Places

Date: 1895-1966

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: Series-4925

Description: Papers, including prose and descriptive writing (about places, people, and events), travel diaries and letters Quantity: 13 folder(s).

Date: 1938-2008

By: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940-

Reference: MS-Papers-9485

Description: Letters and papers relating to Sergeant Gordon Christie Dunn (1912-1942), together with a copy of his daughter Vivienne Hayward's memoir `Finding Gordon - A love story' (published by the author in 2008). It is based on the edited correspondence between her mother and father during the early years of World War II. These private letters provide an insight into her mother Joan's life at home in Invercargill and her father's war experience in Egypt and as a prisoner-of-war in Crete and Germany up until his accidental death in Stalag VIII-B in Feb 1942. The correspondence provides details of Burnham Camp; voyage to Egypt with 2NZEF; Maadi Camp and leave in Alexandria; letters from captivity in Crete. Also official correspondence re his accidental death after transfer to Stalag VIII-B, Germany in Feb 1942. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 3 Electronic document(s). 0.18 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Transfers: To Book Collections - Copy of `Finding Gordon - A love story' / Vivienne Hayward (2008).

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Braithwaite, Warwick 1896-1971 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5473-2

Description: Braithwaite continues with his narrative with notes on opera at Sadlers Wells, his study time at La Scala Milan before the war, wartime conditions, his work in Britain where he conducted many of the important orchestras and made recordings, a spell with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (and visits to Belsen) and with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1945. He describes broadcasting to the forces, personalities in the music world, and his visits en route to Australia and activities there prior to his visit to New Zealand. Includes newsclippings of letters from Braithwaite to the `Glasgow Herald' re the Scottish National Orchestra and one from J Barnes, secretary and manager of the Choral and Orchestral Union of Glasgow re season of the orchestra. (Pages 104-117 are not included; this section therefore comprises pages 118-262) Arrangement: On re-sorting the autobiography, which was not completely in order, it was discovered that pages 104-117 were not there Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [19--]

By: Tweeddale, Stuart John, 1916-

Reference: MSY-6657

Description: Contains an account of Tweeddale's life up until the end of World War Two. He describes growing up in Kiritaki, 1916-1919, Tiritea, 1919-1923, Wanganui, 1923-1927, Waimatua, Southland, 1927-1930, Manawatu, 1930-1939 and his experiences during World War Two. During the War he served with 27th Battalion in North Africa and Greece and was captured by German forces in July 1942 and was shipped to Germany as a prisoner of war. The account ends with his marriage to Thelma Murray in July 1945 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs T Tweeddale, RD Taihape, 2008

Date: [ca 1908-1994]

By: Jacks, Harry, 1908-1994

Reference: MS-Papers-7167

Description: Comprise correspondence, drafts of poems, reflections, reminiscences and stories of his life in Rumania before coming to New Zealand, and of his wartime experiences, research papers on plants and agriculture in Germany, copies of his certificates in agricultural engineering and plant research from Rumania and France, and newspaper clippings of his retirement in Hawkes Bay. His work as a plant pathologist and tree and forest management specialist with the DSIR and Forestry Institute is not covered in this collection. Source of title - Supplied Harry Jacks was born in Rumania and after gaining qualifications in plant research in France, came to New Zealand in the 1930's, where he worked with the DSIR and the Forestry Institute. During World War II he served with 2NZEF in Greece and on Crete, trained commandos and served on special operations in Yugoslavia and Greece. Retired to his farm at Havelock North in the 1970s. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter (Photocopies)

Date: 21 Mar 1996

From: Tuapeka oral history project

By: Rishworth, Margaret Joyce, 1921-

Reference: OHInt-0569/08

Description: Joyce Rishworth was born in Seacliff in 1921. Describes family and growing up in the area until the age of fifteen. Mentions father was a psychiatric nurse. Mentions the closure of Seacliff Hospital. Describes attending Seacliff Primary School, going by train daily to high school in Dunedin and attending Browns Commercial College. Describes meeting Harold Rishworth and becoming engaged before he went to war. Talks about his capture at El Alamein and his being a prisoner of war. Describes nursing training, but not sitting final exams, and nursing returned soldiers. Describes frequent church attendance. Talks about Harold Rishworth's appearance, rehabilitation and their marriage when he returned from war. Mentions his work at a fellmongery, the birth of their daughter and their move to Milton where they worked on a sheep farm. Describes applying for rehabilitation farms and a move to Lawrence. Discusses the rabbit problem, skinning and selling rabbits and improving land covered in gorse and manuka. Mentions the birth of other children and the difficulty of travelling on poor roads from Tuapeka West to the Lawrence maternity home. Discusses what her children are doing now. Describes having no telephone or electricity until the 1950s, initially no water, cooking on a wood stove and a mail delivery every three days. Discusses isolation as a result of snow and being unable to get home from Dunedin for a week. Mentions flooding and the influence of the Clutha River on farming. Describes increasing the farm size. Talks about recreational use of the river and the role of the punt as a tourist attraction. Details puntmen. Discusses the role of the church in her life. Recalls her husband's death in 1975. Describes membership of Associated Presbyterian Women (APW), Red Cross and Country Women's Institute(CWI). Notes Tuapeka West is also known as Kononi. Discusses involvement with the Clutha Valley High School. Notes the closure of the Tuapeka West School in 1991 and other services which have closed. Mentions the Greenfield pub and local events including the Shearers Jamboree, the punt dance and Tuapeka Mouth cattle sales. Describes disappointment on hearing about the dam and the potential loss of part of their property but comments philosophically on the need for electricity. Discusses being consulted by ECNZ and meetings at Tuapeka Mouth. Talks about sadness at the planned flooding of Beaumont and notes that her daughter and son in Beaumont have sold their orchard to ECNZ. Comments on the uncertainty created by the dam issue. Describes how her home is a base for the family and the dam has an impact on the whole family. Comments on the activities of Friends of Beaumont (FOB) who tried to disrupt punt celebrations. Interviewer(s) - Jerome Cvitanovich Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 2632. Photo of Joyce and Harold Rishworth; Joyce Rishworth and others; Joyce Rishworth and son

