Port Tewfik

Date: 1931

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1613

Description: Album relating to journey from New Zealand to England via the Suez Canal. Includes photographs of floral tributes to Zillah prior to her departure; embarkation in Wellington July 1931; Voyage to Sydney; Sydney parks, buildings, zoos, beaches; Dixon family in Sydney; Melbourne gardens, buildings; Adelaide buildings, parks, gardens; King's Park, Perth, buildings, opening pearls, Serpentine Falls and Western Australian aboriginals; Colombo, Ceylon, catamarans, coconut palms, native quarters, rickshaws, High cast Indian girl; Aden; Red Sea; Suez Canal; Bedoin Sheik; Ismalia; Port Tewfik; Port Said; Voyage on 'Balranald'; Fancy dress and deck tennis, and lifeboat drills on ship; Australian heavyweight George Cook training on ship; Malta; Gibraltar; Spainish coast; First sight of England, Chalk cliffs of Dover. In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 18 x 30 cm

Date: 1939-1940

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

By: McKenzie, J S (Private), active 1940

Reference: PA1-q-293

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel in New Zealand, England and Egypt, taken 1939-1940 and compiled for official use. Most of the images have good captions, and most of the names noted are listed above. The album includes a number of British Official Photographs. Scenes include New Zealanders in the advance party sailing from Melbourne in December 1939; shipboard scenes of the First Echelon arriving in Egypt; Freyberg welcoming the troops on arrival with Anthony Eden (Secretary of State for the Dominions) and Sir Miles Lampson; the train service between the NZ camp and Cairo; Egyptian workmen helping construct the camp, and women doing the laundry; Divisional Signallers lined up on motor bikes. Battle practice and army life in the desert: anti-tank & anti-aircraft practice; bren guns; vehicle maintenance; blacksmiths; operating the telephone exchange; engineering work; sorting mail; manufacturing field oven; chopping wood for the oven; food preparation; boot mending; camp cinema; various games including cards, bowls, cricket, swimming, boxing; disinfecting plant for killing pests in soldiers' blankets; digging trenches; erecting tents. Opening of the Kiwi Club at Helwan, formed through the efforts of Lady Lampson. Three photographs taken by a sergeant of the Royal Marines, showing action related to the battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Battle of the River Plate (p 65, 111, 133) New Zealanders resident in England who volunteeered at the outbreak of war are shown training with the Eastern Command; manoevres with the 2nd Echelon in Britain, and the opening of a new club for New Zealanders in Charing Cross Road; Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops in 1940; NZ armourers and wireless operators working for the RAF; information about the longest non-stop reconnaisance flight made in a Vickers Wellington bomber, piloted and crewed by members of the RNZAF Bomber Squadron (5 crew + 1 officer from the Navy to assist in ship identification); and Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops. In Libya scenes show a motor rail car which patrolled the rail to Matruh; "Whare Kiwi" dugout in the Libyan Desert; The first air raid experienced in a small village in the Cairo area. NZ airmen arrive in Canada for training in the Empire Air Trianing Scheme; haka led by Pine Takarangi. Transportation of troops and equipment across inland water, use of collapsible assault boats and building bridges. Western Desert battle; Italian and Libyan prisoners of war; captured tanks and vehicles; view of the Italian defence line; also the surrender of Traghen when the whole population of the Libyan Fort marched out in surrender. Various hospital scenes, both in England and in Egypt, including occupational therapy activities. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: ca 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-00508-G

Description: Members of 1st Echelon wave their hats on arrival at Port Tewfik, Egypt, during World War II. Taken circa 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-291-q-008

Description: Shows a full length profile portrait of an African man in white shirt and knee-length baggy trousers, with a blue commerbund and collar. He wears a tall red fez with the word "Calabria" written across it diagonally. "Calabria" is probably the name of the warship; this man may be a staff member on the ship. Other Titles - Port Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 187 x 121 mm, mounted on album page, 336 x 238 mm.

