Places

Date: [Between 1927 and 1965]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-113

Description: Album includes photographs, chiefly taken by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, from black and white photographs taken in the 1920s to coloured snapshots taken in the 1960s. Subjects range from scout camps and tramps in New Zealand, to views of military aircraft and scenic views of India, Egypt and Libya taken circa 1940-1943 while he was serving with R.A.F. squadrons. Later coloured snapshots show holiday scenes. The photographs are interspersed with postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled red and black cover, black corners and spine, 24 x 34 cm

Date: ca 1943-ca 1946, ca 1999

From: McLean, Peter McDonald, 1920-2003 :Photographs relating to Peter McLean

Reference: PA1-q-899

Description: Photographs of members of the 2nd New Zealand Ammunition Company on service in Italy, North Africa and the Middle East during the Second World War. Images depict camps and places visited on leave, and photographs of a reunion held in Rotorua ca 1990s. Includes newspaper clippings relating to the Company rubgy football team and its players, and menus from a farewell dinner in Rome. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1912-1915, ca 1943-1944]

By: Adams, William, 1911?-; Ellerbeck Studio

Reference: PAColl-7762

Description: Photographs relating to William Adams' service in the Middle East and South Pacific during the Second World War, including tourist photographs of the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations, Jerusalem. Also included are two photographs of Adams as a young child, taken by Ellerbeck of Auckland, ca 1912-1915. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1093: Adams, William, fl 1929-1943 : Diary and papers.

Date: 1940-1943

From: Elmes, Jack George, fl 1943 :Photographs relating to service in World War II

Reference: PAColl-8342

Description: Photographs relating to Jack Elmes' service in World War II, taken ca 1940-1945 in New Zealand, Australia and Egypt. Includes photographs of Elmes and other soldiers in Egypt; of Perth, Western Australia, purchased on the way to Egypt; of soldiers at the swimming pool at Gezira; the club, commuter train, Maadi suburb and Maadi military Camp; views of Cairo and the pyramids; and of soldiers on a 2nd Junior Officers staff course at Massey College in New Zealand. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints, ephemera

Date: 1939-1942

By: Crump, Spencely Noel Stanley, 1916-1995; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-750

Description: This album was compiled by Second Lieutenant Spencely Noel Stanley Crump. It is a record of his time as a soldier in the New Zealand army during the Second World War. The record begins with photographs taken while training at Ngaruawahia Camp in September 1939. He and his company were transported to Egypt on the "Orion" where they underwent training at Maadi Camp. Also recorded are the rest and recreational facilities at the camp, as well as those at Helwan Camp, and trips to the pyramids. In 1940 he was with the army campaigning and preparing defences in the Western Desert. He was also sent to the Middle East Weapon Training School in Sarafand near Tel Aviv of which there are photographs as well as others of Palestine and Jerusalem. In 1941 he was sent to Greece and Crete. This part of the album also contains a page of photographs taken from a captured German paratrooper's camera. Following the campaigns in Greece and Crete, Crump returned to Egypt and took part in the war in Libya. There are several pages of photographs of Cairo and its citizens. Others are of nurses and patients at the British General Hospital at Geneifa, and the New Zealand General Hospital at Helwan where Crump went as a result of contracting pneumonia and developing infections in his wounds. In 1942 he returned to New Zealand on the hospital ship "Oranji". There are five pages of photographs taken on this trip. In New Zealand he was sent to the Soldiers Hospital in Rotorua for treatment. In 1943 he married. The album is well documented throughout, and most of Crump's many military associates are identified. A container of letters written by Crump while he was overseas was also donated with the album. The letters have been transferred to Manuscripts and Archives. In 1934 Spencely Noel Stanley Crump was a member of the New Zealand team to the Empire Games in London where he won a bronze medal in swimming. He also represented New Zealand in swimming at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - One container of letters.

Date: 1940-1942

From: Butler, Hugh Henry, 1912-1941 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1423

Description: Butler describes daily life in Maadi Camp, with notes on visits to Sydney, Perth, Cairo and Jerusalem and continual reference to friends recruited from the Petone area Quantity: 1 folder(s) (43 pieces).

