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[New Zealand Army] :[Wellington Harbour defences] [map with ms annotations]. [ca.1942].
Date: 1942
By: New Zealand. Army; Kay, Robin Langford, 1919-2017; New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch
Reference: MapColl-832.47hkc/[ca.1942]/Acc.9489
Description: Drawn on a base map, show military defence plan annotations for the Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson), including the position of Bofors (single guns and darkness only bofors), heavy AA (anti-aircraft) guns, searchlights and light area; coast searchlights and light beam; motorised machine gun section, anti-tank guns, 18 pdr (powder) section, navy patrol ships, illuminated areas, and the United States Navy patrol area. Base map: North Island. Port Nicholson. From surveys by Captn J Stokes & Comr. G.H. Richards, RN, and the officers of HMS Surveying Ship 'Acheron', 1849....and the Wellington Harbour Board, 1903-4, with corrections to 1931.' (Wellington, Department of Lands & Survey, 1932).' Stamped on map: 'Most secret'. Map is encapsulated in mylar. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on lithograph, linen backed, scale [ca. 1:25 250], 74.3 x 62.7 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Robin Kay, 31.7.1967 for the War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs.