Military hospitals - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1942-1944

By: Smith, William Landon, 1920-2008

Reference: PAColl-10297

Description: Photographs taken and collected by William Landon Smith, a pharmacists' mate in the United States Navy during World War II. He was stationed at Base Hospital 3A in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides between 1942-1943, and Base Hospital 5 at Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand, between 7 May 1943 and 23 April 1944. Images are taken by William Landon Smith. Some are taken by unidentified photographers, possibly official United States Government photographers. Also includes a collection of commercial postcards and photographs, mainly by unidentified photographers but including several by Royal Studio, two by Peart, one by Tanner Brothers and one by VC Browne. Images chiefly relate to his war service at the United States Base Hospital in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), at Silverstream Hospital, New Zealand and while on leave around Wellington and Christchurch, between 1942 and 1944. - Photographs taken by Smith at the Silverstream Base Hospital, and around the hills near Silverstream, showing views across the Hutt Valley and toward Wellington. They include images of medical personnel and marines posing outside the hospital or in the pharmacy, and an unidentified official reception. There are also images of Smith's friends while off duty riding horses, drinking beer, and chasing sheep. Includes an image of the cable car in Wellington, and an unidentified man at a rock pool, possibly Wellington coast. - One aerial view of Silverstream Hospital stamped 'USN Base Hospital No.4' and dated 'Apr 5 1944' - Photographs of Christchurch city and area taken by Smith including many views of Christchurch Square and Christchurch Cathedral, men riding bicycles and paddling in the Avon River, and visiting the Strathmore Riding School. Images include unidentified men posing on a bicycle in front of a tram and in front of a steam engine, men in uniform outside the DIC building. - Group of young men and women relaxing and drinking beer on a small boat or near a harbour, probably Days Bay, near Wellington. - Ship, probably the USS Davis DD-395, at unidentified wharf - Photographs of unidentified personnel around the United States Naval Base Hospital No. 3A, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. One image of Smith with two friends. Some of the photographs are probably Government photographs and have 'censored' in the bottom left corner. They include views of the tents used for living and storage for the naval personnel, and activities of the locals. Smith has written a description on the back of each of these. - Postcards and commercial photographs (mostly b&w silver gelatin prints) collected by Smith, which show Maori cultural activities and geothermal scenes, and street scenes of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Two colourised postcards labeled 'Maori carver' and 'Te hongi, Rotorua, NZ'. One image with stamp 'with the compliments of the Apostleship of the ea, Auckland, New Zealand' and identified as Knocknagree [Knock Na Gree], Oratia, Auckland. - One foldout wallet of views of Christchurch Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Photographs arranged into the following groups - personal photographs of Silverstream Hospital and environs; personal photographs of Christchurch and environs; personal and possibly official prints of New Hebrides; and commercial postcards and prints of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Rotorua and Maori culture The United States Navy set up Base Hospitals around the Pacific and in New Zealand during World War II. William Landon Smith worked as a pharmacists' mate in Base Hospital 3A, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides between 1942 and 1943 and in Base Hospital, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand between 7 May 1943 and 23 April 1944. Quantity: 131 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 fold out souvenir set of 10 b&w photo-mechanical prints. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, postcards Provenance: Donated by Mary Forman, Texas, USA, 2014. Donor is the daughter of W L Smith.

Date: 1915 - 1918

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1915. Folder 1]

By: Mence and O'Halloran (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1915-1-03

Description: Postcard shows a cartoon looking through the wide doorway into the dentistry area where alarmed soldiers are having their teeth pulled. On either side of the door in the foreground are suffering prospective patients waiting apprehensively and in pain. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black & white on postcard 87 x 136 mm Provenance: Donated by Alison Elliott, Wellington, in 2009.

