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Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
- Date
- 1938-2008
- By
- Hayward, Vivienne, 1940-Dunn, Joan Christina, active 1938-2008
- Reference
- MS-Papers-9485
- Description
Letters and papers relating to Sergeant Gordon Christie Dunn (1912-1942), together with a copy of his daughter Vivienne Hayward's memoir `Finding Gordon - A love story' (published by the author in 2008). It is based on the edited correspondence between her mother and father during the early years of World War II. These private letters provide an insight into her mother Joan's life at home in Invercargill and her father's war experience in Egypt and as a prisoner-of-war in Crete and Germany up until his accidental death in Stalag VIII-B in Feb 1942.
The correspondence provides details of Burnham Camp; voyage to Egypt with 2NZEF; Maadi Camp and leave in Alexandria; letters from captivity in Crete. Also official correspondence re his accidental death after transfer to Stalag VIII-B, Germany in Feb 1942.
Quantity: 9 folder(s). 3 Electronic document(s). 0.18 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs
Transfers: To Book Collections - Copy of `Finding Gordon - A love story' / Vivienne Hayward (2008).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 9 folder(s), 3 Electronic document(s), 0.18 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Drafts (Documents), Manuscripts, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs
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Gordon Christie Dunn - Copy of war record
Date: 1939-1942
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-9
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Oct 1939-8 Apr 1940
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-3
Description: Letters to Mrs V R Hunter (Joan's mother); letters between Joan and Gordon. Gordon's letters are written from Burnham Camp; on board `Sobieski' enroute to Egypt; Maadi. His letters give glimpses of the many adjustments the new soldiers had to make. Published in `Finding Gordon - A Love Story' Joan Hunter married Gordon Dunn on 3 Jun 1939. Four months later Gordon went to Egypt with the NZEF as part of the Divisional Supply Column of the First Echelon. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Correspondence
Date: Sep 1941-24 Feb 1942
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-6
Description: Letters to his wife Joan written from POW camp, Crete. Two letters from Joan, Invercargill written Feb 1942. Joan's last four letters to Gordon were returned unopened. Published in `Finding Gordon - A Love Story' Gordon died of blood poisoning and asthma on 1 Feb 1942 shortly after arriving at Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf, Germany, as a prisoner of war. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Correspondence
Date: 15 Apr-30 Sep 1940
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-4
Description: Letters to his wife Joan written from Egypt. Includes one letter to Joan's mother Mrs Violet Hunter. Published in `Finding Gordon - A love Story' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Soldier's service book
Date: 1939-1940
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-8
Description: Also stamps, photograph and papers enclosed in the service book Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and papers relating to Gordon's death
Date: 1942-1943, 2006
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-7
Description: Letters to Joan about the circumstances surrounding her husband's death; papers re Gordon's estate and his grave (includes photographs). Newspaper clippings; extract from `Official History of NZ in the Second world War 1939-45 - Prisoners of War' by W Wynne Mason [War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, NZ, 1954]; extract from `Inside stories - NZ prisoners of war remember', 2002; Commonwealth War Graves Commission information Some material published in `Finding Gordon - A love Story' Gordon died of blood poisoning and asthma on 1 Feb 1942 shortly after arriving at Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf, Germany, as a prisoner of war. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Photograph of Ay Marina, Crete and map of Crete; 3 photographs taken of the burial; Vivienne at her father's grave at Cracow, Poland, May 2006;
Finding Gordon - A love story / Vivienne Hayward
Date: 2008
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-1
Description: A memoir of Gordon Dunn written by his daughter Vivienne compiled from war-time correspondence between her mother Joan and father Gordon, 1939-1942. Published by the author in Oct 2008 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume). Physical Description: Printed matter
Correspondence
Date: Oct 1940-Sep 1941
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-5
Description: Letters to his wife Joan written from Egypt and Crete. Also a few letters from Joan to Gordon. Published in `Finding Gordon - A love Story' Gordon was taken a prisoner of war in June 1941. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Notes relating to Finding Gordon - A love story
Date: 2008
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MS-Papers-9485-2
Description: Notes written by Vivienne Hayward about the contents of the letters; some favourite extracts from Gordon's letters Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Gordon - A love story / Vivienne Hayward
Date: 2008
From: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940- : Papers relating to a memoir of Gordon Christie Dunn
Reference: MSDL-0792
Description: A memoir of Gordon Dunn written by his daughter Vivienne compiled from war-time correspondence between her mother Joan and father Gordon, 1939-1942. Published by the author in Oct 2008. Also includes a photograph of Gordon Dunn. Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s).