Bougainville Island

Date: Apr 1945, 1957

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-4161-01-189

Description: Series of captioned photographs taken Apr 1945 showing medical headquarters at Los Negros; casualty room, laboratory, patients in Ward 1, and operating room at [Guadal]canal; Medical Section 25 and 30 S.U. Camp Piva, Bougainville; Rotorua convalescent Includes letter from P L D Cummins, Sqn.Ldr. (for Group Captain, Commanding), RNZAF Station Ohakea, relating to the photographs, 10 Oct 1957 Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1945-1947

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1099

Description: Tribute to Rev C Luxton; diary 22 Apr-4 Oct 1945, and index; letters to family and to Rev George Carter; Methodist Mission, Buka area, annual reports, and other papers 1946-1947. Source of title - Transcribed Luxton was sent to Buka in Bougainville in 1939, to be evacuated shortly after. He returned in 1945, and supervised building of new church in Buka. Withdrew from the Mission because of poor health in 1949. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: [1944]

From: Wright, Alfred Charles Seymour, 1916?-1998 : Journal

Reference: MSX-5967

Description: Journal kept by Wright while on active service in the Solomon Islands in World War Two; includes notes on maps, soil, geography, weather and rainfall, geology, Pidgin English, botany and war matters; Wright has indexed the journal, has drawn several maps, land profiles and rain gauges Wright has recorded a brief history of the Solomon Islands and New Britain; he has described the occupation of Vella Lavella and included a newspaper clipping about the island; and from the `Pacific Islands monthly' (Jan 1944), has recorded the Japanese entry to Guadalcanal Maps in the journal are for Necal, Guadalcanal, Florida Island, New Georgia Group, Treasury Group, Balbi or Bougainville Island and Buka Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1888-1967

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1322

Description: Letter books of Carl Diercke 1872-1915, containing family and plantation correspondence, requesting food stuffs and sundry goods, which were mainly delivered by the ship Sumatra. Also, letters to Rudolf Diercke and others, and letters concerning publication of the English translation of Richard Parkinson' book, Thirty years in the South Seas Source of title - Supplied by Library Tinputz Plantation was set up in Bougainville by Carl Diercke 1872-1915. During world War I the plantation was taken by the Australian government; however the Diercke family stayed on in Papua New Guinea, with Carl's son Rudolf managing plantations in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands for W R Carpenter and Company, and later for the Catholic Church at Vunapope, East New Britain Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, 2010

Date: 1988-1996

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1269

Description: Comprise papers collected by Fr Kerley, including diary entries, note, press cuttings, leaflets, photographs 1988-1996, transcripts of radio broadcasts ("Skeds") 1990-1995, photocopy of Tunuru Baptismal Register 1929-1931, missionary manuals and other publications Source of title - Transcribed from item Fr Kerley served in Bougainville in many roles as a member of the Society of Mary and observed at first hand the Bougainville troubles of 1888-1897, despite being expelled from the island by PNG Defence Force 1993-1994 Quantity: 7 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

Date: 19 Jan 1934-30 Aug 1938, 25 Nov 1946-20 Aug 1948, 17 Apr 1952-29 Jan 1966

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1098

Description: Extracts from Sister Lee's diaries from her arrival in the Solomons, to her transfer to Koau, Buin in South Bougainville in 1937, her transfer to new Zealand, and her career as Principal at Kihili Girls School. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1941-1945, 1965, 1975

From: Fiji Forces Association :Photographs

By: Stinson, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1919-1989; Life Photography; Caine's Studios (Suva, Fiji)

Reference: PAColl-9783-1

Description: Photographs relating to Fiji Forces Association. Comprises photographs donated by various members of their wartime experiences, and photographs of Association events. Photographs include formal and casual group photographs of New Zealand and Fijian military units, and many of the photographs are annotated with the names of the individuals as well as details relating to events associated with the images. These include a set of photographs relating to military operations in Bougainville, one of which is inscribed "Alex Marsh and I are returned from Mawaraka Point. [...] wireless & gear, aerial and chains on jeep. On this job poshumous V. C. was awarded to Fijian [Sefanaia Sukanaivalu]." These also include photographs of theatrical and musical performances by soldiers. Quantity: 92 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, some with ms annotations

Date: 1941-1943

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

By: Read, W J (Lieutenant), 1904-

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1245

Description: Following the winding up of civil administration in Bougainville in February 1942, Read, the only remaining government representative, was appointed Lieutenant in the Australian Navy with instructions to remain in Bougainville as a coastwatcher Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Complete listing at http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/finals/searchlong.php. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - P_urchase, PMB, 2005

Date: 1929-1930, 1939-1955

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2810

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1941-1945

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-4161-01-194

Description: Series of interior and exterior photographs of various Dental Sections in NZ taken 1945. Include: Woodbourne; Trentham Camp Dental Hospital; Whenuapai; Burnham; HMS Philomel; Hobsonville. Various captioned photographs. Includes: NZDC POW dental section at Oflag V B, Biberach, Germany; 2 NZEP IP (Treasury Island, Bourail, Green Island); Vella Lavella; senior dental officers in New Caledonia; officers of 10 MOB Dental Section, 1944 (named); group of medical and dental staff BHQ 30 NZ Bn, Nissan Island; group photo of Dental Section, Pacific Area (unidentified); 22 Field Ambulance; Dental Section CCS Guadalcanal, AWWS HQ Guadalcanal; No 1 Max-Fac Dental Section, 4 Gen Hospital, New Caledonia; ATD Camp, Nemeara Valley; Dental Section RNZAF Station, Espiritu Santo; mobile dental section, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal ; Fiji detachment, 1944; Base Hygiene Section; Bougainville staff and surgery, 1944-1945; Field force exercises, 1941-1942; prosthetic truck; aerial view of mobile Dental Section area at Guadalcanal and plan of the area; aerial view of 10 MOB Dental Section HQ, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal; group photo of staff at Bn HQ; Lt Col O E L Rout and staff at Dental HQ; No 2 Max-Fac Dental Section. No 2 NZCCS, Guadalcanal; dental mechanics at work at an under-canvas dental hospital; Field dentistry at 53rd [?] Tank camp at Nissan; embarkation from New Caledonia to Guadalcanal, 1943 (group photo); 6 Squadron RNZAF 1945 (staff at Halavas); Dental Section at Emirau 1944-1945 (groups named and camp site). Quantity: 275 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1919, 1932-1935

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-112

Description: Includes pressed leaves and plants collected in Bougainville, ca 1932 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1950]

From: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7007-18

Description: Typescript letters from Jim/Bodger to Pa with reminiscences of his war experiences and also memories of his life in New Zealand; includes sketch map of Emirau when the RNZAF landed and poems. Jim/Bodger appeared to have served in various parts of the Pacific including Guadalcanal, New Caledonia, Bougainville and Papua New Guinea. Neither Jim/Bodger nor Pa appear to be members of the Mills family Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1944-1945

By: New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force; Evatt, Gerald Sinclair, 1906-1981

Reference: PAColl-0338

Description: Photographs of the Japaneses capitulation in South East Asia and the Pacific, particularly Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. They include a number of photographs of Japanese prisoners of war being marched to camps; the signing of surrender documents by Australian officers; painting Japan Surrenders on the underside of RAAF plane wings to inform Japanese forces; the announcement of the Japanese surrender by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in Singapore; the Duke of Gloucester, Governor General of Australia, visiting troops; a Japanese tank on fire; and earlier photographs of Allied forces on Bougainville in 1944. The photographs are nearly all official Royal New Zealand Air Force and are captioned on the reverse. Also included with the collection is a copy of New Zealand Freemason frm May 1977 which includes a photograph of the NZEF Masonic Association meeting in 1918 in France.. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1923-2000

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1184

Description: Comprises letters from Archer to family and friends, mainly from Wuvulu Island, Manus District and from Jame Plantation in Buka 1923-1928; report on coastwatching activity, Bougainville, 1941-1943, by W J Read; his Solomon Islands war diaries, 1943; files arranged by Mrs Roberts, Archer's biographer, which contain aspects of Archer's post-war career, including papers on the planters' asscociations in New Guinea and Bougainville. Source of title - Supplied Archer came to New Guinea in 1923 and took over the former Jame Plantation at Buka, one of the ex-German plantations sold to returned soldiers. He served as coastwatcher in Bougainville during World War II and later with the Solomon Islands Defence Force. After 1945 he returned to his plantations and became one of the most successful and influential planters in New Guinea. Quantity: 7 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2002

Date: 1943-1948

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-4161-01-147

Description: Most photographs contain captions; some are stamped `Official RNZAF photographs'. Group photograph of a conference of padres in the RNZAF held at Frederic Wallis House, Lower Hutt, 1944 (all named on back); NZ Fighter Wing `score board' at New Georgia, Nov 1943 to record number of Japanese aircraft hit (group around the board includes Air Commodore S Wallington, Wing Commander T O Freeman, Air Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, Major General H E Barrowclough); RNZAF Band playing outside the USA hospital, Guadalcanal, 1944 (W/O R H Simpson conducting); Wings Parade - Course 61 medal presentation (Squadron Leader E T Mileski, Squadron Leader J R Welsh, Air Commodore A de T Nevill, LAC Johnson), Nov 1942; fighter pilots on return from battle in SW Pacific war zone, 1944; F/O R C Beazer of Feilding and P/O Letourneau of Canada (both of NZ RAF Mosquito Fighter Bomber Squadron). First NZ airmen repatriated from German hands welcomed by Air Vice Marshal L M Isitt and Air Secretary T A Barrow (group includes Warrant Officers D C Allen, J I B Walker and H M English); RNZAF ground crew on an amphibious truck (called a `Duck'); Lockheed Hudson bomber crew reporting back from a reconnaissance flight over the Solomons area; group photo of NZ Catalina flying boat crew, 1945 (all named); pilots being briefed before a `strike', Guadalcanal, 19 Jun 1943; RNZAF Corsair aircraft flying in formation at Guadalcanal, 1944. Catalina flying boats and RNZAF band on visit to Halavo Bay, the seaplane base in the Solomon Islands, 1944; Dakota aircraft at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1944; YMCA `tea truck' serving RNZAF ground crew who are maintaining Kittyhawks; Wing Commander de Willimoff and others in flying suits beside Corsair aircraft; group beside a Kittyhawk (includes Squadron Leader Newton); group photo of flight mechanics and riggers on airstrip in Pacific (all named); Brigadier General R L Owens, Deputy-Commanding-General, 13th Air Force, USAAF, presenting the American Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying Officer M T Vanderpump, ca 1943; Air Commodore Sir Robert Clarke-Hall talking with Major General R J Mitchell, USMC, prior to latter's departure from Bougainville (others in photo include Air Commodore G N Roberts, Wing Commander A B Greenaway & Wing Commander H R Wigley); Christmas Day in the mess hall, 1942; group of NZ pilots having a `Smoko' during Battle of Bougainville, 1943 (some name on front in ballpoint); aftermath on Bougainville (aerial photo of Japanese barge on beach); men of the RNZAF on board the `Wahine' at Torokina, Bougainville bound for NZ. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 30 Sep 2005