Date: 1904-ca 1955

By: Mora, Calvin R, active 1990

Reference: PAColl-2015

Description: Napier earthquake, Eketahuna school group, Pirates rugby team, women's softball team, scenes in Cairo, and Jack Hawkins? making a film in New Zealand Arrangement: copy negatives at 1/2-169182-F to 1/2-169207-F Quantity: 26 b&w copy negative(s). 13 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1914-1915

By: Maunsell, Henry Beresford, 1890?-1958

Reference: PA1-o-336

Description: Photograph album relating to Henry Beresford Maunsell's service during World War I, with the NZ Army 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles Regiment in Egypt. Many of the military personnel are identified, a few with later dates added noting when some of the men photographed in the album were killed in action. The first part of the album shows soldiers leaving on board HMNZ troopship 'Orari' 14 October 1914, the trip through Hobart, Colombo, Aden, Port Said until disembarkation in Alexandria December 1914. Many scenes show the shipboard stabling for horses used by Mounted Rifle troops; others show various ships they passed on the way. The latter part shows various military scenes in Egypt, including The New Zealand Corps camp near Cairo; swimming horses crossing the Nile; Red Cross Vauxhall ambulance; groups of soldiers riding camels; horse lines; and a line of horses at drinking troughs. There are a few images of soldiers at tourist sites, and some of Egyptians. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Maunsell album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover; 25.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1916-1919

By: Fulton, Robert Henry, 1888-1980

Reference: PA-Group-00894

Description: Four photograph albums compiled by Robert Henry (Harry) Fulton relating to his World War I service between 1916-1919 with New Zealand 12th Reinforcements, and with the New Zealand Army Service Corps (NZASC) based at New Zealand Base Kit Stores unit at Sling Camp, Bulford, England. Many photographs taken by Fulton. Some prints are taken by other unknown photographers as indicated by caption 'loaned negatives', and as they show campaigns, such as Gallipoli, in which Fulton did not serve. Images show his time with the 12th Reinforcements; from the journey from New Zealand on HMNZT 'Ulimaroa' and 'Ivernia' troop ships to Egypt in 1916, camp life in England as part of the NZASC, and activities whilst on leave during wartime and post war. Particularly shows family and home in Ireland and sight-seeing photographs from around Egypt and Great Britian, including New Zealand soldiers at Stonehenge. Prints have captions on the album pages; some images are inscribed on the print. Fulton has often arranged images of unrelated locations and activities on individual album pages. Accompanying information - Biographical information for Robert Henry Fulton supplied by donor. See backfile. Publication note - Photograph taken at Stonehenge was published in 'New Zealand and the First World War : 1914-1919' by Damien Fenton, with Caroline Lord, Gavin McLean and Tim Shoebridge (Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Group (NZ), 2013). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photographic albums, photographic prints Provenance: Albums were found at a rubbish dump by Anne Smith. She sold them to Fenton who was writing 'New Zealand and the First World War:1914-1919'. Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - on appraisal - a section from an original Gallipoli army map, which has different provenance from the Harry Fulton albums - To Other - Items taken as a whole in to Photographic Archive and transfers made from there.

Date: Mar 1941-Oct 1941

From: Mackenzie family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11985-01

Description: Detailed entries describe life at Trentham Military Camp (8 Mar-6 Apr), voyage to Egypt aboard the 'Mauretania' (7 Apr-16 May), and life while stationed in Egypt (17 May-6 Oct). Topics include: daily army routine and military procedures, social activities, personal health, travel within Egypt, correspondence with family, and observations of surroundings. Diary also includes addresses, a letter register, co-ordinates tracking the 'Mauretania', and a map of Libya from a newspaper. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (notebook 17cm x 11cm), holograph, printed matter

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

By: Jones, Stuart, active 1939-1945; McCusker, Gordon John, 1892-1966; Universal Studios Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10402