Date: 12 Sep 1941 - 17 May 1942

By: Pierce, Frank, 1900-1977; Fong, Gloria, active 2015

Reference: MSX-9375

Description: Diary of Frank Pierce written during the period 15 October 1941 to 17 May 1942. Provides details of journey from Auckland to Egypt and describes life in the military camp at Maadi, including routine training, guard duties, hospital stay and study at the Signal School in early 1942. Mentions the names of numerous fellow New Zealand military personnel members, and ships encountered during the voyage from Wellington to Port Tewfik, Egypt. Describes journey from departure on 12 September 1941 from military training camp at Papakura, marching to Papakura Station and train journey to Wellington, followed by embarkation on the 'Aquitania' headed for Egypt. Voyage includes brief stops along the way at Fremantle and Colombo, before reaching the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb and final arrival at Port Tewfik, on 19 October 1941. From there the journey to the Maadi military camp was completed by train via Cairo. The remainder of the diary describes a period spent in and around the camp at Maadi, and does not include the writer taking part in any military encounters or frontline action. The creator of the diary portrays the purpose of his writing as the creation of a record of 'my efforts to make the world safe for Democracy' (page 1). Reference is also made to the value of recording details in a diary that would not pass a military censor, noting 'I've already tried to give a description of the place (& what we did there), in my letters home, I'll not say much about it here, except to mention a few items that the Censor would not be likely to pass in a letter' (page 5). For example, the writer comments, 'Perhaps the futile, useless type of training we get, explains why we are still nowhere near beating Hitler' (page 30). Concludes with the description of the village nearest the camp, stating 'Maadi village is one of the most beautiful spots in Egypt, and it's a real pleasure merely to stroll round there, & if a chap doesn't go looking for trouble, it shouldn't be necessary for him to have to get a pass in order to spend a few hours of his own time there.' (page 67). Source of title - Supplied by Library Frank Pierce (1900-1977), of Otahuhu, Auckland, (Serial No. 65071), served in Egypt as a Private with the Northern Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, during World War Two. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, bound 'reporter's note book', printed covers, ruled paper, 67 numbered pages of manuscript, remainder blank. Provenance: Donated by cousin, Gloria Fong Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Gloria Fong, Leichhardt, Australia, Jan 2015

Date: March 1962 - March 1963

From: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993: Photograph albums, chiefly relating to his world travels as a radio officer for the merchant navy

Reference: PA1-o-1904

Description: A travel album compiled by John Horsman, chiefly relating to his work as a radio operator on the vessel 'Crusader' GXGN between March 1962 and March 1963. The album of postcards, photographs, notes, and hand drawn maps records voyages 27 to 31 around New Zealand and return voyages from New Zealand through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal. - Snapshots of people show Horsman and fellow crew members socialising: drinking beer, lounging on deck chairs, celebrating Chinese New Year on board, and posing outside the Old Dutch Tavern. Crew includes James Baillie. - Snapshots taken of locations visited show: ships 'Crusader' and 'Gudvor' in ports; Nelson streets and coastline, Tarakohe harbour, Farewell Spit; lock 'mules' (train locomotives) on Pedro Miguel locks on the Panama Canal; Riffort Fort, street and market scenes, hotel and the US Services Club, Willemstad, Curacao; Genoa city scenes; Port Said, De Lesseps pedestal, shipping, Port Tewfik, and various scenes along the Suez Canal; coastline and 'George' with locals at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. - Postcards shows various locations visited on the voyages, including: Nelson, Picton, New Zealand; Genoa; Seattle World's Fair, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. - Includes two typescripts with instructions on using filters for photography Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Spiral bound Croxley school sketch book, 27.5 x 37.5cm

Date: ca 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-00505-G

Description: Major General Freyberg comes aboard a ship at Port Tewfik, Egypt, and is greeted by Colonel Puttick. Photograph taken during the arrival of the 1st Echelon circa 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-291-q-007

Description: Shows a view of a church building with a double-arched porch, a cross on the ridgepole, and a square steeple with coloured stone cornering. There is a tree in the centre foreground and another at the right; these both partially obscure the church building. Other Titles - Port Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 184 x 121 mm, mounted on album page, 336 x 238 mm.