From: New Zealand Defence Force Military oral history project

By: Barkla, Andrew, 1920-

Reference: OHInt-0938-12

Description: Interview with Andrew Barkla, born in Hawera in 1920. Refers to growing up on a dairy farm at Manaia near Hawera. Recalls being conscripted into the Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles in 1940, having three months' initial training at Foxton, being manpowered back to the farm, and recalled later in the year when he volunteered for the Air Force. Mentions being posted by the Army to Second Taranaki Regiment, but being sent to the Air Force's Aerodrome Defence Unit at Bell Block. Comments that there was "a bit of a shambles" as military facilities were being established. Talks about being posted to Wigram and then to Unit 33 at Longburn to train as a radar operator, then joining Unit 59 which was being formed to go to the Islands. Refers to travelling on an American troopship to Guadalcanal in November 1942 and then on a loading ship tank to Bougainville in a convoy. Talks about setting up their radar station (Camp Tiki) in an American base for detecting Japanese aircraft approaching from Rabul, and how they worked and lived there under attack from bombers. Comments on being sent home on leave after 8 months, update training at Wigram, and posting to a radar station at Maunganui Bluff. Refers to the unit being disbanded in 1944 and being demobilised and sent back to the farm in March 1945. Reflects that his most memorable experience was the trip from Guadalcanal to Bougainville when their convoy was attacked by torpedo bombers at night and the ship was hit by a dud torpedo. Interviewer(s) - Martin Halliday Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-017172 - OHC-017173 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHDL-000403, OHA-6143. Search dates: 1920 - 1939 - 2005 - 1945

Date: 10 Mar 2004

From: MOTAT: Aviation memories oral history project

By: Brown, Clarence Easten, 1924-

Reference: OHInt-0767-03

Description: Interview with Clarence Brown, born in Auckland in 1924. Talks about being called up for the Air Force in 1942 when he was 18 and training at Levin and Wigram to be a wireless operator and traffic controller. Discusses going to Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and then to the New Hebrides where he was based at Henderson Base, Guadalcanal. Refers to New Zealand Hudsons flying day missions from the base. Discusses living conditions - mosquitoes, denge fever, bully beef, fermenting coconuts, lack of water, and boredom and their activities to relieve it. Comments on radar-controlled searchlights, and their gear rotting quickly in the conditions. Talks about the formation of a fighter wing of 36 aircraft, with 24 being kept serviceable. Refers to being a telephone operator. Talks about the base at Ondongo, and New Zealand planes escorting American planes in October 1943. Mentions the Catalina flying boats at Palagi that were used to pick up downed pilots. Discusses the period October 1943 to January 1944 when the Americans established a beachhead on Bouganville with three airstrips. Refers to going in by landing craft with their gear, the presence of Fijian troops, air raids, and American battleships shelling Japanese positions. Comments on support from P40 aircraft, the only Royal New Zealand Air Force aricraft engaging with the enemy in that area. Describes receiving a schrapnel wound in the eye, returning to Auckland for treatment, and eventually losing the eye. Abstracted by - Jean Ford Interviewer(s) - Roger Munns Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014154, OHC-014155 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (33 Kilobytes). 1 digital photograph(s) (549 Kilobytes). 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s) (276 Kilobytes). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5118, OHDL-000223. Search dates: 1924 - 1942 - 2004 - 1945

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Boys' Brigade in New Zealand Inc :Photographs relating to Boys' Brigade

Reference: PAColl-0833-07

Description: Photographs of boys and events relating to the Boys' Brigade in New Hebrides, Solomon Islands and Bougainville, mainly by unidentied photographers. Some prints have captions but people are generally not identified. Quantity: 105 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1908-1916

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

By: Thurnwald, Richard C, 1869-1954; Carrington, Lois, active 1900s

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1225

Description: The documents include a typescript of Thurwald's Buin-German Dictionary, word lists, comparative word lists, a phrase book and grammatical notes for the Baining, Gazelle, Buin, Alu, Lambutxo, Bambatana, Vellalavella, Panone and Tambatamba languages. Also included are files and word lists for Tjimundo and Banaro/Ramunga languages. Richard Thurnwald's widow, Hilda, tranferred these papers to Professor Stephen Wurm at the Research School of Pacific and Asian studies at ANU in 1963. Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2005

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: PAColl-4161-01-269

Description: Photographs arranged in geographic groupings. See Place Field for locations. Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).