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Date: 21 Aug-23 Sep 1914

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

By: Wonderland (Amusement park)

Reference: MSX-2548

Description: Letter book records letters from Malone to his wife, family members, friends, business colleagues, military commanders and well-wishers. Letters cover the period from 21 Aug 1914 when Malone was based in the Awapuni Camp through to his leaving the Camp on 23 Sep 1914 to entrain to Wellington with the Wellington Infantry Regiment. Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Contains small ink sketches including a drawing of Miramar, showing the golf links, tram line, Wonderland and sandy ground (on page 88). Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 111 digitised images. Pages 44 and 45 have been removed from the letter book.

Date: 20 Aug 1914-3 Jan 1915

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2549

Description: Letter book records military memoranda and detailed letters from Malone to his wife. Also letters to family members, friends and business colleagues. Memoranda was written 20 Aug 1914 when Malone was based in the Awapuni Camp. Letters continue from early Oct 1914 as the transport ships prepare to leave Wellington for Egypt. Most letters are written to Mrs Ida Malone. Final letter in volume is sent from Zeitoun Camp, Egypt on 3 Jan 1915. Malone expresses his affections for his wife and the difficulties of separation from his family. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Contains ink sketches including a drawing of transport ships from the perspective aboard the `HM NZT No.10 Arawa', page 8. Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 107 digitised images. Page 82 is missing.

Date: 6 Aug-10 Nov 1914

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2541

Description: Diary begins with Malone offering his services to the NZ Defence Department. Offer accepted to command Wellington Infantry Regiment. Details winding up business and family matters then attending training at Awapuni Camp. Troops entrained to Wellington. Organising Regiment for embarkation aboard the `Arawa'. Continues with descriptions of shipboard life for the troops and his own recovery from a bout of influenza. Notes the death of a soldier aboard the `Ruapehu' who is buried at sea. Transport calls in at Hobart and Albany. Malone on shore leave at Albany 28 Oct 1914. Ends 10 Nov 1914 with comments on the sinking of the German ship `Emden' at Cocos Islands. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (102 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Includes ink sketches of troopships and the port at Albany. Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 112 digitised images

Date: 23 Jul 1914-8 May 1915

By: Bayne, James, 1887-1915

Reference: MS-Papers-1418

Description: Diary kept by Bayne while serving as a private in the Ruahine Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion, in Egypt and Gallipoli. The first pages comprise a listing of the officers in Malone's Wellington Infantry Battalion and a timeline of significant dates relating to the start of the First World War. Diary begins on 10 Aug 1914 as Bayne enlists at Dannevirke, is sent to Masterton for equipment and then onto the Awapuni Camp for military training. Further training at Trentham Camp then embarks aboard the `Arawa' to Egypt on 16 Oct 1914. Details shipboard life and gives accounts of the stopovers en-route, included a detailed account of the layover in Colombo. Arrives Alexandria 3 Dec 1914 and gives detailed account of the surrounding buildings, foods and local customs. Continues training at Zeitoun Camp until deployment to the Suez Canal on 25 Jan 1915. Returns to camp and describes living conditions, military life and operations. Diary entry for the "Battle of the Wozzer", 2 Apr 1915. Leaves Alexandria on 10 Apr 1914 aboard the transport `Itonus' for Gallipoli. 25 Apr 1915 is transhipped at 10.30pm to `HMS Bulldog' and taken half a mile from the beach before loading into rowing boats for the remainder of the ANZAC landing. Gives detailed narrative of the fighting and lists soldiers injured in the conflict. Comments on the failed attack on Monash Gully 2 May 1915, leaves Anzac Cove to fight at Cape Helles 6 May 1915. Diary ends 8 May 1915 with Bayne's involvement in preparing for the attack on Krithia. Also includes newspaper report of a memorial service held at Manakau for Bayne, and a newspaper cutting photograph of Private Bayne and New Zealanders on their way to Gaba Tepe. The newspaper cutting that accompanies this diary indicates that this diary was found on Bayne's body five months after his death. Source of title - Supplied Private Bayne fought with the Ruahine Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion, in Gallipoli in 1915. Reported missing in action at Cape Helles, 8 May 1915. Later reported killed in action, 4 Sep 1915. Serial No: 10/44. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (55 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (18 x 11cm, grey card binding), printed matter Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 70 digitised images