World War, 1939-1945 - Theatre and the war

Date: 1943-1944

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: Barns-Graham, Allan Barclay, 1906-2006

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-112

Description: Large number of unsorted photographs, mostly captioned. Includes: Visit of NZ Defence Minister, Hon F Jones. Shows him talking to L/Bdr Robert Abbot (Opotiki); Genr Joseph Larrington (Napier); Bdr Lem Wakelin (Whakatane); Gnr Maurice Gillard (Whakatane); Bdr Frank Jury (Auckland); Sgt Alex Ferguson (Te Awamutu), and Bdr Basil Fenton (Takapuna). Watching unloading operations on the beach: Major General Rush B Lincoln; Col W W Dove; Col C W Salmon; Brig C J Duff; Col J I Brooke; Lt Col H W D Blake; Major General Barrowclough; Major G W Waddell, Major H G Guttensohn. Amphibious training 14th Brigade at Ducos Peninsula, Noumea Harbour, Jul 1943. View of Base Training Camp Bourail; camp of Avenger & Dauntless servicing units; Base Ordnance Depot; Armistice Day parade (NZ WAACs in march past, inspection of troops, salute being taken by Rear-Admiral Shaf-Froth, Lt Gen Vandergrift, Major Gen R B Lincoln, General W W Dove, and Governor Laigret), 11 Nov 1943; embarkation practice; cook house ovens, 37 NZ Bn, Taom. NZEFIP camp life; Bourail Beach Club; view of 4 Gen Hospital from hill; troops on parade & Pipe Band leading the parade; nurses' quarters at 4 NZ Gen Hospital, Boguen; 22 NZ Field Ambulance at Tinyep; 30 NZ Bn HQ at Koumac; training exercise (Mortar platoon of 29 NZ Battalion up Mt Tonta); paintings by Lt A B Barns-Graham - Town of Bourail, cookhouse at 35 Bn, camp site near Bouloupari with Pique Ouiliambou in distance, and a view of French gendarmarie from `Signals' hill; general view of the high-power transmitting station `Gracefield' in Bourail. Various photographs of sporting and recreational activies including swimming sports, boxing matches, life saving and group photo of lifeguards, rugby matches (exhibition), woodchopping at Sports Meeting, horse races, entertainers and outdoor theatre. The Vicarage, HQ NZEF IP in Bourail; NZ Governor General with physical training class at 2 NZ Convalescent Depot; group photo of staff at Base Pay Office, Bourail; general view of Base Training Depot; traffic control post; mess bures at Noumea Transit Camp; Northern Racing Club at Taom; WAACs on parade in Noumea on the occasion of the return of French volunteers from Egypt. Cpt A McCulloch with Governor General after being invested with military medal (taken at 4th Gen Hospital, Dumbea), 1943; His Excellency with Major J Willis and Sister Cargo, 4th Gen Hospital, Boguen Valley; D Support Coy 29 Inf Bn climbing Mt Tonta, May 1943; NZ force training for amphibious operations; embarking on a landing craft at Sandy Beach; various views of the WAACs and Bourail Club (group photos, inside staff quarters, kitchen, doing laundry, at servery, swimming, etc) Base Pay Office and bure, Tene Valley; Battalion Athletic Team, Apr 1942; thatching a mess hut in Works Services Unit area; 28 Bn rugby team; group photos of A, B, C & D companys; photo of Col Henri Montchamp, Gen Barrowclough & Lt R E Moore; Squat-pot factory (concrete plant at Le Clerc's farm); pipe bands; Robbie's Hall, 29th MT copany recreational bure. Emaciated Japanese prisoner taken at Guadalcanal; 28 Bn Rugby Team; Bourail Club during construction; thatching a mess hut in Works Services Unit area; Battalion Athletic Team, Apr 1942; jungle warfare US troops on Guadalcanal; NZ soldiers making a mock assault on beach; Occupational Therapy Dept; Brigadier Goss with officers; practice exercises at Taom; Guard of Honour in Bourail for Major Gen Rush B Lincoln; unloading operations at Nepoui & view of wharf and harbour; interior of chapel in Bourail township; embarking at Guadalcanal, Aug 1943 (loading barges at Michel Dock). Quantity: 177 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Rex, Tony, 1916-1994 :Photographs of the Kiwi Concert Party during the 1940s

Reference: PA12-7498

Description: Photographs of the Kiwi Concert party during the Second world War. Quantity: 3 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Rex, Tony, 1916-1994 :Photographs of the Kiwi Concert Party during the 1940s

Reference: PA12-7497

Description: Photographs of the Kiwi Concert party during the Second world War. Quantity: 24 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: [1920]-1943

By: Newman, Russell Hunter, 1920-1987

Reference: PA-Group-00934

Description: Photograph album and loose prints relating to Russell Hunter Newman, who was a sailor of the Royal New Zealand Navy HMS Philomel and later World War II prisoner of war at Heydebreck (known latterly as Kedzierzyn), German occupied Poland. Majority of images relate to his time as a prisoner of war at Heydebreck, including theatrical performances at the camp and members of working parties Bau und Arbeits (Building and Labour) Battalion 20 (B.A.B. 20) and Battalion 40 (B.A.B. 40). Includes some images of family. B.A.B. 20 and B.A.B. 40 were officially attached to Stalag VIIB Lamsdorf and were working parties at the Chemical Works at Blechhammer, Poland. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 laser copy print. Physical Description: Photograph albums, photographic prints Provenance: Donor is the grandson of Russell Newman. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken in to Photographic Archive and transfers made from there - To Ephemera Collection - Wallet and contents previously owned by Russell Hunter Newman (Eph-A-WAR-WII-Newman) - To Manuscripts & Archives - Newman, Russell Hunter, 1920-1987: Papers (MS-Papers-11781).