Description: Photographs of World War II servicemen and air cadets from the collection of airman Stuart Jones. Taken circa 1939-1945 by a range of photographers, some of whom are identified. - A series of studio portraits taken by Universal Studios (Dunedin) show air cadets in uniform. Don T Curtis of Wangui [Wanganui?], R Collins of Mata-mata [Matamata], M Walton of Wairoa, B Campbell of Auckland, K [Waterdale?], Noel Price [or Pine?], and Jones are identified on the rear of the prints in which they appear. Also includes two photographs of larger groups of cadets taken by photographer Gordon J McCusker (Blenheim), one of which is mounted on card and the other which is signed on the rear by a number of cadets. Also contains a studio portrait showing a soldier posed in front of a pyramid backdrop. - Servicemen and cadets are also photographed in uniform in informal settings. Photographs include "The Gang" outside Ezbekeih Garden in Cairo, a series of images of men in a bush or jungle setting [Pacific campaign?], an image of a large group sitting in a valley captioned "Sit down strike delta", socialising (including one image where men are dressed as women), and soldier Pat Sharpin in uniform in front of a house and in a garden [in New Zealand?]. - Stuart Jones is identified on the rear of a portrait of two cadets but it is not certain which of the two men is Jones. The blond man who may be Jones appears in numerous photographs. This man may also be Noel Price [or Pine?]. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: Donated by David Guerin, Havelock North, 2013. Donor was given the prints by a relative of Stuart Jones.

Date: [ca 1917-2010]

From: Scoullar, Leo Bryan, 1917-2010: Photographs

By: Savoy Studios (Auckland, N.Z.); Van Hasselt (Firm); Leicagraph Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10027

Description: Photographs relating to the life of Bryan Scoullar, taken ca 1917-2010, particularly his service in the army during World War II. Bryan Scoullar collected all the images and took some of them. Images are arranged in a loose chronological order, and contain: Family photographs, circa 1917-1941, showing his mother Genevieve (nee Pope), his father Arthur, and his brother Patrick. Snapshots of the family are taken at the family residence in Wellington and during outings and holidays in New Zealand. Includes images of Patrick during the war, at home on leave, and overseas. Two school photographs taken at Marist Brothers' School, Wellington, probably of Patrick or Bryan. Photographs related to Bryan Scoullar's military service in North Africa during World War II. These are taken and collected in Egypt, Syria, and the Western Desert, ca 1941-1942. There are also some images taken during his training at Trentham army camp ca 1940, and documenting journey on board ship 'Nieue Amsterdam'. Contains images of patients, staff and activities at No. 3 General Hospital, Egypt, where he worked as an orderly. Includes tourist photographs taken and collected during travels in Egypt, and a trip with 5th field ambulance unit to Jerusalem and Syria. Also a group of Images taken at the Bulldog Club, Helmieh. Named figures include 'Dan' from South Africa, and Bob Bates ['Lulu la Blaze'?], and a Spanish Capuchin friar [Padre?] Sabino. Photographs of friends and family ca 1945-2010, including items related to his involvement with the Lamb of God covenant community in Wellington. Also images of Bryan's parents in older age, two mounted portraits of Bryan's god-daughter Anne Renai, and a few photographs documenting Bryan's trips overseas with an Australian Catholic group. Events include: celebrations to mark Bryan's 81st and 93rd birthday, a Christmas party in 1988, St Patrick's College Centenary 1985, a dinner at Bunratty Castle, [a restaurant in Australia?], and Anzac Day commemorations at Huntleigh Rest Home, Karori, ca 1990s. Places include: St Mary's Convent, Wellington, and St Thomas More Catholic Church, Wilton and [The Rigi?] St Vincent de Paul's. Named figures include: Vonnie Nunns, Bernadine Reid, Stephanie Revell, Mike Revell, Laurie McClellan, Philippa Dowling, Chris Reid, Molly Waugh, Trish Kane, Andre Gellen and Karen Gellen. Accompanying information - ltems of ephemera relating to Mr Scoullar including an order of service for his funeral. Arrangement: Images have been arranged by the archivist in loose chronological order Quantity: 189 b&w original photographic print(s) including one mounted on metal. 37 colour original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera (Postcard featuring printed photograph). Physical Description: Photographic prints and items of ephemera