Date: 1936-1948

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-4161-01-052

Description: Includes: Navy Depot, Shelly Bay, Wellington showing wharf, and view showing entrance to Wellington Harbour and Seatoun (Series 19/1); Rifle ranges (Series 18) - Redcliffs, Cobden at Greymouth, Pelichet Bay, Putiki at Wanganui 1942, Te Aroha 1943, Fitzherbert East (Palmerston North), 1942, Rotorua 1948, Tahoraite at Dannevirke 1942, Sponge Bay at Gisborne 1942, Te Uhi at Wairoa 1942, Roys Hill at Hastings 1936, Seaborne at Nelson 1943, West Melton 1942, Rewa Rewa at New Plymouth 1945, Penrose at Auckland 1940 showing Southdown Station and Manukau Harbour 1940; Tinakori Hills 1942 (Series 20/5); Silverstream Hospital (Series 19/2); Spring Grove Drill Hall, 1938; Somes Island 1942-1943 (Series 19/4); Tapeka Point in Bay of Islands - General view and buildings. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 8 Jul 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000470-F

Description: United States Naval Base Hospital ward interior, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, 8 July, 1943, photographed by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [between ca 1914-1918]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-005955-G

Description: Hospital at the Featherston Military Camp. Photograph tken by Frederick George Radcliffe between circa 1914-1918. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No 2 Military Hospital Featherston M C Tourist Series 150 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1918?-1919

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-211

Description: First section consists of snapshots of Trentham Military Camp, and scenes at the camp during the proclamation of Armistice (November 1918). The second section, entitled `Mt. Holdsworth, March 1919', consists of a group of young men and women on a trip to climb Mt. Holdsworth. The first view shows a group setting off in a car, the next scene setting off in a horse-drawn carriage, followed by arrival at a mountain hut for the night. The following views include scenes of the climb, and arrival at the trip station on Mt Holdsworth, with final departure by horse and carriage. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with soft grey card covers; 14.5 x 16.5 cm

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000356-F

Description: Opening of the United States Naval Base Hospital in Silverstream, Upper Hutt, in 1943, photographed by John Pascoe. Shows a parade of New Zealand officers, nurses, and seaman. Members of the United States Marine Corps play in a band alongside. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 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-4161-01-061

Description: Photographs of American forces in New Zealand from their time of arrival in Auckland and Wellington. Some are captioned. Includes views of arrival by ship; RNZAF welcoming band; marching to railway station and from station to camp; drinking milk; `shooting craps'; Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare, 1943; US Naval Base Hospital, Silverstream (interior); telephone operator; gunners; light artillery practise; Christmas celebrations at US Naval Hospital, Auckland; American nurses outside Auckland war Memorial Museum; Camp MacKay; US soldiers receiving citation orders; Marine Corps at Wellington War Memorial showing Parliament Buildings and Bowen Street in the background; etc. Captioned photos include: Wing Commander R J Cohen, Air Commodore M V Buckley & Commodore E Rotheram; American officers of the Navy and Marine Corps attending a special New Year festival at Ngaruawahia Pa showing Princes Te Puea with Captain S D Jupp; onel J H Nankivell, US military attache in Wellington, presenting citations at US naval hospital, Wellington, 1943; Brigadier General P Hurley addressing a meeting; Chief Petty Officer Artie Shaw; Admiral William F Halsey's visit to Auckland accompanied by Commodore Sir Atwell Lake, Lt Commander Brooks Clifford & Captain S D Jupp; Major G F Yerex, commandant of Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare with Staff Sergeant A C Hulme and US Marine Corps officer, 1943. Quantity: 157 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1916 and 1919]

By: Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973

Reference: PA1-o-425

Description: Photographs chiefly taken by Leslie Bowden Quartermain during his time in the New Zealand Medical Corps, World War I. Most of the men photographed are named only with Christian names, surnames or nicknames. The first sequence shows various military camps, including the training depot set up at the Awapuni Racecourse for the Medical Corps. There they were trained in specialist medical work, and also in basic infantry training and discipline. The following sequences were taken en route to Europe, with stops at Fremantle, Durban, Cape Town, and Dakar. The arrival in England gives views in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire where the men were quartered before travelling to France. Two show the village of Lewknor, the ancestral home of the Quartermain family; and several show the royal review of Australian and New Zealand troops on Salisbury Plain. Other views were taken on leave from France; and with the army of occupation in Cologne, before the voyage home on the ship Kia Ora, through the Panama Canal. The final photograph is a group portrait with Leslie Bowden Quartermain in military uniform seated in the middle of a large group, probably Quartermain family, taken in 1919. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled "Photographs"; 21.5 x 17.5 cm