World War, 1914-1918 - Trench warfare

Date: 1915 - 1916

From: Bell, William Frederick, 1896-1920 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the First World War. 1914-1916]

By: Bell, William Frederick, 1895-1920

Reference: A-222-002

Description: A disconsolate-looking soldier peering over the tops of sandbags from a trench. An original drawing for the British publication 'Shell shocks' (London, Jarrold, 1916) Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Title in pencil; also alternative title in indelible pencil and pencil below work; on verso W F Bell, 3rd Bugle Workshop, N. Z. R. B. in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 213 x 208 mm (irregular)

Date: 1916-1918

By: Preston, Thomas Reginald, 1896-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-5629

Description: Comprises diary kept by Preston in an Agent Bijou diary from Oct 1917 (brief notes until the end of 1917) and from 1 January to 22 August 1918. Preston recorded daily, noting the weather, mail received or sent, army duties such as digging trenches, aerial operations and other military engagements. He describes a visit to the United Kingdom, for 14 days in May, which included London and Edinburgh. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Documentation relating to Preston's time in the army including his active service casualty form, attestation form, history sheets, will, photocopy of his medals, copy of photograph transferred to Photographic Archive, field service report of his death and list of commonly used abbreviations in WWI personal files Preston served in the 2nd Battalion of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment (1916-1918); he died 24 Aug 1918 (the last entry being 22 Aug 1918) Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts (some photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Preston in military uniform.

Date: 1915-1917

By: Marwick, James Harold, -1951

Reference: qMS-1345

Description: Marwick describes training at Trentham Camp, his voyage to Egypt and France, his wounding in France and of being sent back to England to recuperate after amputation of arm Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (36 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm, blue buckram)

Date: 1989, 1916-1919

From: Phillips, John Oliver Crompton, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5432-2

Description: This collection includes an essay by Jan Bassett (1989), a map showing the location of `The Pines' property on Phillips Island owned by the Harris and Coels families, and letters from Wilson Tong to Coels (as Miss Harris or Edie) while he was serving in World War I and later from Hawera after his return to New Zealand in 1919. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescript (photocopies)

Date: ca 1900 - 1920

From: Commons, Jeremy Paul Axford, 1933- :Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I ; photographs of New Zealand, and of the Suez Canal

Reference: PAColl-2297-1

Description: Set of eight postcards from the Daily Mail series on the ANZACS in France, including ones of troops cheering the king, the arrival of the New Zealand Prime Minister by air, and a Maori butcher chopping up meat; other postcards of the Tauranga area particularly of houses damaged on the beach; and three prints of shipping on the Suez Canal including one of a dredge (photographer possibly named Langahi). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-075321, 075324 to 075333 and 075335 to 075343 Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1902-[1920]

By: Bowen, Laura C, active 1902-1919

Reference: MSX-5044

Description: Bowen recorded many poems, mostly by well-known poets but also including two by M E Richmond which were read at Kapunatiki in Jan 1908, `The Loom', to E D, and `To Susan' (pp11-12), and `The Battle of the free' also about NZ but writer unknown. She writes of a lecture given by Amundsen in Wellington recording details of accommodation and stores (pp20-21) (1912); gives details of her family's Irish background, especially that of her father, Croasdaile Bowen (pp24-25); describes a visit to Luxor (p52-57); a pen-portrait of Col Buckley of the Leinster regiment with brief notes on anti-air craft gunner tanks and submarines (pp60-61) She gives an account of the Kurna-Amara Railway, problems with flood water, refers to a gunboat (pp66-69); records notes on trench fighting and incidents in the trenches at Gallipoli, the sinking of boat with Dr Wiley in the water, costings of building and furnishing the hospital at Heliopolis, equipment given to the men at Gallipoli, details of evacuation and landing at Suola Bay (probably Suvla Bay), people mentioned include Les Acland, Dr Ryan, Norman, M Spearman, the Canterbury Regiment (pp118-123); describes a Turkish wedding and all the rituals associated with it (pp124-125); records experiences of the Hussars and Worcester Regiment who were taken prisoner, wounded and killed and their treatment by Turks and Bedouins; and a list of the people Miss Bowen is presumed to have met at various times Source of title - Supplied Laura Bowen was the grand-daughter of Sir Charles Bowen; she was given this volume by M H in 1902 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Stride & Son, Chichester, England, Oct 1998

Date: 1915 - 1918

From: [Postcards and rationbook, World War I. 1918].