Date: [ca 1941-1946], 1967

Reference: PAColl-9968

Description: Photographs, mainly relating to the 'Maunganui' and particularly when she was operating as a hospital ship during World War II between 1941-1945. Many images of the ship and portraits of medical, naval and army personnel - some named or autographed. Photographers unidentified. Images include: crew of an American ship sunk by a u-boat; scenes at Port Tewfick, Egypt, including loading patients; a group at Club Atlas in Panama in 1946 ; the 'Maunganui' at Evans Bay, Wellington in 1946; reunion of medical and marine personnel at Logan Park, Auckland, in 1967. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 36 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 2 newspaper clippings. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, newspaper clippings Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Eph-B-SHIP-Maunganui: Union Steamship Company of New Zealand: Ephemera collected on board the Maunganui, and other Union Line ships 1925-1958, 1969. Also see Published (3 issues of serial 'What knots' (1945)..

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7065

Description: Photographs of Aden, Sinai Peninsula and the Suez Canal taken from a ship in the 1960s by John Ingle. Views of Aden include a wireless station on a hill; shacks in the Crater city; the port with barges and a tender; coastline; Sinai Peninsula; Red Sea, with oil rigs in the distance, dhows, and ships; Sudan Coast; sunset over Egypt; Port Said in the distance; two views of an illustrated map of the Suez Canal; Canal entrance; banks along the canal; Tewfik oil storage; ships wake in the Red Sea; Port Aden. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca May 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-00854-F

Description: Portrait of Captain W Whitefield of the hospital ship Maunganui. Taken at Port Tewfik circa May 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 23 Oct 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-02114-F

Description: Lady Freyberg and Brigadier Falconer welcoming the first draft of Tuis, the welfare division of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, on a wharf at Tewfik, Suez, Egypt, 23 October 1941. Miss Meryll Neely stands alongside Lady Freyberg. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca May 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-01129-F

Description: Hospital ship Maunganui at anchor off Port Tewfik. Taken circa May 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 10 May 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-06797-F

Description: A New Zealand patient in bed on the HMS Mauganui prior to departure for New Zealand during World War II. Photograph taken at Port Tewfik, Egypt, on 10 May 1942 by an unidentified official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca Aug 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

By: Elias, M D, active 1943

Reference: DA-03182-F

Description: Tenth Reinforcements with kit ready to leave for a base camp (Mena) in Egypt during World War II. Photograph taken at Port Tewfik circa August 1943 by M D Elias. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 24 Mar 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

By: Carrie, Maxwell Stuart, 1910-1983

Reference: DA-02963-F

Description: Artillery reinforcements arrive at Suez wharf during World War II. Photograph taken at Port Tewfik on 24 March 1943 by Major Carrie. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca May 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-00862-F

Description: Prime Minister Peter Fraser during his visit to Port Tewfik, probably with NZ Port Detachment. Taken circa May 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca June 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

By: Wemyss, Stan, active 1945

Reference: DA-03169-F

Description: NZ reinforcements in lighter after arrival at Suez (Port Tewfik) and transfer from ship. Photograph taken on circa June 1943 by S Wemyss. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca June 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

By: Wemyss, Stan, active 1945

Reference: DA-04164-F

Description: Disembarkation of New Zealand reinforcements from a ship at Tewfik, Egypt, during World War II. Photograph taken circa June 1943 by S Wemyss. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca June 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

By: Wemyss, Stan, active 1945

Reference: DA-03170-F

Description: NZ reinforcements in lighter after disembarking from troopship on arrival at Suez (Port Tewfik) during World War II. Photograph taken circa June 1943 by S Wemyss. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative