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World War II Official album 1
- Date
- [Between 1939 and 1942]
- By
- Fox Photos Ltd
- Reference
- PA1-q-285
- Description
Official photographs of World War II. This album chiefly shows the NZEF, First Echelon. Many photographs have captions, the information from which is mostly given in the name headings, subjects and place headings listed above.
This first album contains images numbered from 1- 310.
The first two images show a group of New Zealanders who were living in England when war broke out, and who volunteered for service with the new Zealand Unit. They are shown in training in the Eastern Command.
The First Echelon are shown on board ship leaving Melbourne in 1939, with a number of shipboard scenes, then being addressed on arrival in Egypt by Sir Anthony Eden.
There are views of the Kiwi Club, established mainly through the initiative of Lady Lampson, with the British Red Cross Society of Cairo, for use of convalescent patients at the new General Military Hospital at Helwan. Later a swimming pool was built nearby. Lady Lampson and Sir Miles Lampson are seen in many images.
Views in the desert show several scenes of an Anzac Day service in 1940; various methods of transport, including lorries, and motor bikes, and a motor railcar patrolling the rail to Mersa Matruh; training exercises in the desert with various types of guns; digging trenches; building camp structures; dugouts leading to anti-aircraft posts; and camp life.
The No. 4 General Hospital at Helwan is shown at the time of its opening, with the first patient arriving; and Lieutenant J H Will (the officer commanding the 4th Field Ambulance Regiment) handing over to Major E Button who was taking charge of the new hospital.
Numbers of views show the huge mail parcels arriving and being sorted in the desert.
As well as photographs of events in the Middle East, there are views of manoeuvres with the Second Echelon in England.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm
- Additional description
The large photographs in the front portion of this album are not securely attached to the pages. To help care for the album, the pages should not be bent as they are turned.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room
- Part of
- 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 / World War 1939-1945 albums
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm
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Copyright
UnknownSir William Jordan (1879-1959), New Zealand High Commissioner in Great Britain, inspect...
Date: Between 1939 and 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: PA1-q-285-068
Description: Original caption reads: "Inspecting a draft of New Zealand RNVR ratings: The High Commissioner, Mr Jordan, is being introduced to Lieut-Commander A C Swanson by Lieut-Commander P G Connolly". Photograph taken between 1939 and 1945 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11 x 16.2 cm, mounted on album page
New Zealand unit training in England - Photograph taken by Fox Photos Ltd
Date: 1939 or 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: Fox Photos Ltd
Reference: PA1-q-285-003
Description: Original caption reads: "New Zealand unit training in England. New Zealanders who were living in England when war broke out have volunteered for service, and this picture shows them in training in the Eastern Command. Photo shows men of the New Zealand unit transporting a gun". Photograph taken 1939 or 1940 by Fox Photos. Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - Fox Photos. WD 2206 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.2 x 20.6 cm, mounted on album page
The Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in North Africa
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: PA1-q-285-144
Description: A unit of the 1st Contingent of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. is here seen enjoying a dip in the Mediterranean, not very far from the Italians. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).