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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Units. 1 New Zealand A Tank Battalion
Date: 1939-1943
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-4161-01-158
Description: Photographs of 1 New Zealand A Tank Battalion in training at Ohakune and Waiouru between 1939 and 1945 (A F V School). Includes Governor General's inspection Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: Photographs were transferred to NZ Army HQ on 26 February 1943 (see photocopy of envelope housed with collection)..
Photographs relating to Agnes Buckley, nurse during World War II
Date: [ca 1915-1979]
From: Buckley, John David, 1901-1983 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10087
Description: Contains photographs relating to Buckley's sister, Agnes Buckley, who served as a nurse during World War II. Many are of, or include, her. Images are taken by unidentified photographers (possibly including Agnes Buckley and Ron J Moore) with identified photographers John Buckley and Lieutenant C J Justins, ca 1915 to 1979. Photographs mainly relate to Agnes's service during World War II. These feature the time leading up to her departure (including the Waitomo Caves exhibition at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition and family scenes), tourist sites and street scenes in Egypt (including the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza), fellow nurses and soldiers, and Agnes's funeral in Italy in 1944. There are a number of formal portraits. Miscellaneous images include a Wellington Bomber aircraft crashed on railway lines in Libya and the troopship 'Aquitania' docked in Wellington. Some images of Egypt are hand coloured. Additionally, Agnes's nursing training and work at Taihape Hospital before the war, and family life, are covered. These images include formal portraits. Images of the Taihape War Memorial, and an unidentified group gathered around her framed portrait in the 1970s, are also included. Contains two original enclosures, both of which are annotated. Some prints contain information on the rear. Other - some of these prints have come loose from albums PA1-o-1804 to PA1-o-1807. Quantity: 83 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints
Don Peat's photograph album
Date: 1936-1941
From: Peat family: Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1794
Description: Don Peat's own album aquired when he was 15 years old. Contents include - Group of schoolboys and a De Haviland aircraft at Wigram in 1936. The Merivale boy scouts, Christchurch, 1937. Portrait of St Mary's Church, St Albans, Christchurch, 1937. Governor General, Lord Galway at presentation of a new guiden (flag) to the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, Hagley Park, 1937. Wellington Railway Station. World War One field gun. Flying boat on Wellington harbour. Nazi flag on the last German ship to come to Wellington before the Second World War, ca 1939. Ocean liner `Strathmore,' at Wellington wharves. Portrait of Bob Semple. Don Peat with friends and in military uniform, 1939-1940. Soldiers, Second World War, in Wellington. Views of the Nurses Home, Wellington Hospital. Don Peat and his parents, Whanganui 1940. Soldiers in training, Trentham, 1940. Views of the ship `Doric Star' sunk in 1940. Soldiers in training at Waiouru, 1941. This includes a group of photographs recording a comic mock battle enacted by soldiers. Soldiers on leave in Christchurch, May 1941. Hand coloured images of Maori men posing as `old time' warriors, 1939. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Creater unknown :Photographs of New Zealand, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, WWII
Date: [ca 1940-1945]
Reference: PA1-o-1521
Description: Photographs of artillery training at Waiouru, 1940; practice amphibious landings in Vanuatu; and NZ troops at Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella and Nissan Island, taken & collected by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 310 x 190 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009 Transfers: Transfers - Collection as a whole received by Photographic Archive other material transferred to Ephemera from here. - To Ephemera Collection - Souvenir Programme - The Kiwi Concert Party (Pacific) presents 'Pacific Roundabout' 1944 (Eph-A-VARIETY-1944-02).
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Aerial photographs of New Zealand defence installations
Date: 1938-1949
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-4161-01-054
Description: Includes aerial photographs of: Camp Russell and Camp MacKay at Paekakariki; Linton Military Camp at Kairanga 1949; Te Awaiti Bay (Marlborough Sounds), 1942 (Series 20/3); Manukau Heads showing South Head gun position (Series 13/2); Rerewahine [Point], (Otago Peninsula), 1943 - general view, gun emplacement & camp (Series 18/1); Tapeka Point; Rangiora Drill Hall (Series 18/3); Rotorua Drill Hall (Series 18/4); Russell, 1942 - camp & battery position (Series 18/2) Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s).