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Ward-01

Description: Postcard from Jim to Mrs Gert Howe, 203 Hanson St, The-Only-City-In-New-Zealand, "just to let you know how safe you feel under cover, & this is just what it is like too" Front illustration shows a cartoon of a smiling soldier in the trenches smoking a pipe, as bombs explode overhead. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph and pencil on postcard, 90 x 138 mm.

Date: 1914-1918

Reference: PAColl-0506

Description: Official photographs of the "H" series of troops and officers at the front line. They include the Duke of Windsor (later Edward VIII) and other officers on the steps of a building; a number of a civilian dignitary (possibly Lloyd George) visiting New Zealand troops; a group of men praying with a chaplain in a church graveyard; views of New Zealand troops in Cologne; and members of an army brass band. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1916

From: Thompson, Ernest Heber 1891-1971 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the European War. 1914-1916]

By: Hay, John (Sir), active 1960s

Reference: A-223-006

Description: Two scenes, the first showing A German soldier ('Hans') in a bunker squatting over a chopping block peacefully splitting logs, with the caption 'Han's axe' [i.e. Hans' axe]; the second scene, titled 'Anzacs!' shows Hans dashing off in horror, throwing his axe behind him, because armed Australian and New Zealand soldiers have appeared over the top of the bunker Original drawings for cartoon published in Shell Shocks; New Zealanders in France (London, Jarrold, 1916) Other Titles - Hans' axe Anzac Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 270 x 229 mm

Date: 1914 - 1918

From: Artist unknown: [Cartoons relating to the European War, 1914-1918 / signed 'S.M.']

Reference: A-225-008

Description: Four first World War soldiers under fire in a trench, with a fifth on the ground above. Three of the men are about to emerge from the trench; the fourth is surreptitiously tipping the contents of a sandbag into a pan. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 253 x 174 mm

Date: 1916

From: Thompson, Ernest Heber 1891-1971 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the European War. 1914-1916]

Reference: A-223-009

Description: Armed New Zealand soldiers on a battlefield in France, emerging from their sandbagged trenches and running into battle Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gouache, 268 x 368 mm Provenance: Presented by Sir John Hay, 14 March 1968

Date: 1916-1919

By: Jamieson, Ebenezer Hislop, -1958

Reference: MS-Papers-9644

Description: Contains details of how to construct bridges over shell holes, dig trenches and to tunnel mines under enemy positions. Includes diagrams, and index at back Also enclosed, leave pass dated 23 Mar 1919 Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, 2010

Date: 1915

From: Borges, Georges, fl 1915-1971 : Maps of Gallipoli Campaign.[ms map] 1971.

By: Borges, George, active 1898-1971

Reference: MapColl-r388.7hkm/1915/Acc.48748

Description: Manuscript map with topographical features showing the landing sites at Suvla Bay, 6 August 1915 and the British and Turkish front battle lines and trench lines inland from Suvla Bay. The map shows the coast from Azmak Dere to Suvla Bay, including Nibrunesi Point, Lala Baba, the Salt Lake and Suvla Point, northward along the coastline known as the Gulf of Saros to Ejelmer Bay. The locations of Kuchak Anafarta Ova, Kavak Tepe, Tekke Tepe, Anafarta Sagir and Biyuk Anafarta are shown. Relief is shown in contours and spot heights. A list of the demarkation dates and military divisions including British, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, is also recorded. Most of the information written on the map is in French. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, coloured, scale l:10 000, 154 x 109.6 cm.

Date: 1916?

Reference: MS-Papers-1799

Description: Describes life in trenches in France Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and handwritten transcript

Date: 13 June 1989 - 13 Jun 1989

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Closey, Robert Vincent, 1897-1998

Reference: OHInt-0006/17

Description: Describes family background, immigration to New Zealand, education, early jobs, breaking in horses, senior cadets, enlistment, Trentham Camp and 7th Reinforcements, false ages, details of voyage, meeting Gallipoli veterans in Egypt, George Tuck, attitude to Egypt, the Wazir riots, impressions of Ettie Rout, voyage to France, Hazebrouck in 1916, first Anzac Day service. Recalls desertion of Nimot, wounded at L'Epinette, vivid descrption of the Somme - 1916, being first bayonet man, LOB (Left Out of Battle), food, trench raids, Messines, being wounded, Passchendaele, conscientious objectors, commissioning as an officer in 1918, armistice, Army of Occupation in Germany, Etaples training camp, Australian deserters, French civilians, prostitution, looting, British soldiers and officers, flares communication. Discusses return to New Zealand, rehabilitation farms and their problems, walked off in 1923, marriage, disability pensions, war marriages, RSA in 1920s, John A Lee, shell shock pensions, Ranfurly War Veterans' Home, future of RSA, Anzac Day, territorials, The Four Colonels controversy (1935), Brigadier Hargest, Closey's World War II career in the Western Desert, prisoner of war repatriation in Europe, Colonel Macky, opinion of General Freyberg. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - RSA Clubrooms, Papatoetoe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002587 - OHC-002594 Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 interview(s). 8 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0459, OHDL-000311. Black and white photograph of Bob Closey, June 1989

Date: 9 Aug 1988 - 09 Aug 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Beattie, Gerald Craig, 1892-1994

Reference: OHInt-0006/04

Description: Describes his family background in Gore; his education; school cadets; his first teaching position; enlistment in 1915; transport to United Kingdom; discipline; Sling Camp; describes Etaples; impressions of France, the French. Describes in detail the Battle of Passchendaele; sniping and deaths; destruction of 4th Otago Company; impressions of Generals Braithwaite and Godley; describes being injured; executions for desertion; Colonel Hargest; Dick Travis; army entertainments; Codford Camp; describes British, Australian and NZ officers; official visits to Sling Camp by Royalty, Ward and Massey. Describes keeping his diary; prostitution in London; drink; hospital treatment at Walton-on-Thames and Codford; the armistice; return to New Zealand and return to school teaching; Rangiora High School; discusses his attitude to the war; attitude of New Zealand to the war; life in Rangiora. His diary is in the Alexander Turnbull Library, MS Papers 3908, and is amongst the most comprehensive and interesting war diary in existence. Venue - Rangiora Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mr Beattie's home at 25 Queen Street, Rangiora Relationship complexity - Gerald Beattie's war diary is held in Manuscripts at MS-Papers-3908 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002540 - OHC-002542 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0446, OHDL-000302. Black and white photographs:-. Gerald Beattie, August 1988. Gerald Beattie, at home, undated. Gerald Beattie and Ben at Hazelfield, Scotland. On top of Rimutakas. (No. 14 Platoon), undated. Gerald Beattie, Eric Scott, Arthur Martin: Winners of shooting event, 1907. Group (school) photograph, Jan 1907

Date: 17 Aug 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Neill, Gordon Kirkpatrick, 1896-1993

