Jordan, Winifred Amy, 1894-1950

Date: 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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-295

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are named, are not individually listed above. Images include a consignment of 3000 cases of apples arriving at the New Zealand Forces Club in Egypt; YMCA secretaries of the NZEF in Crete before the blitz; NZ pilots at advanced RAF training school in England; King George II of Greece inspecting troops in the Middle East, being entertained by members of the Maori Battalion, and presenting medals to the platoon acting as his bodyguard on the Greek royal family's evacuation from Crete to Egypt (p 6-11). American aid to the ANZACs, showing a function in New York celebrating the presentation of over 100 ambulances to the fighting forces in Egypt, with (on p 12-15) views in Egypt of the ambulances & mobile surgical unit; the General Hospital at Helwan, with views inside wards, and life of convalescents including a swimming carnival, picnics and yachting (p 16-20); nurses' life at the General Hospital (p 139-141). Arrival of a mobile canteen for the YMCA (p 20-21); NZ soldiers on leave in Cairo; NZ cricket team at the Gezira Sporting Club (p 23-24); Parades of NZ units reviewed by general Freyberg; A YMCA canteen service van in Crete; opening of the Lowry Hut (p 8, p 28-30, p 34-35); Rowing races between a NZ team and Cairo representative team at the Cairo River Club (p 30-31, p 67). PM Peter Fraser's tour of NZ activities in Britain; broadcasts to NZ through the BBC's New Zealand programme (p 32-33, 92-93, 124-125); the New Zealand Forces Club (p 35-39, 44); ENSA Concert Party (p 40-42); staff at NZ House in London sorting parcels from NZ for NZ personnel. Attack on Crete (p 44-53), views taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete, including Junkers transport carriers, Axis destroyers and wrecked German planes at Maleme airport; transport ship Glengyle after the evacuation from Crete. HMS Leander (p 55-61, p 79, p 84-85), includes group of sailors & NZ officers, all identified. Maori Battalion training in the Middle East; incidents during route march; two views of the official Netherlands Indies Women's organisation in wartime who looked after NZ airmen passing through batavia (Djakarta) (P 66, 68); sports meeting at the Prince Farouk Stadium Cairo (p 68-73, 83); artillery callibrating guns (p 73-79); field ordnance worlshops; Mobile Surgical Unit; copies of paintings by war artist peter McIntyre (p 87-91); Bomber Command Operational Training Unit. Postal unit (p 94-101); wireless operator air gunners after training at the WAG course at Mountain View Air Station in Canada (all named, p 96-97); investiture conferring Greek decorations on NZ officers (p 101-102, 110-111); Kiwi Concert Party (p 103-110); manouevres in the desert; fire brigade at NZ Base Camp (p 118-122); 2nd Echelon Office keeping personal records (p 120, 122-123); camp laundry in Egypt (p 128-130); work of a Light Aid Detachment in the field; the original ANZAC Club, Singapore (p 144); training under active service conditions in desert (p 145-149); visit by NZ soldiers to a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis raising Arab horses. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 782-1226. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1926-1947

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-187

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1926-1947. Peter Fraser - Labour candidate for Wellington Central (1931); several of Prime Minister Fraser during the war years; with Sister Nepia (Wairoa District Nurse) and A T Carroll, May 1947; with WAAFs S H Boyd & M C Bullard, 1944; receiving Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law at Cambridge University, 1944; with Miss Jean McKenzie, General Freyberg & Mrs Harold Kemp on arrival in London when he was made a Companion of Honour; gathering at Ruatoki where Fraser addressed the gathering, 1947; Hirini Heremaia performing a powhiri to the official party at the opening of Northland College, Kaikohe by Rt Hon Peter Fraser, 1947 Walter Nash - During the war years when he was Minister of Finance; as President of International Labour Conference at Philadelphia, 1944; Mr & Mrs Nash, 1938; Mr & Mrs Nash with F G L Bertram (deputy-director of Civil Aviation in British Air Ministry) on board Aorangi, 1936; Mr & Mrs Nash in their lounge with their two sons, 1936. W J Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London - MP for Manukau (1931); Mr & Mrs Jordan laying a wreath, May 1938; Mr & Mrs Jordan and family, 1936 & 1939; with his mother, Sep 1936; during the war years. Includes list of photographs Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1 Jan - 2 Aug 1938

