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Photographs related to World War II and post-war events
Date: 1939-1947
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-158
Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1939 and 1947. Includes: visit of `Bellona', 1946; visit to NZ of H.M. aircraft-carrier Theseus, 1947; Colonel & Mrs Fisher with Captain J Kendall; sailors of R.N.V.R; ANZAC parade at Wellington (1940) & Auckland (1950); group photo of staff of Casualty Clearing-Station in Wellington taken at the time it closed in Apr 1946; arrival of Wrens in Wellington (named on back), Aug 1946; official farewell party held at Allied Forces Club in Wellington, Apr 1946; group photo of RSA delegates to Dominion RSA conference held in Wellington, Jul 1946; Battle of Britain commemoration services at St Matthews, 1947; Victory tower, Jun 1946. Also departure of 1st Echelon (Westport, Greymouth); NZ Unit training in England in 1940 (NZers who were living in England when war broke out volunteered for service). Trailer ambulance for the Hamilton Home Guard made by A M Bisley & Co, 1942. Series of photographs related to rehabilitation of ex-servicemen. Includes photos of training-farm at Milson, near Palmerston North; tools available from the Rehabilitation Department for returned servicemen who require them for trade or household use (Dec 1947). Group photograph of sergeants mess HMNZHS Maunganui, Oct 1945 Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Service women
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-4161-01-139
Description: Series of official and non-official photographs. Most contain captions. Women's Auxillary Air Force - Assisting a meteorologist; taking sightings with a theodolite; attending to the metering equipment on a refuelling tanker; receiving advice at Headquarters from WAAF commandant Wing Commander Mrs F I Kain, prior to boarding ship for service overseas; three WAAFs on board ship. Women's National Service Corps on parade in Auckland; WAAC women on the parade ground at a South Island training establishment. Women's Auxillary Army Corps at an Auckland Anti-Aircraft Station. Series of photographs of three Wrens training at Auckland. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs of WRNS (Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service) activities, and family ph...
Date: [ca 1916-1920s], [between 1942-1945]
From: Lee, Marjorie Hilda (Miss), 1921- :Photographs of Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service activities and Lee family photographs
Reference: PAColl-9852
Description: Photographs of WRNS (Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service) activities between 1942-1945 collected by WRNS member Marjorie Lee, and family photographs taken circa 1916-1920s taken by Marjorie Lee's father Percy John Lee. WRNS photographs were taken at Somes Island and Shelly Bay in Wellington, and at Long Bay and/or Torbay, Auckland. Includes publicity photographs at Point Halswell using models as WRNS; degaussing station at Shelly Bay; WRNS at the former matron's house for the Shelly Bay borstal; images relating to minesweepers at Shelly Bay; WRNS from HMNZS 'Cook' at Hinemoa Street with Colour Sergeant Brecon at left; WRNS Montague Whalers Race in Evans Bay, 19 Feb 1944; WRNS at a Easter Regatta at Evans Bay, 1944 Family photographs include images of Miss Marjorie Lee, her father Percy, her mother Ellen and siblings Reginald and Winifred. One shows them at Island Bay beach. Two others show them on the back steps of their house at Britomart Street in Berhampore. Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Shipboard diary of voyage to NZ on SS Corinthic Sept-Oct 1913 by Percy John Lee (1896-1963).
Members of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service, Auckland, New Zealand
Date: 1943
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000261-F
Description: Unidentified members of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service servicing the engine of the Commodores barge in Auckland, New Zealand, during World War 2. Photograph taken by John Pascoe in 1943. Photographer's caption (from notes held in Photographic Archive at TL6/1/30) reads: "These Wrens can service the engine of the Commodores barge, as well as navigate it" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service recruit learning semaphore on Somes Island
Date: during World War 2
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000164-F
Description: Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service recruit learning semaphore on Somes Island during World War 2. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives
Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service recruit learning semaphore, Somes Island, Welli...
Date: 1943
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000165-F
Description: Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service recruit learning semaphore, Somes Island, Wellington. Shows a women in uniform, standing on a rocky shore, holding flags in the air. Photograph taken in 1943, by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's heading in the Photographic Archive file 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-000161 to 000184, reads: "Women's Royal Naval Service" Caption - Pascoe's caption, in Photographic Archive file 6/1/30, for this photograph reads: "Sea wind keeps the flags open." Source of descriptive information - File print. Dated from Pascoe file in Photographic Archive at 6/1/30 which shows negatives 1/4-000161 to 184 received in London, England, in 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Member of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service
Date: 1943
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000576-F
Description: Unidentified member of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service (WRNZS), in Auckland, during World War II. Shows her on board the Commodore's Barge that took Mrs Roosevelt for an inspection of the WRNZS. Photograph taken in 1943 by John Dobree Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's title from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-000519 to 000579, reads: "Mrs Roosevelt in New Zealand." Other - Pascoe's caption for this image in Photographic Archive file reads: "Attention on the Commodore's Barge that took Mrs Roosevelt for her inspection of the W.R.N.Z.S." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative