New Zealand delegate to the SEATO Civil-Military Study Group on Maintenance and Rebuilding Capacities, which met in Bangkok from 1-12 August 1956. Prior to this he was appointed New Zealand Military Liason Officer in Singapore. Member of the 27 (MG) Battalion who was present at the opening of the beer garden at the Burnham Military Camp in 1939.
Purcell, Harold Albert, 1915-2003
Purcell, (Lieutenant), 1915-2003, Purcell, (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1915-2003
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Hall, James Oliver, 1916-2006 :Cricketers in caricature. Members of the 2NZEF XI which ...
Date: 1943
From: Hall, James Oliver, 1916-2006 :[Caricatures and cartoons from the 2nd World War] 1943
Reference: B-099-001
Description: Caricatures of: R A Robinson; T Pritchard; M P Donnelly; W N Carson (captain); A Burgess (12th man); J A R Blandford; W Higgins; N Begg; H A Purcell; J R Lamason; G L Weir; V Scott Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 342 x 435 mm
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Date: [ca 1890-1950]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-059
Description: Photographs of men and women, including politicians and their wives, singers and clergy, circa 1880 to 1950, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
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King, Russell David, 1896-1970 :Photographs and negatives of New Zealand Field Ambulanc...
Date: 1940-1945
By: King, Russell David, 1896-1970
Reference: PAColl-3179
Description: Because the photographer was one of the commanding officers of the Field Ambulance many of the photographs are snaps of officers and visiting commanders and officials. Other photographs show the Field Ambulance in operation in various theatres of the war, on leave and playing sport. The largest group of photographs are of a tourist type showing historical sites, architecture, places of scenic interest and the native populations Arrangement: Negatives at F66732-1/4 - F66784-1/4 Quantity: 53 b&w original negative(s). 625 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0247, Russell David King papers.
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Members of the 27 (MG) Battalion at the opening of the beer garden, Burnham Military Camp
Date: 1939
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: DA-13587-F
Description: Members of the 27 (MG) Battalion at the opening of the beer garden at the Burnham Military Camp. The men are in one large group facing the camera. Some of the soldiers in shot are Lieutenant Mason, Lieutenant Manchester, Captain Grant, Lieutenant Green, Lieutenant Tong, Lieutenant Bassett, Captain Luxford, Lieutenant Cooper, Lieutenant Howell, Lieutenant Johansen, Major Wright, Lieutenant Buller, Private Barnett, Captain McKinlay, Lieutenant W F Lilley, Corporal Crispin, Captain J K Robbie, Captain Bryson, Lieutenant Purcell, Captain King, Major Smith, Lieutenant Parata, Lieutenant Parsons, Lieutenant K Frazer, Lieutenant-Colonel R L McGaffin. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).