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Date: 1915 - 1918

By: Mence and O'Halloran (Firm)

Reference: A-279-034

Description: Cartoon showing soldier being innoculated with enormous syringe in the centre of his chest. The contents of the syringe are squirting out his back. One of the horrified men in the queue behind him is saying :"Lumme! E's punctured", the Doctor is saying "Keep still can't yer!", two soldiers already innoculated have passed out and two officers are sitting in front of a pile of records and finding the process very amusing Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black & white on postcard 87 x 136 mm

Date: 1915 - 1918

By: Mence and O'Halloran (Firm)

Reference: A-279-035

Description: Cartoon showing soldier having tooth removed with pliers and brute force. Two further soldiers are nursing toothache and awaiting their turn in the foreground and another dentist's chair and victim are visible in the background Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black & white on postcard 87 x 136 mm

Date: 1939 - 1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Snowden, James Robert, 1904-1982; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-012

Description: Photographs of recruitment and enlistment, soldiers in military training camps at Papakura (1939-1940) and Burnham (1940) and soldiers in Rarotonga and Egypt, taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of the Maori Battalion and General Freyberg. Photographers include B Snowden, A W Powell, George Weigel and S C Smith. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1943

From: Willan, L T (Mrs) :Photographs of Mrs Roosevelt's visit to Trentham Hospital, and Chapman-Taylor's record of the Trentham homestead

By: Willan, T L (Mrs), active 1920-1990

Reference: PAColl-5244-1

Description: Official photographs recording Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to the US military hospital, Trentham, New Zealand, in 1943 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1881

Reference: 1/2-004113-F

Description: Five men in uniform outside a tent. One is holding the handles of a wheeled stretcher. An enclosed cart with the first aid symbol painted on it stands to the right. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1915 - 1918

By: Mence and O'Halloran (Firm)

Reference: A-279-032

Description: Cartoon showing soldier having corns on his heel removed with hammer and chisel, by an aproned operator. The victim is exclaiming "Oh. Hell-p. My corns.". Three other soldiers are watching in horror. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white on postcard 88 x 136 mm

Date: 1942-1944

By: Smith, William Landon, 1920-2008

Reference: PAColl-10297

Description: Photographs taken and collected by William Landon Smith, a pharmacists' mate in the United States Navy during World War II. He was stationed at Base Hospital 3A in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides between 1942-1943, and Base Hospital 5 at Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand, between 7 May 1943 and 23 April 1944. Images are taken by William Landon Smith. Some are taken by unidentified photographers, possibly official United States Government photographers. Also includes a collection of commercial postcards and photographs, mainly by unidentified photographers but including several by Royal Studio, two by Peart, one by Tanner Brothers and one by VC Browne. Images chiefly relate to his war service at the United States Base Hospital in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), at Silverstream Hospital, New Zealand and while on leave around Wellington and Christchurch, between 1942 and 1944. - Photographs taken by Smith at the Silverstream Base Hospital, and around the hills near Silverstream, showing views across the Hutt Valley and toward Wellington. They include images of medical personnel and marines posing outside the hospital or in the pharmacy, and an unidentified official reception. There are also images of Smith's friends while off duty riding horses, drinking beer, and chasing sheep. Includes an image of the cable car in Wellington, and an unidentified man at a rock pool, possibly Wellington coast. - One aerial view of Silverstream Hospital stamped 'USN Base Hospital No.4' and dated 'Apr 5 1944' - Photographs of Christchurch city and area taken by Smith including many views of Christchurch Square and Christchurch Cathedral, men riding bicycles and paddling in the Avon River, and visiting the Strathmore Riding School. Images include unidentified men posing on a bicycle in front of a tram and in front of a steam engine, men in uniform outside the DIC building. - Group of young men and women relaxing and drinking beer on a small boat or near a harbour, probably Days Bay, near Wellington. - Ship, probably the USS Davis DD-395, at unidentified wharf - Photographs of unidentified personnel around the United States Naval Base Hospital No. 3A, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. One image of Smith with two friends. Some of the photographs are probably Government photographs and have 'censored' in the bottom left corner. They include views of the tents used for living and storage for the naval personnel, and activities of the locals. Smith has written a description on the back of each of these. - Postcards and commercial photographs (mostly b&w silver gelatin prints) collected by Smith, which show Maori cultural activities and geothermal scenes, and street scenes of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Two colourised postcards labeled 'Maori carver' and 'Te hongi, Rotorua, NZ'. One image with stamp 'with the compliments of the Apostleship of the ea, Auckland, New Zealand' and identified as Knocknagree [Knock Na Gree], Oratia, Auckland. - One foldout wallet of views of Christchurch Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Photographs arranged into the following groups - personal photographs of Silverstream Hospital and environs; personal photographs of Christchurch and environs; personal and possibly official prints of New Hebrides; and commercial postcards and prints of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Rotorua and Maori culture The United States Navy set up Base Hospitals around the Pacific and in New Zealand during World War II. William Landon Smith worked as a pharmacists' mate in Base Hospital 3A, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides between 1942 and 1943 and in Base Hospital, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand between 7 May 1943 and 23 April 1944. Quantity: 131 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 fold out souvenir set of 10 b&w photo-mechanical prints. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, postcards Provenance: Donated by Mary Forman, Texas, USA, 2014. Donor is the daughter of W L Smith.