Date: 2015

Reference: MSX-9523

Description: Printed and bound volume compiled by Lynlee Johnson in 2015, with the title 'Ivan F Moore: Letters Home from The Great War'. Documents the life and military service of Sergeant Ivan F Moore (Service Number 7/1023), who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and the Balkans during World War One. Volume is illustrated with facsimile reproductions of letters, photographs, postcards, military documents, newspaper cuttings, and printouts from online sources. The letter reproduced in the volume range from Cairo, dated 26 August 1915, to Martinborough, dated 2 January 1930, and includes letters addressed from Palestine and Jerusalem. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed and bound volume. Provenance: Donated by Ms Lynlee Johnson, Waipukurau, November 2016. Donor is the grand-niece of Mr Ivan Frank Moore.

Date: 1939-1943, 1946

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-4161-01-168

Description: Series of photographs taken in Auckland and at Hopu Hopu. Shows recruitment and enlistment, recruits for First Echelon, entering Hopu Hopu, visitors at Hopu Hopu, troops arriving at Papakura, on parade at Auckland Domain, marching down out of Auckland Domain prior to departure. Soldiers at Florida Cafe, Cairo, 1943 List of official photographs for possible inclusion in regimental history. Selection made by WO1 W G Stewart, Unit Historian, Jun 1946 Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1912-1945]

By: Cowan, Erica, active 1978-2001; Ginders, C A, active 1940s; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Mitchell, Trevor Vernon, -1942

Reference: PAColl-0324

Description: The collection includes two different sets of photographs. The first is the photographs from the collection of Thomas Vernon Mitchell taken while he was serving in the army in the Middle East in the Second World War. They include tourist scenes of the ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane; the city of the dead in Cairo; street scenes in Jerusalem, Tiberias and Aleppo; tombs of the caliphs in Cairo; the Dead Sea; the tower of King David, Jerusalem; the Hotel Yarkon, Tel Aviv; the citadel entrance, Aleppo; and Tiberias Hot Springs. Other images are a 24th Battalion chuch parade in February 1941, two views of Mitchell's grave, the effects of a sandstorm on a military camp in the desert, Mitchell and his friends on rickshaws, Papakura infantry at Trentham in October 1940, and the 24th Battalion party at Cairo 1941. Most of the photographs are captioned and names given are: Warren, Abbott, Coleman, Braser, Wright, Scott, Hargreaves, Walton, Jamieson, Morpeth, Christianson, Battesby, Bullen, Ready, Procter, Pryde, Brash, Naismith, Steel, Shaw, Bush, Banks, Seavill, Allen, McCowan, Buckingham, Boyce, Hawke, Logie, Trubshaw, Olsen, Conder, Horrocks, Rawson, Gilfilan, Bradley, Pratt, Dow, Bremner, Ker, Stark, James and Cutler. The second set of photographs is of a trip by George Philips to the Rotorua area in May 1912. They include Philips and others at Tutea Falls, Okere; in front of Maori carvings and Ohinemutu; in a punt at Hamurana Spring; and on Hinemoa Step, Okere Falls. The photographer of this is Marsh of Rotorua. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s) loose. 18 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted.

Date: 1885-1886

By: Mason, George Edward (Rev), 1847-1928

Reference: PA1-f-253

Description: Album of photographs collected by Rev G E Mason on a trip around the world in 1885-1886. Comprises photographs of California, Tasmania, Sydney, Ceylon, Egypt and New Zealand. In 1884 the Bishop of Lichfield recieved a request from the bishops of Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand, to send clergy to conduct missions in their dioceses. To this end he invited Rev G E Mason, and Rev Charles Bodington to do the job. The two clegymen left Liverpool for the United States on the 4th of July 1885, spent a summer in New Zealand, and returned to England in September 1886. (Info from "Round the Round World on a Church Mission," Rev G E Mason, Society for the promotion of Christian knowledge, London, 1892). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive.

