Established in Riccarton Christchurch in 1947.
Disabled Servicemen's Training Centre
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Cooch, W J, fl 1947 :Disabled Servicemen's Training Centre (Riccarton, Christchurch). T...
Date: 1947
By: Cooch, William Joseph, 1898-1950
Reference: Eph-C-WAR-WII-1947-01
Description: Handwritten document, ink on parchment, by W J Cooch, 1947 (signed lower right). Lists the names (with signatures) of the Chairman of the Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League, Deputy Mayor of Riccarton, President of the Christchurch Branch of Returned Services Association, Minister of Rehabilitation, President of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establisment League, the Mayor of Christchurch, Director of Rehabilitation, District Vice-Chairman NZ Returned Services Association, District Officer Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on parchment, 455 x 340 mm. Provenance: Deposited by an unknown source, ca 2000-2004.
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Disabled Servicemen's Vocational Training Centre, Wellington. Laying of foundation ston...
Date: 1942
Reference: Eph-A-DISABLED-1942-01
Description: Order of ceremony with text explaining the value of such a centre. Participants in the ceremony were the Governor-General, and Hon R Semple, Mayer T C A Hislop,Hon W Perry (President of the RSA), the Prime Minister Peter Fraser, and the architect Edmund Anscombe. The back cover shows a perspective drawing of the two-storeyed building. The centre was in Lloyd Street, Mt Victoria, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 218 x 172 mm.