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Papers relating to Maori involvement in World War One and World War Two
- Date
- 1907-1941
- By
- Bird, H W, active 1926
- Reference
- fMS-Papers-11310-144
- Description
Papers relating to Maori involvement in World War One and World War Two including correspondence, photographs, a postcard, clippings and a printer's proof of 'Maori War Book' [just one page] with some sketches of war boats on the back. Letter from H W Bird [Maori Battalion] with whakapapa of the descendants of commanders at Te Tapiri in 1865, and lists Ngati Manawa men who fought in World War One. Includes a photograph of Lieutenant J C Tikao of Rapaki, Lyttelton [wounded] and a postcard with a Christmas message on the back and an original drawing of a Maori soldier on the front with 'It's a long way to Tipperary' written in Maori which begins 'He roa te wa ki Tipirere...'. Four photographs from a small envelope titled Chailak Dere, Anzac 1915, also inscribed with Buck's photos for Batt history'. Three of the photos are inscribed on the back saying 'Chailak Dere, Anzac,' 'Terraces on Cheshire Ridge, Anzac,' and 'Clearing Station. No. 2 and No. 3 Outposts, Anzac. Sat morning Aug 7th'. Clippings from 1933 to 1941.
Language - Waiata and whakapapa in Maori
Arrangement: 40 in original listing
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Drawing on postcard, four black & white photographs, drawings on the back of a printer's proof.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers / Series 2 Research papers
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts, Illustration: Drawing on postcard, four black & white photographs, drawings on the back of a printer's proof.
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