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Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000 : Papers
- Date
- 1940-1986
- By
- Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000
- Reference
- MS-Group-2006
- Description
Collection comprises material relating to Robinson's service in World War Two, particularly the Greece campaign. Includes a two page memoir of Robinson's involvement with a five truck convoy that transported ammunition, food rations and water to the Island of Chalkis in April 1941. Cargo was moved in anticipation that troops would use Chalkis Island as part of their escape route from the advancing German Army.
Includes telegram, postacards, menus, patient discharge certificate (1942), medical certificates, newspaper cutting, Greek Ministry of Defence certificate and correspondence relating to war medals commemorating New Zealands who served in Greece, and miscellaneous papers.
Also four page document regarding a police statement Robinson made to Waverly Police relating to a submarine he sighted off the Waverly coastline in 1986.
Source of title - Supplied by Library
Private Robinson served in the New Zealand Medical Corps, 2nd Echelon in World War Two. Involved in campaigns in Egypt and Greece.
Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts & printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs S Robinson, Hamilton, Aug 2011
Transfers: Collection taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Five black and white photographs (PAColl-9923).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 4 folder(s), 0.04 Linear Metres, Certificates, Autobiographies, Personal correspondence, Military records, Medical records, Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts & printed matter
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Greek Ministry of Defence World War Two certificate
Date: 1980
From: Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-11144
Description: Folder contains a War World Two Ministry of Defence certificate issued by the Greek Government to all New Zealands who served in the Greek Campaign. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material with ms annotation
World War Two papers
Date: 1940-1980
From: Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11144-1
Description: Includes telegram, patient discharge certificate (1942), newspaper cutting detailing New Zealand soldiers home on furlough, New Zealand Ministry of Defence certificate, and correspondence relating to war medals commemorating New Zealanders who served in Greece. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed material
Personal papers
Date: 1986, Date unknown
From: Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11144-2
Description: Folder includes a two page memoir of Robinson's involvement with a five truck convoy that transported ammunition, food rations and water to the Island of Chalkis in April 1941. Cargo was moved in anticipation that troops would use Chalkis as part of their escape route from the advancing German Army. Also a signed four page document regarding a police statement Robinson made to Waverly Police relating to a submarine he sighted off the Waverly coastline in 1986. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1940-1981
From: Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11144-3
Description: Folder includes two Christmas cards produced by the 2nd NZ Expeditionary Force in the Middles East, 1942 and 1942; three wartime menus, two autographed, 1940 - 1942; soldier's pay-book for Robinson; medical certificates; postcard from Robinson to his mother, 1941; "Blue ticket" issued by the P A Centre, 1943; discharge certificate, 1944; St John Ambulance Association certificate, 1965; and an Institute of Noxious Plants Officers Inc certificate, 1981. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss & printed matter