Played double bass with the Lauri Paddi band, circa 1940. Member of the New Zealand Engineers during World War 2. Living in Upper Hutt, Wellington, in December 2006.
Gower, Alfred James, 1913-2010
Gower, Jim, 1913-2010
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Lauri Paddi Band, Majestic Cabaret, Wellington
Date: [ca 1940]
From: Paddy, Laurence George Malvern, 1906?-1971: Photographs relating to the Lauri Paddi Band
Reference: PA1-q-182-25-2
Description: Lauri Paddi Band, Majestic Cabaret, Wellington, circa 1940. Back row: Alan Brown, Jim Gower, Jack Roberts. Front: Bill Pritchard, Lauri Paddi, Bob Girvan, Lolita, Stan Grant. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Date estimated by cataloguer. Location and band members identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.9 x 14 cm, on album page
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World War 2 New Zealand Engineers digging graves south of Florence, Italy - Photograph ...
Date: 2 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: Killoh, Keith Gordon, 1907-1994
Reference: DA-11808
Description: World War 2 New Zealand Engineers digging graves a a casualty clearing station near Greve, south of Florence, Italy, 2 August, 1944. Corporal Alfred James (Jim) Gower drills in the foreground. In the background (2nd grave from left) is the grave of Mr Gower's friend William (Bill) James Foley. Photograph taken by K G Killoh. The men were burying 12 soldiers killed in La Romola on the 1st of August. (Information provided by Jim Gower from Walter Edward Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Part of the Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-45. (Wellington, N.Z. : Historical Publications Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1966) p 626) Source of descriptive information - Jim Gower identified himself and the occasion, Nov 2006 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8 x 8.8 cm, on file print card
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World War 2 New Zealand Engineers digging graves south of Florence, Italy - Photograph ...
Date: 2 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: Killoh, Keith Gordon, 1907-1994
Reference: DA-11807
Description: World War 2 New Zealand Engineers digging graves a a casualty clearing station near Greve, south of Florence, Italy, 2 August, 1944. Corporal Alfred James (Jim) Gower drills in the foreground. Photograph taken by K G Killoh. Source of descriptive information - Jim Gower identified himself and the occasion, Nov 2006 The men were burying 12 soldiers killed in La Romola on the 1st of August. (Information provided by Jim Gower from Walter Edward Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Part of the Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-45. (Wellington, N.Z. : Historical Publications Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1966) p 626)