New Zealand. Army. NZEF. Field Ambulance, no. 3

Date: 1916 - 1918

Reference: Curios-024-b-002

Description: 1. Red Cross brassard (armband bearing the Red Cross). 2. Three fabric badges, one circular with a red cross,one wwith a buttonhole embroidered in red with 162, one oval bearing an applique snake surrounding a stick, in gold. 3. Metal identity disc of a German soldier, stamped with numbers on one side, the name of Jacob Christians, Wolthusen ... on the reverse. 4. An evelope containing 'Pieces from the wing of the fallen aeroplance we saw 7/9/16. This is all the wings are made of - on a frame of wood and wire. N.B. the Allied colours [Royal Air Force insignia] top and bottom'. Contains two strips of varnished canvas, bearing red and blue paint. 5. An envelope containing dried lavender stalks, possibly from a European battlefield Quantity: 7 curio(s). Physical Description: Fabric, metal, plant material, sizes vary Provenance: Donation: Mrs L B Quartermain, Roseneath, Wellington, 9 January 1974. Transfers: Transferred from MS-Papers-1807.

Date: [ca 1880-1945]

By: Argosy Industrial Photos; Sherlock, William, 1846-1910; Rohloff, L, active 1910s; Photographie Henri (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0411

Description: Photographs mostly of the ambulance corps in the First World War but also including at least one from the Second World War, family photographs in New Zealand and newspaper clippings. The First World War photographs include some with names on the reverse. The names given are: from the 13th Field Ambulance Johnsonville, Sergeants Sid Jones, Harry Woods, Clarence(?) Crooks, Jack Harris, Roy Kennedy, Ivan Haldreth, Ernie Wilson, Jim Bennett, Chris Parsons and Staff-Sergeants Quartermain and Bert Orange; from the No. 3 Field Ambulance, Shearer, Perrett(?), Cook, Hooper, Gilmour, Cable, Franks, Dunn, Netge(?), Regan, Greenslade, Myers, Dick, Anderson, Buchanan, Sgt Block, Staff Sgt Dredge, Capt Finlayson, Sgt Dillon, Sgt Lawrence, Sgt Evans, Sgt Fogg, Burgess, Spooner, Moxham, Dyson, Perry, Stevenson, Wickstead; from No. 3 Field Ambulance cooks, Simpson, Smith, Pearce, Spooner, Slade, Cook, Bellesden, McNaughton, McPherson. Scenes include the No 3 Field Ambulance headquarters at Louvencourt, New Zealand and Australian troops in Paris and Versailles, and Corporal Milne and Leading Aircraftman McMillan on a camel in Giza. There are also two photographs one of the 13th Field Ambulance and the other of a farewell dinner which are completely captioned for names including a typed list of the entire unit. The newspaper clippings are from a variety of publications and are mostly official photographs. The civilian photographs include: a photograph of Eric Liddell with his signature attached; two of a large group of veterans on the terracing at a sports ground; and two cartes de visite one of an older woman and one of a young boy. Also includes a copy of the brochure 'Le Pantheon de la Guerre'. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 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: PAColl-4161-01-174

Description: Third Field Ambulance exercises in Christchurch; medical stations in the field, undated; malarial control station in Pacific; embarking Medical Corps Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 8-9 November 1909

From: Milne, John, fl 2009 :Photographs of career and activities of Harold Douglas Milne and Thomas Joseph Shute

By: Muir and MacKinlay (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-9431-12

Description: Group photograph of No 3 Coy Ambulance Volunteers competitors at Palmerston North military tournament, 8 & 9 November 1909. Individuals identified (see back of photo for details). Photographed by Muir and MacKinlay, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1 Jun 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013734-G

Description: A group portrait of New Zealanders and French soldiers outside the No. 3 New Zealand Field Ambulance in France during World War I. On the right is a sign on a wall with a fern leaf and red cross plus the letters 'No. 3' and 'F. Amb.' Photograph taken at Louvencourt 1 June 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-092 Caption - "'Diggers' and Poilus photographed together at a New Zealand Field Ambulance. Louvencourt 1.6.18" (Album) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H1185 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012807-G

Description: Brigadier General Herbert Hart, on horseback on left, and Colonel Francis Bernard Sykes, also mounted on right, speaking to Colonel Hardie Neil who stands with his back to the camera. Photograph taken 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H96 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 30 Apr 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013722-G

Description: A group portrait of the officers of the No. 3 New Zealand Field Ambulance serving in France during World War I. They are standing in front of a sign on a wall with a fern leaf and red cross plus the letters 'No. 3' and 'F. Amb.' Photograph taken at Louvencourt 30 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-092 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H1174 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: January 1919

From: Quartermain, Mrs : L B Quartermain collection of First World War photographs and cuttings

Reference: PAColl-0411-14

Description: Members of original No 3 Field Ambulance at Haus Frankenforst, Germany. Back row (from left): Shearer, Perrett(?), Cook, Hooper, Gilmour, Cable, Franks, Dunn, Metge(?), Regan, Greenslade, Myers. Middle row (from left): Dick, Anderson, Buchanan, Sgt Block, Staff Sgt Dredge, Capt Finlayson, Sgt Dillon, Sgt Lawrence, Sgt Evans, Sgt Fogg, Burgess. Front row (from left): Spooner, Moxham, Dyson, Perry, Stevenson, Wickstead. Photograph taken January 1919 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, support 9 x 14 cm, image 8 x 11 cm