Album relating to a Christmas vacation, 1938
Date: 1938
From: Kelly, Raymond Alwyn, 1917-1998 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-o-1635
Description: Photograph album relating to holiday photographs of Christmas vacation in 1938 at Chaso's Joint in Tariki, Taranaki Inscriptions: [Inside front cover] Holiday shots during Xmas vacation 1938 at Chaso's Joint in Tariki, Taranaki Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album 20 x 28.5 cm
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Polish children's camp, Pahiatua
Date: 1944-1949
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-4161-01-028
Description: Views of Polish children's camp, Pahiatua, of life in the camp, of the children and officials associated with the camp Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s).
Troops training and parading in New Zealand
Date: 1939-1941
From: Marriott, Forrest Aitken, 1904-1960 :Photographs relating to World War Two
Reference: PAColl-8288
Description: Photographs taken and collected by journalist and photographer Forrest Aitken Marriott. Included are troops parading in Wellington in 1940; the 1st and 3rd echelons leaving Wellington on troopships; troops training at locations around the Wellington coast; troops training and parading at Trentham Militaty Camp and Waiouru Military Camp; photographs of the Dominion Monarch, the Rangitira, and the Strathaird. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s).
[Programmes relating to wood-chopping and sports meetings, collected by Eric Warner. 19...
Date: 1940 - 1949
From: [Pamphlets, programmes, flyers relating to wood-chopping and sports meetings, collected by Eric Warner. 1915-2009]
Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-Warner-1940s
Description: Includes: Undated, possibly 1946: New Zealand Championships. Professional cycling, woodchopping and athletics at English Park. Friday 26 January - Saturday 27 January [1918, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1946?] (2 copies) 1940: Rangataua Axemen's & Athletic Assn. Thirtieth annual chopping carnival, Easter Monday, 25 March 1940. Official programme Rangataua Axemen's 30th annual sports to be held on the Rangataua Domain, Easter Monday 25 March 1940. Pocket programme 1941: Owhanga Axemen's & Athletic Assn. Twenty first annual sports, Owhanga Domain. Easter Saturday, 12 April 1941. Official programme [chopping athletic and cycling events] AND Pocket programme Rangataua Axemen's & Athletic Assn. Thirty-first annual chopping carnival, Easter Monday, 14 April 1941. Official programme Urenui Combined Districts Sports Club. Fourth annual meeting, to be held in Urenui Domain, Saturday 17 May 1941. Patriotic meeting. Official programme [chopping, cycling, athletics, Highland dancing] 1944: Green Island Allied Axemen's Carnival at South End Bomber Strip [Kure Atoll, Hawaii], 1030 hours. Sunday 2 April 1944. Programme 1946: Owhango Victory sports meeting to be held on Owhango Domain on Easter Saturday, 20 April 1946. Pocket programme [chopping, sawing, cycling, athletic and horse events] 1947: Central King Country Axemen's Association. 1st annual carnival to be held on Taumarunui Domain, 28-29 March 1947. Pocket programme 1949: Central King Country Axemen's Association. Third annual carnival to be held on Taumarunui Domain, Friday and Saturday, 1-2 April 1949. Pocket programme [chopping, sawing, cycling, girls' team marching, national dancing events] Quantity: 10 Programme(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Coastal defences
Date: [1942-1944]
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-4161-01-051
Description: Includes: Waiouru Military Camp, 1943-1944 (Series 23/6) showing panorama and aerial views of the camp, erosion and gulleys (including inspection by Major Holmes and Mr Gorman), inspection of trees to gauge amount of growth, crop of Red Clover hay on Harding's property; aerial views of Wainui Battery on Akaroa Heads, 1942 (Series 23/5); aerial views of Waikanae, one showing Paekakariki in the distance (Series 23/4); Caterpillar tractor including technical drawings (Series 29/3); Portable huts (Series 28/1). Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 b&w original negative(s).
The consecration and presentation of the New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion silk uni...
Date: 1993
From: [Ephemera relating to Maori. 1991-1994]
Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1993-01
Description: Booket shows a photograph of the King's Silk Union flag of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. It contains a short history of the Battalion, a list of those participating and officiating in the parade (Major General A L Birks, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Bennett, Hon Warren Cooper, Hon Douglas Kidd, Colonel R R Ottaway, Lieutenant Colonel J Mateparae, Warrant officer P A McKeany, Rt Rev Whakahuihui Vercoe, Chaplain I D Hanley, and Chaplain W T Gray), a list of the Colours displayed, and the order of the Consecration Service. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 210 x 148 mm., with red cover
Packing cabbages for United States forces, Levin
Date: 9 Feb 1943
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000139-F
Description: Packing cabbages for United States forces. Photograph taken by John Pascoe, 9 February, 1943. Note on back of file print reads: "Lend lease, reciprocal" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Children in play area of a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001376-F
Description: A group of kindergarten children in the play area at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Shows girls and boys seated on see saws with a female staff member (Mrs Rubisz) supervising. The camp barracks are in the background. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 21,376 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
A woman has her finger bandaged at a Polish refugee camp, Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001380-F
Description: A woman has her finger bandaged at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
World War 2 Engineers give a demonstration of bridge building at Waiouru
Date: 1941
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-6388-45
Description: World War 2 Engineers give a demonstration of bridge building in steel and timber at Waiouru in 1941. Photographer unidentified. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 12/11/41. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 210 x 162 mm
Interior of the furniture factory at the Japanese prisoner of war camp near Featherston
Date: 1943
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000783-F
Description: Interior of the furniture factory at the Japanese prisoner of war camp near Featherston. Taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1943. Original caption reads: "One of the most interesting activities of the prisoners is making furniture in a factory that was specially built." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
A queue of boys at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua
Date: 7 February 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001391-F
Description: A queue of boys at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken 7 February 1945 by John Pascoe. The children were clothed with the help of the Polish Children's Hospitality Committee, which received offers of assistance from the public through various public bodies Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Children at the Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-003659-F
Description: Children at the Polish refugee camp at Pahiatua. Local children are leaning on the gate, and Polish children are standing on the ground. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
World War II Official album. Internal, 1-437
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: PA1-q-291
Description: Photographs of military activities and war work in New Zealand during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. Views show the manufacture of various military weapons, machinery and vehicles and the men and women involved in the work. They include munitions (manufacture of hand grenades); Bren gun carriers, airframes, building navy trawlers and mine sweepers in Auckland; airplane construction at Rongotai, at the De Havilland Aircraft Factory; making caterpillar tracks; making sten guns; and constructing army huts. People from various military and civilian groups are shown working as fitters, flight riggers, flight mechanics; aircraft maintenance; welders, camouflage nets (made by Girl Guides). Activities include army exercises (p 106-110); river crossing exercises; preparation for a dawn departure of a New Zealand Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron; army training (p 76-97); and the New Zealand Air Training Corps for elementary instruction for youths aged 16 to 18 1/2. RNZAF training includes blind flying practice, Hawker Hind training planes, aircraft maintenance, flight mechanics, and Airspeed Oxford training planes. Other activities include the planting and growing of linen flax, used in the manufacture of planes, tires, gun covers and fighting equipment; agricultural and horticural work, including using bullock teams for breaking in new ground; army manouvres (in part in Franklin area, and in winter conditions in the South Island near the Southern Alps); territorial manoeuvres; coastal defence; Home Guard training; a remedial physical education training camp for recruits suffering from foot troubles, painful backs etc.; the making of a new raft designed in NZ which could be constructed in a few minutes and was easily transported; training despatch riders on motor bikes in the snow. Women, in different organisations including Women's National Service Corps, Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Lady Galway Guild, were engaged in driving and maintaining military vehicles; driving for Red Cross vehicles; digging trenches; on parade; as signallers; in clerical work; hospital duties; cooking and other branches of essential war work. Pages 63-75 show the arrival in New Zealand of the American forces; and pages 111-121 portray a visit to New Zealand of Australian and Netherlands personnel from the hospital ship Oranje when the NZ Government, as a mark of appreciation for their efforts in bringing Australian and New Zealand wounded troops, placed a special train at their disposal and took them to Chateau Tongariro for rest and relaxation. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm
Father Wilniewczyc talks to a group of girls at a Polish refugee camp, Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001386-F
Description: Father Wilmewczyc talks to a group of girls at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Part of the camp can be seen behind the group. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative