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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Units. 28 Battalion (Maori)

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

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-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Postcard album

Date: [1914-1918]

From: Warburton, Edward Darien :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1602

Description: Photographic postcard album compiled by E D Warburton. Includes photographs of family, soldiers, rugby, fencing and prisoners of war during the Great War. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 25.5 x 22 cm

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Album relating to World War I

Date: 1914-1917

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1552

Description: Photograph album compiled by R V Kay for his future wife Sybil. Includes photographs of automobile travel, gardens, picnics, parties, golf, suspension bridges, motorcycles, New Zealand soldiers on troopship, military training in England, soldiers at Stonehenge and family and friends. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - Sybil, with love from Reg Aug '17 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 140 x 165 mm

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Album relating to World War I

Date: 1917-1919

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1060

Description: Photographs relating to Mr R V Kay. Includes photographs of 33rd Reinforcements training in Wairarapa, 1917 and at sea troopship life 1918 (Jan-Feb) on 'S.S. Athenic' via the Panama Canal. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 275 x 230 mm

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Military camp life

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-4161-01-030

Description: Recreation in military camps; visits of family and friends Quantity: 3 container(s) (boxes).

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New Zealand during World War Two - Enlistment, training, war effort, etc

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-182

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1939-1953 A.N.A. Dance (group of men from United Services), undated; Otago Patriotic Council committee at a social and dance at the Town Hall (includes Mayor of Dunedin, A H Allen & Mrs Allen and others, all named on verso), Aug 1940; Lord Montgomery accompanied by Dr J Kennedy Elliot, examines work being done by W Greenbank at Returned Servicemen's Training Centre, Wellington; Patriotic Fund drive for funds at Hamilton, 1940 (parade), and Dunedin, Oct 1940 (archery competition); playhouse built and furnished by an Invercargill firm to be raffled to raise funds for London victims of air-raids, 1940; send-off for Hastings soldiers; fond farewell at Timaru station, Oct 1939; Timaru soldiers led by Municipal Band marching down the main street, Oct 1939; volunteers enlisting at Auckland, Sep 1939; crowd at Wellington Railway Station waving goodbye from the platform, Oct 1939. Special force in training at Trentham; members of Marlborough branch of National Reserve on guard duty at a military depot; civic farewell for Marlborough soldiers at Blenheim, Oct 1939. Dunedin recruits departing from railway station for training for the Special Force; New Plymouth volunteer at railway station before Special Force left town; Canterbury men for Special Force marching; funeral of Lance-Corporal James Thomas Nelson held at Invercargill includes members of the Special Force, Dec 1939. Napier volunteer nurses who won the Collins Cup V.A.D. competition, and Wellington team who were runners-up; Red Cross nurses at Burnham Military Camp, Dec 1939; training of members of Auckland Calliope Sea Scouts Troop which reformed in Oct 1939; painting a merchant ship `battleship-grey' as a war precaution, Sep 1939 Army Stage Recruiting Rally in Featherston Street, Wellington; Mayor of New Plymouth with waste material collection, Sep 1940; washing-up at Camp; wet canteen; outdoor wet canteen at Burnham, Dec 1939; dental tent, Nov 1939. Patriotic Fund related photographs: Boys' war effort at Westport, 1940 - Collecting pine cones, collecting beer bottles, fretwork, chopping firewood; children's `shop' at Terrace end, Palmerston North, 1940; decorated bicycle at Levin, 1940; horse and cart in main road of Gisborne during petrol restrictions, 1939; stock sale at Waipukerau to raise funds, Dec 1940; Home Guard display at Hastings Watty Nelson (singer) photographed at Otaki with brothers Jack and `Hec' Merrylees (formerly of Dannevirke) of third Echelon, Aug 1940 Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Photographer unknown: Army and family photographs

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

Reference: PAColl-6963

Description: Assorted views of army life and family photographs many of them taken on a beach. One of a hot air balloon is advertising Hudson's Baking Powder with the slogan "Bound to Rise". Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059554 to 059869 and 106041 to 106083 Quantity: 316 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

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Sports team, Waiouru Army Training Camp

Date: [1936-1938]

From: Morton, Errol Cliff : Photographs and negatives of Western Desert, World War 2

Reference: 1/2-180146-F

Description: View of Waiouru Army Training Camp, showing a sporting team, taken circa 1936-1938 by Errol Cliff Morton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 70 x 112 mm

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Dinner for soldiers of the First and Second Contingents, held in Dunedin, after their r...

Date: 23 January 1901

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 8

Reference: PAColl-6075-02

Description: Dinner for soldiers of the First and Second Contingents, held in Dunedin on the 23rd of January, 1901, after their return from the South African War. A sign, on the left, partially obscured, reads " ...[Ho]nour to our heroes." Other signs, above the flags, name places: Johannesburg, Barberton, Pretoria, Vaal River, Hutton, etc. Photographer unidentified. This image is published in `New Zealanders at War' by Michael King, 1981, page 83. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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The Soldiers' Club, Featherston Military Camp

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006886-G

Description: The Soldiers' Club at Featherston Military Camp showing a sign advertising the YMCA on the end wall. Four men stand outside, two are in uniform. A blackboard on the corner of the building reads " CONCERT. Tonight at 7.30. Masterton Party. Roll up." Taken by George Frederick Radcliffe. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Soldiers' Club. Featherston M C. Tourist Series 211 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Soldiers relaxing, at Waiouru Army Training Camp

Date: [1936-1938]

From: Morton, Errol Cliff : Photographs and negatives of Western Desert, World War 2

Reference: 1/2-180137-F

Description: View of Waiouru Army Training Camp, showing showing two soldiers relaxing by their tents, taken circa 1936-1938 by Errol Cliff Morton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 70 x 110 mm

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Sports team, Waiouru Army Training Camp

Date: [1936-1938]

From: Morton, Errol Cliff : Photographs and negatives of Western Desert, World War 2

Reference: 1/2-180145-F

Description: View of Waiouru Army Training Camp, showing a sporting team, taken circa 1936-1938 by Errol Cliff Morton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 70 x 115 mm

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United States Marines playing a game of craps - Photograph taken by George Silk

Date: [ca June 1942]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0783-2-0250

Description: Newly arrived United States Marines playing a game of craps (at Paekakariki military camp?) circa June 1942. Photograph taken by George Silk. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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