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Hutchison, W J (Mrs) :Album of photographs of Second NZ Contingent, South African War

Date: 1900

Reference: PA1-o-242

Description: Album of views of the Second New Zealand Contingent at camp in Newtown Park, being reviewed by the Governor at Island Bay, in procession through Wellington from the Basin Reserve to Parliament, and embarking on troop ship Waiwera for South Africa. One group portrait shows Mr, Mrs and Miss Horneman, and Lieutenants Crawshaw and Banks in uniform. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - Views of Second N.Z. Contingent, presented with love to my sister Edith, on the occasion of her birthday, 20th February 1900, from her brother Al. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green morocco binding 12.7 x 15.4 cm

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School of Bush and Mountain Warfare

Date: 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

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972

Reference: DA-01795

Description: Soldiers of the School of Bush and Mountain Warfare take a meal break near Phillips Creek, Eastern Hutt watershed, Tararua Range. Photograph taken on 18 Jan 1943 by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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South African war album

Date: [1900s]

By: Jones, Alfred William, -1938

Reference: PA1-q-224

Description: Photographs of the North Island Regiment of the New Zealand Army 8th Contingent in preparation for leaving on the troopship Surrey to fight in the South African War. These photographs were taken by Alfred Jones & Co. mostly in Auckland. They include views of speeches by Richard John Seddon, and General Babington in Auckland., and the departure of the Surrey from Auckland. Other images show the Surrey in Wellington Harbour, rowing eights in the harbour and the Contingent's military camp in Newtown. Two views show warships in Wellington Harbour and a decorated gateway in the city for the Duke of York's visit to New Zealand. There are a number of views of the processions and ceremonies for the funeral of Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town. Richard Seddon's visit to the Hudson's Soap Works in Liverpool is shown in several photographs taken by an unidentified photographer. Page 45 shows a "review at Pretoria" at which there was a "presentation of V.C.s and also a Royal Humane Society medal to Sergt. Cassidy N.Z.M.R. by Lord Roberts". The information is hand-written over the photograph as a Christmas greeting. Inserted in an envelope is a sheet of paper with the signatures of "Colonel Wyndham and the Officers of the Imperial Representative Corps". (Colonel Wyndham was with the 21st Lancers). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with maroon cover; 30 x 25 cm

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Photograph album relating to Edith Constance Lockett

Date: [ca 1913, 1915-1922]

From: Lockett family: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-1861

Description: Photograph album relating to Edith Constance Lockett of Lower Hutt, Wellington, illustrating her family life and her brother Kenneth Ewart Lockett's military service. Images taken by E C Lockett and unidentified photographer(s) ca 1915-1920s. Album inscribed 'Edith C Lockett, Lower Hutt, Feb 10th 1917' on inside front cover, and likely compiled by Edith Lockett. The album contains images of the Lockett family, particularly Edith Lockett and her siblings, Kenneth Ewart, Winifred Maud, and Edward William Lockett. The album also contains group portraits with Edith Lockett's parents, Ada Florence (nee Harrowby) and Henry George Lockett, and members of their extended family and friends, chiefly taken at the family home at 14 Stevens Grove, Lower Hutt. The album also has photographs from Kenneth Ewart Lockett's military service in World War One from November 1916 onward, and shows Kenneth and other soldiers at their camp, and includes images of army tents at an unknown location. The album also includes images of recreation activities primarily by women, such as women swimming and both men and women at the beach. Some photographs show women playing croquet and tennis, and with horses. There are also photographs in the album of bicycles and automobiles. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - Edith C Lockett Lower Hutt Febry 10th 1917 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Small maroon leather album, measuring 18 x 15.5 cm

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Foster, Susan E, 1946- :Photographs by Ethel Mary Beckett and relatives

Date: [ca 1890-1900]

By: Foster, Susan E, 1946-; Beckett, Ethel Mary, active 1890s; Beckett, Amy Middleton, -1964; Beckett, Thomas Wrench Naylor, 1839-1906; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6244

Description: Photographs, mostly of the South Island, from the collection of the Beckett family. Most were taken by Ethel Mary Beckett, with some being the work of Amy Middleton Beckett. The work of Wheeler & Son, of Christchurch, and Albert E Winzenberg of Masterton is also represented. A photograph of Palmerston Atoll, in the Cook Islands, is included in the collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181858-G to 1/2-181894-G Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).

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Military

Date: ca 1911, 1916, 1940 - 1952

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-040

Description: Photographs relating to military activities, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes a series of photographs of the State Forest Air Patrol, Royal New Zealand Air Force, in 1947, and photographs of Captain J Forsyth at the Polish Army League premises in Palmerston North. Also includes photographs of soldiers, guns, Fort Ballance, Kallang Civil Airport at Singapore in 1950 and the helmet plate of the New Zealand Regular Force of 1880 to 1911. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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McIntosh album 8

Date: 1899

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-292

Description: Photographs of the Nelson Region, Wellington Harbour, Featherston, Ruamahanga Valley and the Rimutaka Hill Road, probably taken by George William Barltrop in 1899 (Identification from other albums in this sequence). None of the people in photographs are identified, but include several scenes with a woman and her husband; a group portrait at a wedding; two older women in a garden; a picnic group (6 women, one man and three children); two women carrying baskets of plants, with a man wheeling a bicycle (on the road to the Nelson Reservoir); and three young boys in a garden. A sequence of twelve photographs includes two men, members of the 2nd Contingent, at a military camp (possibly in the Nelson area), preparing to leave for the South African War, in 1899; rows of horses near tents at the camp; soldiers marching; a Nelson street with a banner reading `For Queen and country. God bless our boys'; and Wellington Harbour with crowds on the wharves to farewell the troops. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

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School of Bush and Mountain Warfare

Date: 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: DA-01816

Description: Members of the Wellington Home Guard and US Marine Corps personel, taking part in the School of Bush and Mountain Warfare in burnt bush on the Marchant Ridge, Tararua Range. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Members of the New Zealand Home Guard, Somes Platoon of Bush Guides, on reconnaissance ...

Date: 1942

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: DA-01783

Description: Members of the Somes Platoon of Bush Guides (Wellington Fortress Area), on their first reconnaissance of the upper Orongrongo River. This platoon of the New Zealand Home Guard are seen here at the junction of Te Ore Ore Creek and the Orongorongo River. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe on 27 Sept 1942. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Members of the New Zealand Second Contingent for the South African War at the racecours...

Date: 18 January 1900

From: Harkness, W E :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-062514-F

Description: Members of the New Zealand second contingent for the South African War under review at the racecourse in Island Bay, Wellington. All of the soldiers are in full military uniform and are on horseback. There are civilians in the background, milling around behind the military formation. Taken by an unidentified photographer on 18 January 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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