and Quinn's Post. Letters continue through to 23 Jul 1915. Publication - Published as 'No better death: the Great War diaries and letters of William G Malone' : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book) Includes small pencil sketches Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 105 digitised images. Pages 27, 38 and 61 are missing. Pages 1 and 43 duplicated. Also pencil sketch on the reverse of page 43. Page 46 also duplicated with extra information.

Date: 21 Aug-23 Sep 1914

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

By: Wonderland (Amusement park)

Reference: MSX-2548

Description: Letter book records letters from Malone to his wife, family members, friends, business colleagues, military commanders and well-wishers. Letters cover the period from 21 Aug 1914 when Malone was based in the Awapuni Camp through to his leaving the Camp on 23 Sep 1914 to entrain to Wellington with the Wellington Infantry Regiment. Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Contains small ink sketches including a drawing of Miramar, showing the golf links, tram line, Wonderland and sandy ground (on page 88). Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 111 digitised images. Pages 44 and 45 have been removed from the letter book.