Date: [ca 1942-1943]

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: PAColl-4161-01-205

Description: Several captioned photographs of the Kiwi Concert Party: Sgt W Prictor and P Jay (female impersonators) in a review staged on the eve of the 8th Army offensive, Dec 1942; three singers (M Double, I Hanna & J Reed); Kiwi Revue in Italy; Awatea Maori Choir at the British Forces Station, Bari (named on back); scene during the New Zealanders Desert Christmas celebrations, 1942; four members of the staff of the British Forces Station, Bari; Maori concert party; group of women performers in evening gowns, and several unidentified photos. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1945

By: Rex, Henry Anthony, 1916-1994

Reference: PAColl-5994

Description: Comprises slides, photographs, list of Kiwi Concert Party concerts given, completion certificates and tape and script for `Kiwis on parade' Arrangement: Transparencies; 7 are housed at PA12 - 1720. The rest are in the glass lantern slide sequence at PA11 - 214 Quantity: 57 b&w original transparency/ies. 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0807; papers of Tony Rex.

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Rex, Tony, 1916-1994 :Photographs of the Kiwi Concert Party during the 1940s

Reference: PA12-7496

Description: Photographs of the Kiwi Concert party during the Second world War. Quantity: 24 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: Jan 1942

From: Latham, Iris :Photographs and papers collected during publication of "The WAAC Story"

By: De Lautour, Natalie Sewell, 1917-2011

Reference: PAColl-1913-02

Description: Unidentified women dressed in Hawaiian costume for a Women's War Service Auxiliary concert, on board the ship Maunganui, during World War 2. Photograph taken by Natalie Latour, January 1942. Inscriptions: Verso - Hawaiian group - W W S A Concert on board "Maunganui" January 1942 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.7 x 10.1 cm

Date: 12 July 1943

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04253-F

Description: New Zealand Engineers constructing El Djem Theatre in Maadi Camp, Egypt, during World War II. They are shown setting a charge. Identified: J A Ferguson (Dunedin), H Sinkey (Dunedin), M Samimut (Wellington), D J Munro (Auckland), W Ryan (Waikato), E Evans (Lower Hutt), W Pierson (Eketahuna) and Captain McCallum (Auckland). Photograph taken on 12 July 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [between 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: 1/2-041567-F

Description: Female impersonator, possibly a member of the Kiwi Concert Party, performing for World War II troops in the Pacific. Photograph taken between 1939-1945. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 14 Dec 1943]

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: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996

Reference: DA-04779-F

Description: Pall Mall Theatre at Maadi Camp in Egypt, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 14 December 1943 by George Robert Bull. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Aug 1943

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: Jones, D L, active 1943

Reference: DA-10770-F

Description: Prisoners of war during Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day, Stalag Luft 6, Heydekrug, Germany, August, 1943. Photograph taken by D L Jones. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 12 July 1943

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04257-F

Description: Elevated view of the construction site of the El Djem Theatre in Maadi Camp, Egypt, during World War II. Shows bulldozers moving earth. Photograph taken on 12 July 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: during World War 2

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: Cowie, Gordon Rae, 1896-1984

Reference: DA-10578-F

Description: Unidentified prisoners of war in Maori concert party costume, Oflag 6B, Warburg, Germany. Photograph taken by Gordon Rae Cowie between circa 1940 and 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 19 July 1943

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04256-F

Description: Bulldozers working on the site as New Zealand Engineers construct the El Djem Theatre in Maadi Camp, Egypt, during World War II. Photograph taken on 19 July 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 6 Aug 1944

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: Ledgerwood, John Herbert, 1908-1959

Reference: DA-10384-F

Description: Prisoners of war performing in a pageant at Stalag 18A, Wolfsberg, Austria, 6 October, 1944. Photograph taken by John Ledgerwood. Original caption on back of file print reads: "Procession in pageant 'Roman Holiday'." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 12 July 1943

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04258-F

Description: New Zealand Engineers constructing El Djem Theatre in Maadi Camp, Egypt, during World War II. A set charge explodes in the foreground. Photograph taken on 12 July 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 8 Jun 1943]

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-04127-F

Description: Members of the New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps on stage in Cairo, Egypt, during a command performance before the King of Egypt, World War II, circa 8 June 1943. Shows a tableau. Official war photograph. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1940-1945]

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: DA-02003-F

Description: New Zealanders, in Oflag 6B POW camp in Warburg, Germany, shown in Maori concert party costume. Photograph taken between circa 1940 and 1945 by Lt Rangi. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 8 Jun 1943]

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-04126-F

Description: New Zealand women, and Maori Battalion soldiers on stage in Cairo, Egypt, during a command performance before the King of Egypt, World War II, circa 8 June 1943. Shows a tableau from the Greek item. Official war photograph. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative