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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

By: Elmar Studios; Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-222

Description: Miscellaneous uncaptioned photographs. Include: Panorama of Cassino (mounted); linesmen up a power pole; tukutuku panels and carved panels in a Maori meeting house (photographer J T Salmon); anti-tank practise; V8 engine; grave of regimental mascot No 1 dog Major Major (d 1944); WAACS on board transport ship; Maori soldier; NZer in Long Range Desert Group; Burnham Military Camp, 1939 (photographer Elmar Studios) Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1942

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-192

Description: Photographs published in New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1942 to illustrate the British war effort in general and participation of women Includes group of women working on an aircraft at Wigram, Jul 1941 Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 4 Apr 2006 - 04 Apr 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Munro, Maisie Marian, 1922-2007; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-

Reference: OHInt-0827-10

Description: Interview with Maisie Munro (nee Hoskin), born Petone, 18 September 1922. Talks about her father Barton Munro, a carpenter who was wounded in World War I, and her mother Marian (nee Baldwin) who was a dressmaker. Mentions hearing talk of war in the 1930s but not taking much notice. Recalls involvement with the Women's War Service Auxiliary and learning signalling which her father was teaching. Discusses enlisting in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as a telegraphist, and being posted to wireless station ZLP on Tinakori Hill after basic training. Talks about male reaction to Wrens, learning to keep watch, and about being transferred to Waiouru where she had to live communally in an Army hut with other Wrens. Discusses life at Waiouru and the radio receiving station (ZLO) which had a teleprinter machine. Refers to the work receiving top secret messages which were sent to Wellington for decoding. Talks about limited options for leave in Waiouru, a Wrens basketball (netball) team, the Wrens not getting a rum ration, the camp YMCA, and dances with a Navy orchestra. Mentions that the naval personnel had no contact with the Army camp. Refers to becoming a petty officer, which allowed her to move to more comfortable quarters at Waiouru. Talks about her pay being sent to her mother with a small amount for herself. Refers to her fiance Ron Baird, a sergeant in the Army, being killed in the Pacific. Comments that she was married in January 1945 to Rex Randall and left the Navy before VJ Day because she was pregnant. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015244, OHC-015245 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.28 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5527 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of Petty Officer Maisie Hoskin in uniform Search dates: 1922 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: 16 Feb 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Takle, Florence May, 1920-2017

Reference: OHInt-0827-14

Description: Interview with Florence May (Maisie) Takle (nee Younger), born Taumarunui, 23 July 1920. Talks about her mother's French family history, and her father's Scottish background. Briefly describes her education, leaving school at 13, working as a machinist, and marrying Ken Younger in 1940 before he was sent overseas. Refers to joining the Red Cross VAD (Volunteer Aid Detachment) and being posted to a military annex attached to Auckland Hospital at Ellerslie racecourse. Talks about enlisting in the Air Force in 1941, being sent to Rotorua, posted to Rongotai base as a nurse, and later to Hobsonville. Discusses the uniform, sharing accommodation, ward duties, leave and not being allowed to wear her wedding ring. Refers to the tensions between American troops and New Zealand servicemen. Recalls air raid drills at Hobsonville, and checking medical kits on aircraft. Mentions not having much contact with other WAAFs apart from ambulance drivers. Describes leaving the Air Force once she heard unofficially that her husband was on his way home. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015252, OHC-015253 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.31 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5531 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. Accompanied by photocopies of two photographs of Maisie Takle, in Red Cross VAD uniform and in WAAF uniform Search dates: 1920 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: 17 Oct 2005

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Stevens, Gwenyth Ivy, 1921-

Reference: OHInt-0827-13

Description: Interview with Gwenyth Ivy (Gwen) Stevens (nee Pollard), born Auckland, 11 June 1921. Talks about her family background including her father's carpentry business, Henderson and Pollard, which made fake aircraft for the Hobsonville airfield during the War. Discusses her education briefly, and working as a cashier at the Farmers Trading Company. Recalls meeting her fiance Max Cronin, a pilot in Lancaster bombers, and her father not wanting her to become engaged to a Catholic. Refers to hearing of Max's death in 1942 and deciding to enlist in the Air Force. Talks about being sent to Air Force headquarters in Wellington, living at the YWCA hostel, and later moving to the Molesworth St hostel (the "WAAFery"). Discusses not having a uniform for some time after enlisting, the arrival of American servicemen in Wellington, and attending dances. Describes being posted to Signals and taking the signal that confirmed her fiance's death. Refers to marching training in Wellington, discipline, homesickness, food and earthquakes. Talks about going on a radar training course, learning to work in the filter room, being sworn to secrecy before the course, and later being transferred to Northern Group Headquarters, Auckland. Mentions shift work, a false alarm about a Japanese aircraft carrier, and living at home rather than in the hostel. Refers to meeting American airmen and taking them home for meals. Discusses rationing, the family's vegetable garden, and how her mother managed to cook for large numbers. Mentions being posted to Fiji, but not sent, when a filter room was established there. Recalls meeting her husband in 1944, closure of Northern Group Headquarters, leaving the Air Force before the end of the War, and being required to report for a manpower interview. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - photocopy of handwritten account of Gwen Stevens' time in the Air Force (2 p.) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015250, OHC-015251 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.59 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5530 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of Gwen Stevens in tropical uniform Search dates: 1921 - 1939 - 2005 - 1945

Date: 17 Jan 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Crispe, Heather Muriel, 1924-2014

Reference: OHInt-0827-03

Description: Interview with Heather Crispe (nee Jerram), born Takapuna, 23 April 1924. Mentions her mother's name was Vera Creek, and her father George Lesley Jerram was a surveyor who worked in Malaya after the death of their third child. Talks about her sister and herself being sent back to New Zealand for school, her mother returning before the Japanese invasion, and her father becoming a prisoner of war. Outlines how her mother survived financially during the War. Discusses joining the navy in 1942, the uniform, initial training, becoming a pantry maid and later an officer's steward. Mentions some Wrens being dishonourably discharged, marriages, a petty officer Mary Lee, and Miss Duthie, superintendent of Wrens at HMS Philomel. Describes the daily routine, how food was served in the officers mess and her other tasks including cleaning toilets. Refers to going out with Americans, and not wanting to go out with naval personnel. Mentions the hierarchical nature of the navy and the Wrens. Talks about how she became involved in a Wrens' variety show, performing in a Hawaiian number, and still having the ukelele they used. Describes the only time she went to sea was when an American ship was having target practice in the Hauraki Gulf. Mentions rationing during the War but that it did not affect the navy and she took food home. Recalls when her father returned from prisoner of war camp in Siam (Thailand) and the family not having known if he was alive. Talks about VJ Day celebrations including a party at home. Comments on transferring to the dental unit but not being a good dental nurse. Discusses being diagnosed with tuberculosis, discharged from the Navy, and not being able to go to Malaya with her family. Mentions going to Malaya when she was fit but contracting malaria. Refers to a trip to England in 1953 and the feeling of optimism after the Second World War. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - questionnaire completed by Heather Crispe; printout of words of the song Hawaiian Moon Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015229, OHC-015230 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5520 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. Accompanied by photocopies of photographs of Heather Jerram in uniform and of Hawaiian number from Wrens show Search dates: 1924 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: 20 Nov 2005

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: McIntyre, Elizabeth Jane, 1921-2006

Reference: OHInt-0827-09

Description: Interview with Elizabeth Jane McIntyre (nee Bristow), born Te Araroa, 2 March 1921, iwi Ngapuhi. Talks about her father Alfred George (Te Hawhe) Bristow, a dairy farmer at Kawakawa and her mother Annie Balero. Recalls voluntary war work she did in Whangarei, and enlisting in the Army in 1942. Mentions her parents' reaction to her enlisting and their advice about living in Auckland. Talks about initial training at Papakura, other Maori girls in camp, and becoming batwoman for Miss Hawkins. Recalls that a friend Ruth Wilkinson was transferred to an anti-aircraft battery at Dargaville. Discusses looking after the Regimental Aid Post room and her duties there and other jobs including time as a librarian and as a maitre d' in the officers' dining room. Talks about the uniform, discipline, inspection parades before leave, and about officers Miss Marjorie Hardcastle and Miss Mary Geddes. Comments on why she decided to leave the Army in 1946 and on marrying George McIntyre. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015242, OHC-015243 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1. 1.47 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5526 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of Jane Bristow in her WAAC uniform Search dates: 1921 - 1939 - 2005 - 1945

Date: 15 Feb 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Rowe, Hazel May, 1923-2014

Reference: OHInt-0827-11

Description: Interview with Hazel Rowe (nee Davis), born Christchurch, 23 July 1923. Talks about her father Leonard William Davis, a station master with New Zealand Railways, and her mother Bertha Cecilia (Bessie, nee Bull). Refers to her father, a World War I veteran, being an Air Force reservist in World War II and spending time in the Solomon Islands. Talks about her brother being in the merchant navy during the War, and her future husband in the Air Force. Recalls attending WWSA (Women's War Service Auxiliary) meetings, learning drill and signalling. Discusses enlisting in the Army in 1942 and basic training at a camp at Addington racecourse where she was promoted to drill sergeant after three weeks. Talks about conditions in the camp, food, accommodation and discipline. Outlines beginning officer training at Trentham Army Camp but then being sent to the Melrose school of artillery for training as a range-finder for anti-aircraft gunnery. Refers to being posted to the Mt Pleasant anti-aircraft battery (port hills above Lyttelton) in February 1943. Mentions living conditions at Mt Pleasant, the behaviour of male sergeants towards the women, lectures from the Army Education Welfare Service, and a wooden fence between the men's and women's huts. Refers to the arrival of radar at the battery. Describes being transferred to Burnham Camp to work in WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) headquarters. Recalls officers including Mavis Davidson and Vida Jowett, the camp swimming pool, entertainment, and a snow storm in 1945. Discusses the uniform, inspections, mail censorship, and men with venereal disease having to wear yellow patches. Recalls the arrival in Burnham of British ex-prisoners of war who had been in Changi prison camp. Mentions being discharged from the Army in December 1945 and marrying Edward (Ted) Rowe in January 1946. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - printout from Women's Royal Army Corps website (4 p.) including two webpages about Sergeant Davis Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015246, OHC-015247 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.07 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5528 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of Sergeant Hazel Davis in uniform Search dates: 1923 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

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

By: Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-142

Description: Series of official publicity photographs. Some contain captions. Women's National Service Corps truck driver, Auckland; working in an army library; anti-aircraft training; returned men and women on furlough from 2nd NZEF on parade to a luncheon in their honour at Wellington; All Nations Day parade, Wellington (photo of US Armed Forces); NZ Women's Auxillary Service participating in parade. WAAC writing a letter inside her hut; two WAAF plotters at NZ Headquarters, 1943; series of photographs showing the WAAC Camp Fire Brigade practicising at WAAC Camp, Miramar Includes negative envelopes for negatives at 1/2-176306 to 1/2-176352 Includes two photographs taken by Green & Hahn, photographers, 152 Armagh St, Christchurch Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Aug 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-4161-01-213

Description: Series of numbered and captioned photographs taken during the official visit of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to New Zealand in 1943 when she visited Auckland, Wellington and Rotorua. Includes lists of captions Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

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

By: Boyer, Charles Percy Samuel, 1902-1973

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-141

Description: Series of official and non-official photographs. Most contain captions. Women's War Auxillary members replacing men at Auckland Central Fire Station; women on duty at Headquarters Unit of E.P.S. organisation; members of Women's Auxillary Army Corps at Auckland Anti-Aircraft Station; nurses embarking on a hospital ship bound for the Middle East; nurses and soldiers on parade outside entrance to the Auckland Domain; nurses and soldiers marching in the grounds of Parliament, Wellington; group photograph, 12 Sep 1945 (not identified); members of the first party of WAAFs to leave NZ for overseas service with Minister of Defence, Mr F Jones and Group Captain Bannerman, in the grounds of the WAAF hostel at Wellington; group of returning WAACs on disembarkation at Wellington (C P S Boyer, photographer) Miss E M Nutsey, Matron-in-Chief, 2NZEF, inspects V.A.D.s on their arrival in the Middle East; Governor General speaking to Miss McClure (OC WAACs) in Pacific Quantity: 25 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

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: PAColl-4161-01-139

Description: Series of official and non-official photographs. Most contain captions. Women's Auxillary Air Force - Assisting a meteorologist; taking sightings with a theodolite; attending to the metering equipment on a refuelling tanker; receiving advice at Headquarters from WAAF commandant Wing Commander Mrs F I Kain, prior to boarding ship for service overseas; three WAAFs on board ship. Women's National Service Corps on parade in Auckland; WAAC women on the parade ground at a South Island training establishment. Women's Auxillary Army Corps at an Auckland Anti-Aircraft Station. Series of photographs of three Wrens training at Auckland. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Nov 1941

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

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-0783-2-0039

Description: Women's War Service Auxiliary members during a World War II Don't Talk campaign in Auckland, November 1941. Shows them, in uniform, on a back of a lorry. Photograph taken by The Weekly News. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.4 x 21.4 cm

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

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: PAColl-4161-01-143

Description: Groups of nurses on board ships in Wellington Harbour; nurse sitting on the lawn at the Military Annex of the Auckland Hospital Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).