Date: 21 Apr 1999

From: Southland oral history project

By: Faul, Alva M, active 1998; Humphries, Arthur Leonard, 1922-2010

Reference: OHInt-0464/10

Description: Arthur Humphries was born in Mataura in 1922. Describes his schooling at Tuturau School, training with the RNZAF and having lived at Tuturau, Rotorua, Canada, England and Invercargill. Summarises his interests in local government, education, farming, golf, tennis, bowls, fishing, hiking, the Masonic Lodge and the Justice of the Peace Association. Mentions marrying Doreen in 1946 and having two daughters and one son. Describes long-term involvement with the Edendale School Committe and the Southland Education Board. Mentions the burning down of the Edendale School and the establishment of the school bus service. Describes other Board involvement including Cargill High School, the Secondary School Boards Association, the Education Boards Association and St Peter's College in Gore. Describes life as an airman in World War II stationed at Brighton, England before being posted to 75 Bomber Squadron. Describes being a navigator and going through the ranks. Recalls difficult flights including daylight raids after Normandy landing, flying with the windows blown out of the plane and having 140 bullet holes in the aircraft. Recalls being one of seven shot down in a plane in the Ruhr Valley in Germany. Describes how three were shot by Germans and he was a a prisoner of war for three months before being released by Allied troops. Comments on bombing destruction in Germany and England. Recalls working in Brighton at the Personnel, Despatch and Reception Centre responsible for sending people home to New Zealand, meeting his wife Doreen, marrying and returning to New Zealand in December 1946. Recalls his investiture for the DFM at Buckingham Palace and talking to King George VI. Describes settling on his uncle's farm at Kamahi near Tuturau and taking over half of the property in 1949. Mentions riding a horse to get supplies, draining the swampland on the farm and increasing the stock. Describes shearing, harvesting wheat and belonging to the Morton Mains branch of Federated Farmers. Discusses having been a Justice of the Peace for forty years, dealing with preliminary hearings, attending an educational seminar and setting up a training programme for local JPs. Describes being awarded a QSO for Community Service to education, the RSA and JPs. Recalls his investiture with Sir Paul Reeves. Discusses hydroponics and living at Otatara. Interviewer(s) - Alva Faul Quantity: 2 MiniDisc(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.25 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2687. Photograph of Arthur Humphries Search dates: 1999

Date: 22 Sep 1994

From: History of the Army in New Zealand during World War II

By: Johanson, Ian Carl, 1914-1997

Reference: OHInt-0571/20

Description: Ian Carl Johansen born Palmerston North 1914. Talks about his service in the Army in New Zealand during World War II. Recalls volunteering in 1941 and going to Godley Head - Coast Defence, to protect Lyttelton Harbour in the event of a Japanese invasion. Mentions: Te Ripa Island and the imprisonment of von Luckner; big fire in Lyttelton; course at OCTU Trentham; visit of Brigadier Young from England and volunteering for RNZAF mid 1943. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Dick Linnell Venue - RSA Clubrooms, Timaru Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008046 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 35 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2207.

Date: 2001

By: Robinson, Colin Bennie (Rev), 1918-2001

Reference: MSX-5790

Description: Expanded from a student research exercise, `I had a funny experience one day' is based on interviews Penny made with her husband's uncle, Colin Robinson and extensive quotations from transcripts she made of letters and diaries he provided her. It provides an account of Colin Robinson's life, from his childhood and early manhood in Featherston to his experiences while serving with the 4th Field Regiment in the Greek and Crete Campaign and as a prisoner of war from June 1941 until the end of the war in Europe. There is a brief final section describing his training for the ministry and his reflections on his subsequent life. Source of title - From title page Variations in title - Full title: I had a funny experience one day. The memoirs of a territorial and regular soldier who became a prisoner-of-war. Colin Bennie Robinson. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated my Mrs Robinson, 2001