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Date: 5 Oct 1914-6 Apr 1915

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

Reference: MSX-2550

Description: Army correspondence book records notes to Officer Commander (O/C), B Company, 5 Oct 1914. Notes on a military exercise in Karori, Wellington in early Oct 1914 including sketch maps. Letters start 7 Feb 1915 from Kubri, Egypt to his military commanders. Also weekly military reports and letters home to family and friends in New Zealand from Zeitoun Camp. Note on 8 Apr 1915 acknowledging a censor's stamp for the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, NZ and A Division. Last letter of volume on page 97 to Lady Godley regarding the care of the sick soldier "Gordon", written in Zeitoun Camp, 13 Mar 1915. 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) (98 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book) Volume includes ink sketches Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 60 digitised pages. Pages 50 and 51 include original and carbon copy pages. Some pages have been removed throughout the volume.

Date: 1919

From: Stout family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11518-058

Description: Letters to Agnes Pearce, whom he married this year, written from London and then Trentham on his return to New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 31 Dec 1916 - 31 Dec 1917

From: Jeune, Dudley James Frederick, 1897-1949 : World War One papers

Reference: MSX-9043

Description: Comprises one World War One diary documenting personal experiences of Dudley James Frederick Jeune, service number 41403, from 31 December 1916 to 31 December 1917. Part of 25th Reinforcements, NZFA. Covers the time period in a New Zealand army camp prior to leaving for war, the voyage on SS Turakina via Freemantle, Sydney, Sierra Leone, to arrival in Plymouth, England, leave and camp life in England, arrival in Boulogne, France, life at the front, working with horses and war action as part of 13th Battery, 3rd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery (NZFA), and a snowy Christmas and New Year 1917. Diary includes continuation of date entries at the front of the diary, plus addresses, financial notes, lists of ships, the military identification details for Jeune. Also includes diagram of wiring for a DIII field telephone. Accompanying note with diary identifies that the diary was given to "Dud" by his parents on 15th Jan 1917. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 425 digitised images

Date: 1907-1941

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-11310-144

Description: Papers relating to Maori involvement in World War One and World War Two including correspondence, photographs, a postcard, clippings and a printer's proof of 'Maori War Book' [just one page] with some sketches of war boats on the back. Letter from H W Bird [Maori Battalion] with whakapapa of the descendants of commanders at Te Tapiri in 1865, and lists Ngati Manawa men who fought in World War One. Includes a photograph of Lieutenant J C Tikao of Rapaki, Lyttelton [wounded] and a postcard with a Christmas message on the back and an original drawing of a Maori soldier on the front with 'It's a long way to Tipperary' written in Maori which begins 'He roa te wa ki Tipirere...'. Four photographs from a small envelope titled Chailak Dere, Anzac 1915, also inscribed with Buck's photos for Batt history'. Three of the photos are inscribed on the back saying 'Chailak Dere, Anzac,' 'Terraces on Cheshire Ridge, Anzac,' and 'Clearing Station. No. 2 and No. 3 Outposts, Anzac. Sat morning Aug 7th'. Clippings from 1933 to 1941. Language - Waiata and whakapapa in Maori Arrangement: 40 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s). Drawing on postcard, four black & white photographs, drawings on the back of a printer's proof.

Date: Jul-Dec 1917

From: Brebner, Robert, 1883-1958 : World War One letters

Reference: MS-Papers-8866-5

Description: Letters describe Brebner's experiences at the front during the second half of 1917. They contain an account of Brebner's activities during this period including receiving letters and parcels from home, living and working conditions, observations on local people and the current state of the war in Flanders. Also includes a letter to Brebner from David Glover, written from Dannevirke, 26 August 1917. Glover relates the fate of friends they both know in the war, the activities of men who have returned home from the war, local gossip and Glover's promotion in the postal service. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 81 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