New Zealand Public Works Department Aerodromes Branch : Cape Expedition, Auckland and Campbell Islands

Comprises report of survey in World War II by Aerodromes Services Branch of Public Works Department to the Auckland and Campbell islands between 1941 and 1945. The report gives the background to the expedition, describes radio communication, survey work, harbours, Campbell Is meteorological station, and flights to Auckland and Campbell islands. A history of the islands is given, a description of the geology, vegetation and wild life, meteorological tables, coastwatching instructions and personnel. Also included are photographs taken by members of the expedition and from the Turnbull Library collections.

The expedition was basically a coastwatching exercise; `the men had to be volunteers, discreet, loyal, with nerves good enough to stand an encounter with a hostile landing party armed with machine guns or the prospect of being marooned on an uninhabited island...'

Source of title - Transcribed

Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopy)

Photographs and maps in the text are not very clear as they are photocopies of an earlier photocopying process