Date: 1939-[1951]

From: Bliss, Charles Henry (Dr), 1909-1997 : Papers relating to his life and work

Reference: MS-Papers-5683-04

Description: Comprises detailed record of operations performed by Bliss while based in the Sudan, the desert, including Alexandria and Assam and later in Chhindwara and Dacca before coming to Samoa in 1948 and NZ in 1949. He has included dates of his service; lists of contents; some personal examinations of conscience about war; diary extracts; surgery statistics and analysis; a report on the working of the Fracture and Rehabilitation Dept; a report on an incident in Pakistan; list of patients seen in 1949; Greymouth and Westport statistics; notes on various medical conditions; diagrams illustrating surgical techniques and results and other notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1915 - 1918

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1915. Folder 1]

By: Mence and O'Halloran (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1915-1-03

Description: Postcard shows a cartoon looking through the wide doorway into the dentistry area where alarmed soldiers are having their teeth pulled. On either side of the door in the foreground are suffering prospective patients waiting apprehensively and in pain. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black & white on postcard 87 x 136 mm Provenance: Donated by Alison Elliott, Wellington, in 2009.

Date: 1936-1948

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-4161-01-052

Description: Includes: Navy Depot, Shelly Bay, Wellington showing wharf, and view showing entrance to Wellington Harbour and Seatoun (Series 19/1); Rifle ranges (Series 18) - Redcliffs, Cobden at Greymouth, Pelichet Bay, Putiki at Wanganui 1942, Te Aroha 1943, Fitzherbert East (Palmerston North), 1942, Rotorua 1948, Tahoraite at Dannevirke 1942, Sponge Bay at Gisborne 1942, Te Uhi at Wairoa 1942, Roys Hill at Hastings 1936, Seaborne at Nelson 1943, West Melton 1942, Rewa Rewa at New Plymouth 1945, Penrose at Auckland 1940 showing Southdown Station and Manukau Harbour 1940; Tinakori Hills 1942 (Series 20/5); Silverstream Hospital (Series 19/2); Spring Grove Drill Hall, 1938; Somes Island 1942-1943 (Series 19/4); Tapeka Point in Bay of Islands - General view and buildings. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1915 - 1918

By: Mence and O'Halloran (Firm)

Reference: A-279-033

Description: Cartoon showing soldiers being administered the "Camp gargle" from a large vat. Several are spitting out the gargle and one is claiming to be poisoned. There is an open-air shed, possibly a dining area, in the background Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black & white on postcard 88 x 136 mm

Date: 1938-1943, 1948, 1950

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

By: Tylee, A F (Captain), active 1940s

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-058

Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Maud Island (Sounds Defence) showing view approaching Post Office Point, gun emplacements, magazine under construction, view of Piction from water showing Navy building, Army radio huts and Terminus Hotel, another view taken from the hotel showing bathing sheds, and panorama views of Maud Island - photographs taken by Captain A F Tylee, 1942-1943 (Series 13/4); Auckland Domain showing US camp and army hospital and Auckland Hospital (Series 1/1); Paekakariki - view from Waikanae to Paekakariki, Camp MacKay looking east and south, Camp Russell, Paekakariki Beach (Series 16/5); Pauatahanui showing US camp at Motukaraka Point (Series 16/6); Pahiatua internees camp at Pahiatua Race Course, 1943 (Series 16/7); Pahiatua showing general area, magazine area (Moko-moko) and drill hall (Series 16/8); Opua, Bay of Islands showing road bridge construction (Series 15/3); Orakei, Auckland showing Hy.A.A. position and camp, 1942 (Series 15/4); Okaihau showing general view of Battalion headquarters, 1943 (Series 15/7); Ohakea showing aerodrome, bomb stores, vegetable garden, magazine and camoflafe, 1941-1943 (Series 15/6); Paekakariki showing camp site and army store, 1942 (Series 16/1); Paekakariki showing R.D.F. station, Old Hill Road (Series 16/2); Camp Paekakariki (Series 16/3); Paekakariki and Raumati South - general view with Opau Battery (Series 16/4); Oamaru showing coastal defence site, gun position, drill hall and general views (includes map), 1942-1943 (Series 15/1); Queenstown Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 17/1; Temuka Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 20/9); Thames Drill Hall, front and rear, 1938 (Series 20/10); Mt Somers showing houses at Mt Somers magazine sited contrary to regulations, photograph taken by A R Currie, 1948 (Series 13/16); Northcote showing Hy.A.A. position, 1942 (Series 14/4); New Caledonia showing erection of Type W prefab warehouse - Engineers stores depot, and NZ 4th General Hospital site, Dumbea Valley (Series 14/6); New Plymouth Drill Hall (Coronation Hall) and general view of aerodrome at Bell Block (Series 14/7); Milson aerodrome, 1942 (Series 13/4); Trentham Military Camp showing race course and camp, magazine area, sewerage treatment works, 1943 (Series 20/8) and unnumbered series taken 1950 Quantity: 127 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 8 Jul 1943

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

Reference: 1/4-000470-F

Description: United States Naval Base Hospital ward interior, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, 8 July, 1943, photographed by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-131/132

Description: Shows a hospital tent on the beach at New Plymouth, a haka being performed on left watched by a large crowd of onlookers Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, 100 x 320 mm

Date: [between ca 1914-1918]

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

Reference: 1/2-005955-G

Description: Hospital at the Featherston Military Camp. Photograph tken by Frederick George Radcliffe between circa 1914-1918. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No 2 Military Hospital Featherston M C Tourist Series 150 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 25 April 1920

From: Dudley Ward, Freda, 1894-1983 :Photographs of Edward, Prince of Wales, during a visit to New Zealand and Fiji

Reference: PAColl-9111-06

Description: Prince of Wales greeting men at military hospital at Narrow Neck, Auckland, during his visit to New Zealand. Photograph taken 25 April 1920 by an Otago Witness staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.7 x 15.1 cm

Date: 1918?-1919

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-211

Description: First section consists of snapshots of Trentham Military Camp, and scenes at the camp during the proclamation of Armistice (November 1918). The second section, entitled `Mt. Holdsworth, March 1919', consists of a group of young men and women on a trip to climb Mt. Holdsworth. The first view shows a group setting off in a car, the next scene setting off in a horse-drawn carriage, followed by arrival at a mountain hut for the night. The following views include scenes of the climb, and arrival at the trip station on Mt Holdsworth, with final departure by horse and carriage. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with soft grey card covers; 14.5 x 16.5 cm

Date: 1863-1865

From: Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-177

Description: Album compiled circa 1863-5, by Spencer P T Nicholl of the 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Some photographs taken by John Kinder. Photographs include images relating to military life, including the Oakura Redoubt, the Kaitake Redoubt, officers of the 68th regiment, military camps in Taranaki, and the Militia Hospital in New Plymouth. Pages 15-18 have the pencilled caption `Lake Taupo', but in fact are photographs of the volcanic area around Lake Rotomahana, and were taken by John Kinder in 1865. They include a sulphur volcano (whakataratara), the Whatapoho geyser, Otukapuarangi (Pink Terraces), and the Tarata or principal boiling springs. Pages 19-32 contain portraits of Maori men and women, some of which have pencilled captions. Inscriptions: Album page - `Spencer p.T. Nicholl (subsequently Lieut. Col.), 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Album compiled probably about 1863/4' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, darker green leather corners and spine, original spine with gold decoration, repaired; 37 x 27 cm

Date: 1943

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

Reference: 1/4-000356-F

Description: Opening of the United States Naval Base Hospital in Silverstream, Upper Hutt, in 1943, photographed by John Pascoe. Shows a parade of New Zealand officers, nurses, and seaman. Members of the United States Marine Corps play in a band alongside. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1942-1943

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-4161-01-061

Description: Photographs of American forces in New Zealand from their time of arrival in Auckland and Wellington. Some are captioned. Includes views of arrival by ship; RNZAF welcoming band; marching to railway station and from station to camp; drinking milk; `shooting craps'; Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare, 1943; US Naval Base Hospital, Silverstream (interior); telephone operator; gunners; light artillery practise; Christmas celebrations at US Naval Hospital, Auckland; American nurses outside Auckland war Memorial Museum; Camp MacKay; US soldiers receiving citation orders; Marine Corps at Wellington War Memorial showing Parliament Buildings and Bowen Street in the background; etc. Captioned photos include: Wing Commander R J Cohen, Air Commodore M V Buckley & Commodore E Rotheram; American officers of the Navy and Marine Corps attending a special New Year festival at Ngaruawahia Pa showing Princes Te Puea with Captain S D Jupp; onel J H Nankivell, US military attache in Wellington, presenting citations at US naval hospital, Wellington, 1943; Brigadier General P Hurley addressing a meeting; Chief Petty Officer Artie Shaw; Admiral William F Halsey's visit to Auckland accompanied by Commodore Sir Atwell Lake, Lt Commander Brooks Clifford & Captain S D Jupp; Major G F Yerex, commandant of Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare with Staff Sergeant A C Hulme and US Marine Corps officer, 1943. Quantity: 157 b&w original photographic print(s).