Date: 1940-1945

From: Lewis, Lorrie Lionel, 1917-2001 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1610

Description: Photograph album compiled by Lorrie Lionel Lewis who served as a signalman during World War II. The album is dedicated to fellow signalman Laurie H Sweetman who died 23 October 1942. Includes photographs of the Lewis family in New Zealand, Lewis at Trentham camp, voyage on board the 'Aquitania', scenes in Ceylon and Egypt, on leave in Palestine, prisoner of war in Germany, scenes in London and Petone in 1945 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 24 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1940-1944

By: Crump, Douglas Ronald, 1919-1944; Crump, William, active 1950s; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-764

Description: Photographs taken and collected by 2nd Lieutenant Douglas Ronald Crump prior to his death at La Luna, Italy, 7 August 1944. Album comprises: Photographs of the grave of Douglas Ronald Crump at La Luna, Italy, with Brigadier S H Crump Scenes in Papakura Camp, 1940 Scenes of farewell parade for 5th reinforcements at Auckland Domain, 1941 Scenes on convoy to Middle East, showing ships Nieuw Amsterdan and Mauretania, and views of Sydney and Colombo. Scenes in camp at Maadi and Helwan, Egypt, June 1941; pyramids and sphinx; Divisional swimming sports; manoeuvres; Cairo; Alexandria; No 1 NZ Convalescent Depo, Alexandria; Sinai Desert; Syria; Palestine; Lebanon, Beirut; Damascus; Palmyra; Jerusalem, Bethlehem; Haifa; Tel Aviv Visits to ancient Egyptian sites, including Luxor, the temples at Karnak, the tomb of Tutankhamun, the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, and Thebes Scenes on the Nile, including the Assuan Dam, and a BOAC flying boat landing Sporting events, including a rugby match between 4th NZ Armoured Brigade and Welsh representatives at Maadi, 3 Feb 1943; Brigade athletics meet, Littoria Stadium, Cairo, 5 April 1943 Scenes at Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) Views of Bari, Rome and Florence Portraits of Douglas Ronald Crump Album consists of photographs taken and collected by Douglas Ronald Crump (1919-1944) prior to his death, and compiled into an album by his brother, William Crump. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound album with red morrocco spine and corners, 28.5 x 33.5 cm

Date: 1915-1920s

From: Buchan, Doris Agnes, 1893-1984 :Photographs relating to James Buchan (1893-1948) and Doris Agnes Powell-Lewis (1893-1984)

Reference: PA1-o-1518

Description: Album of photographs, probably compiled by Doris Agnes Buchan (nee Powell-Lewis). Album comprises: Photographs of service with NZEF of James Buchan (1893-1948). Shows Cairo, journey from Egypt to Gallipoli, bivouacs at Gallipoli, camp life, Cape Town, scenes on sea voyage between New Zealand and theatre of war. Includes images of soldiers blindfold boxing. Photographs of service as nurse at Karitane Hospital, Dunedin, of Doris Agnes Powell-Lewis (1893-1984), later wife of James Buchan. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - [Inside front cover] Doris Lewis, Jan 1917 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1869-1870s

By: Fisher, Alexander, active 1861-1879; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-021

Description: Album of views compiled by Alexander Fisher, MD RN, during his service as a surgeon aboard HMS Endymion. The album comprises: Photographs collected during the cruise of the Flying Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral G T Phipps Hornby, during 1869-1870, which carried HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Included are views of Plymouth, Portsea, Madeira, Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janiero), South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, British Columbia, Hawaii and Chile. Photographs collected during a cruise in the Mediterranean during the 1870s, including views of Malta, Syria, Jerusalem, Venice, Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, Pyramids, the Sphinx), Gibraltar and Seville Photographers represented include William Thomas Locke Travers (1819-1903), James Bragge (1833?-1908), Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), was captain of HMS Galatea and commander of the Flying Squadron, which visited New Zealand in 1869 and 1870. Inscriptions: Album page - `Cruize of the Flying Squadron under the command of Rear Admiral G.M. Phipps Hornby. 1869-1870. Photographs of places, natives, costumes and remarkable objects, collected by Alexander Fisher, MDRN, HMS Endymion'; Album page - `A summer cruize in the Mediterranean in HMS Endymion. 21. Capt. Chas Drake' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound photograph album with leather corners, 41.2 x 35.5 cm