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School of Bush and Mountain Warfare
Date: 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: DA-01816
Description: Members of the Wellington Home Guard and US Marine Corps personel, taking part in the School of Bush and Mountain Warfare in burnt bush on the Marchant Ridge, Tararua Range. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Men of the Home Guard, Christchurch South Battalion, on manoeuvres.
Date: 1941
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: DA-00496
Description: Members of the New Zealand Home Guard, Christchurch South Battalion, attending to the "wounded" on manoeuvres. Photographed by the Christchurch Star Sun on 4 Nov 1941. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Members of the Christchurch Home Guard in training
Date: 1942
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: DA-00487
Description: Members of the Christchurch Home Guard in training. An expert explains the principles during aiming instruction. Christchurch East Battalion. Photographed by the Christchurch Star Sun on 11 April 1942. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Christchurch Homeguardsmen fusing home made bombs
Date: 1941
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: DA-00498
Description: Pioneer Platoon Christchurch South Battalion fusing home made bombs for Sunday's manoeuvres. Photographed by the Christchurch Star Sun on 5 Nov 1941. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Departing World War II soldiers of the 1st echelon, in their quarters on board ship in ...
Date: January 1940
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: DA-07086-F
Description: Departing World War II soldiers of the 1st echelon, in their quarters on board ship in Auckland. Taken by an unidentified photographer for the Weekly News. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Soldiers of the Div Amm Coy, Ngaruawhahia
Date: 1939
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: DA-11163
Description: Soldiers of the Div Amm Coy, Ngaruawhahia. Taken in 1939. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top centre - Ngaruawahia, Div Amn[sic] Coy 1939 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Christchurch Homeguardsmen machine gun training
Date: 1942
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: DA-00495
Description: Homeguard Christchurch East Battalion Spandau machine gunners in training. Gun shown is shoulder controlled Spandau, converted to .303 on original suggestion of Sgt. Stedman (Marlborough). Photographed by the Christchurch Star Sun on 10 April 1942. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Original senior officers of the Maori Battalion
Date: [1940]
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: DA-07427-F
Description: Original senior officers of the Maori Battalion, in Palmerston North, early 1940. From left to right: Fitzgerald, Captain A Scott, Captain Te W Love, Major W B Fisher (Medical officer), Lieutenent Colonel Dittmer (Commanding Officer), Major General Duigan (Chief of Staff NZ Forces), Major H Dyer, Captain Blomfield, Captain R Royal, Lieutenant Doug Curtis (Adjutant). Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Members of the signal section of the Christchurch Home Guard
Date: 1941
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: DA-00484
Description: Members of the signal section of the Christchurch Home Guard demonstrating their signaling equipment. Photographed on 20 Jul 1941 by an unknown Photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Troopship Strathaird departing Wellington with 2nd NZEF soldiers of the 1st echelon on ...
Date: January 1940
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: DA-07089-G
Description: Troopship `Strathaird' departing Wellington with 2nd NZEF soldiers of the 1st echelon on board. Taken by an unidentified photographer in January 1940. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Members of the 27 (MG) Battalion at the opening of the beer garden, Burnham Military Camp
Date: 1939
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: DA-13587-F
Description: Members of the 27 (MG) Battalion at the opening of the beer garden at the Burnham Military Camp. The men are in one large group facing the camera. Some of the soldiers in shot are Lieutenant Mason, Lieutenant Manchester, Captain Grant, Lieutenant Green, Lieutenant Tong, Lieutenant Bassett, Captain Luxford, Lieutenant Cooper, Lieutenant Howell, Lieutenant Johansen, Major Wright, Lieutenant Buller, Private Barnett, Captain McKinlay, Lieutenant W F Lilley, Corporal Crispin, Captain J K Robbie, Captain Bryson, Lieutenant Purcell, Captain King, Major Smith, Lieutenant Parata, Lieutenant Parsons, Lieutenant K Frazer, Lieutenant-Colonel R L McGaffin. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Brothers A J and S R Halkett return to Canterbury from World War II
Date: [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: DA-02001-F
Description: Two brothers A J and S R Halkett arrived back in Canterbury after sharing experiences in the firing line, in shipwreck, as POWs, and a successful escape. Taken between 1940 and 1945 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Members of the New Zealand Home Guard, Somes Platoon of Bush Guides, on reconnaissance ...
Date: 1942
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: DA-01783
Description: Members of the Somes Platoon of Bush Guides (Wellington Fortress Area), on their first reconnaissance of the upper Orongrongo River. This platoon of the New Zealand Home Guard are seen here at the junction of Te Ore Ore Creek and the Orongorongo River. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe on 27 Sept 1942. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Members of the Christchurch Home Guard digging air raid shelters
Date: 1941
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: DA-00481
Description: Members of the Elmwood Home Guard, Christchurch North Battalion, digging shelters for invalid soldiers at Rannerdale Soldiers Home. Photographed in December 1941 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Christchurch Home Guardsmen
Date: 1942
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: DA-03316
Description: Christchurch Home Guardsmen being taught the use of Tommy guns. Photographed by the Christchurch Star Sun on 15 Jan 1942 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Aerial view of Burnham Military Camp, Canterbury
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
Reference: DA-12868-F
Description: Aerial view of Burnham Military Camp, Canterbury. The Army Service Corps and the Medical Unit were housed in the tents. Taken by an unidentified photographer between 1939 and 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).