Reference: OHInt-0006/61

Description: Describes family background, Dunedin childhood, Buckeye Hotel, Outram, careers of siblings, his education, woodworking and carpentry, school cadets, enlistment, transport on 'Ruapehu', details of trip, detailed description of Sling Camp and training, Etaples training, Pont de Nieppe, Poperinghe, trenches, Armentieres, religion at the Front, being wounded at Otto Farm (Passchendaele), injuries at the dressing station, death of brother at Passchendaele, Polygon Wood, artillery fire, entrenching and tunnelling. Recalls Otago Camp outside Lille Gate, venereal disease, leave in Paris, the Hotel Moderne, formation of the 2nd Entrenching Battalion, German breakthrough, being captured by Germans, views on Germans, treatment as a prisoner of war at Armentieres and then in Germany at Munsterlager (Soltau Camp). Refers to food, Red Cross parcels, Armistice, reaction of Germans, formation of Soldatinrat (soldiers' councils), lice, atrocities, repatriation through Netherlands to United Kingdom, leave in UK, decides to study optometry in UK, impressions of Starkie and anecdotes. Describes service in Home Guard in World War II, British and New Zealand officers, military ranks, routine in prisoner of war camp, friends from prisoner of war camp, views on RSA, drunkeness, Prisoner of War Association, post-war career and marriages, present life. Venue - Christchurch Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mr Neill's home at Unit 52, Maryville Courts, 369 Manchester Street, Christchurch Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002715 - OHC-002719 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) in three parts. 2 Electronic document(s) - transcript, summary. 1 interview(s). 5 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual files Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB 503/1 - 3, OHDL-000360. Search dates: 1988

Date: 1915 - 1917

From: [Postcards sent from overseas to Miss Violet Walsh of Petone, mainly during the First World War]

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Walsh-02

Description: Postcard shows an embroidered rose and two buds on a sprig of leaves, with a banned strip with the words "Happy New Year" on it. The pencil message on the back says: "Somewhere in France. Dear Vi, Just a little New Year card from the trenches. It's the only thing I can send you as there is nothing else to buy here. I have just come out of the trenches after 12 days in for a rest. But we go in again in another 12 days. The Rev Thompson's son got wounded in the back day before yesterday. He was being taken away in a stretcher when I saw him. He lifted up his head & said Hullo Doc, so I don't think he is hurt very much. Well Vi, can't say any more so Goodbye. Yours sincerely Doc xxx" Quantity: 1 embroidered card. Physical Description: Embroidery on gauze, mounted in card, 89 x 138 mm. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection -.

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

Reference: PAColl-10006

Description: Photographic prints relating to military service during World War I, probably taken and/or collected by an unidentified New Zealand soldier. Many are described on the backs of the prints. Images show military life between circa 1915-1916 at a range of locations, particularly at Anzac Cove (Gallipoli), and Ismailiya (Egypt). Areas of focus are trenches, weaponry, and shipboard and street scenes. Also includes nurses, a military hospital, ambulatory division, skinny dipping, and a race involving blindfolded nurses being led through a course. Includes eight images of a military wedding at Lahore, 1915 or 1916. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 89 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

From: Stout family: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1998

Description: Photograph album of Wellington and World War One scenes, 1900-1918. Photographer(s) unidentified. The portion of the album with captions is likely compiled by Mary Vida Pearce. Contains photograph of ponies and a garden at Lowry Bay as well as Wellington Harbour and wharf scenes, including a dredge. Shipboard scenes on the SS 'Athenic' show the bridge and deck with Miss Reece (photographed skipping), Mr Jones (First Officer), and Mr Morrow (Third Officer) identified. Album also includes photographs of street scenes and buildings in Vannes and Auray (France) and harbour and town scenes in Padstow (England). World War One photographs, which do not have captions, show military personnel [medics?] ouside a tent with the number "5" written on its side. Soldiers are also photographed in a trench with machine guns and rifles as well as resting in the shade. Also includes a photograph of a military convoy with horses and carts and a beach scene. Photographs of aerial and naval operations include aircraft crashed in the sea and a zepplin in flight. Donor's note that accompanied album read: "First part of album could have been done by Mary Vida Pearce (later Hodson). Second part - no idea!" Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 41 b&w prints. Physical Description: Green card photograph album, 23.6 x 29.8 cm