By: Jordan, Winifred Amy, 1894-1950

Reference: MSX-9365

Description: Diary of Winifred Jordan from January to August 1938. Describes the period leading up to the Second World War and diplomatic life in London, including a range of New Zealand-related events that happened at this time. Manuscript diary entries begin on page 17 for 1 January 1938, with each double spread providing printed spaces for the calendar dates of a single week from Sunday to Saturday. Entries are regular at first and become more sporadic, with the final entry for 2 August 1938 on page 78, marked by a blue silk ribbon bookmark. The souvenir diary itself was published by the British Empire Service League, London, and features a large number of printed photographic illustrations, including portraits of members of the British Royal Family. Also includes photograph of Sir Bill Jordan, as New Zealand High Commissioner, at New Zealand House, on page 12. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other Titles - Lest we forget - Our Empire - Diary 1938 The creator of the diary, Winifred Amy Jordan, nee Bycroft, was the daughter of Louth and Elizabeth Bycroft. She was a draper's assistant before she married William Joseph Jordan in 1917. Sir Bill Jordan, as he is usually known, served as New Zealand High Commissioner in London from 1936 to 1951, and this diary stems from the early period of their stay in London. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed illustrated diary in padded red full leather binding with gold lettering and all edges gilt, 21.5 x 14 cm (196 pages). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Benedict Winter, United Kingdom, Nov 2014 Printed photographs, including portraits and views of palaces.

Date: [1925-1960]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-135

Description: Mainly portraits, with some other photographs included, published (or considered for publication) in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. All have names recorded on the back and most have date/dates of publication. Names of most of the identified subjects entered in Name field. Includes photograph of the Johnson quadruplets (photographer E A Phillips, Dunedin) & outdoors with their elder sisters (published 11 Nov 1936). Several photographs of English aviator, Amy Johnson Also includes photographs of the following: Mrs William Joyce (wife of Lord Haw Haw); Miss Pauline Gower, daughter of Sir Robert Gower; Mrs Valerie Jones, woman scientist with Commonwealth Fisheries at Port Hacking, NSW; Madame Made Jocelyne, the famous leader of fashion in Paris (published 25 Mar 1925); Silviane Jaonine (Miss Mediterranean 1960); Dr Joyce Jones (of Wellington?); Lady Jowitt, wife of Britian's Lord High Chancellor; Joan I Jones of Horsham, Victoria, winner of the Sun aria contest in Melbourne, 1937; Countess Johnson Lodd; Mrs G Jorian of France, whose husband travels to NZ on business as a wool buyer; Osa Johnson, fl 1937; Judith Johnson, fl 1958. Quantity: 111 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1940 - [ca 1924-1925]

From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain

Reference: PA1-o-1953

Description: Photograph album containing photographs mostly taken by newspaper or British official photographers, mainly of Edgar Kain in England on leave in April 1940, and some also taken after his death. The album is captioned on the inside front cover "Eddie in England 1940" and the first eight photographs show Kain on leave at his fiancee's family home in Chester, England; they are also captioned, possibly by his sister or mother. Other photographs include Kain with New Zealand High Commissioner W J Jordan and with Mrs Jordan at a reception, one of his mother with Jordan, showing Kain's Distinguished Flying Cross that she received from King George VI, and one of his sister Judith and fiancee Joyce Phillips. The latter two photographs date from after Kain's death. The photographs of Kain with Jordan and his mother with Jordan have typed captions that are possibly press releases to accompany the photographs. There is also a photograph of the Kain family taken possibly in 1924 or 1925, when Edgar was about five years old. Several of the photographs are stamped on the back "Daily Express" or "This photograph may not be reproduced without official permit". The donor has provided names for the people in the photograph of the Kain family and for the photograph of Judith Kain and Joyce Phillips, and acid-free insertions in the album provide this information. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 14 b&w original photographic prints. Physical Description: Light brown cardboard-covered album, 26 x 21.5 cm, fastened with light brown cord. Provenance: Donated by Kain's niece, Diana Pickard, Wellington, May, 2016 Processing information: Because the photographs are affixed to the album pages, not all have been examined for inscriptions on the back.