Radio operators

Date: [Circa 1941]

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-287

Description: Official photographs from World War II, very few of which have captions. General Freyberg is seen in many images, with different groups of officers and soldiers, and reviewing of New Zealand troops on parade. He is also shown receiving the Greek Military Cross from the Greek Minister of War, Stelios Dimitrakakis. The New Zealand Bomber Squadron is shown with their "Wellington Devil"; R.A.F. bombers with some New Zealand airmen returning from a raid on Berlin; and airmen from NZ joining the fighter force receiving final training on a Spitfire. There are scenes of activities associated with entertainment and sports. These include a pipe band of a South Island Battalion recently arrived in the Middle East, taken at Maadi, circa 1941, and one picture of four buglers; the Kiwi Concert Party performing in the Middle East (p 118-125); and sports including boxing, athletics, discus throw, tug-of-war, rowing and swimming. New Zealand Division Athletics Championships in Cairo (p 82-87). One set of photographs (p 58-68) were taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete. They show Axis destroyers at Piraeus, in readiness to transport Nazi parachute troops and airborne infantry to an island airfield in the Aegean Sea used as a base for the invasion of Crete; Nazi bombers with groups of soldiers waiting to board a troop carrier; and two aerial views, one showing a Junker troop carrier nosed down into the Cretan Sea, and one showing wrecked German troop transports on Maleme aerodrome. Views of HMS Leander in the Middle East (p 70-75, 98-99). New Zealand crew members W. Hickford (Wanganui), E. Drabble (Auckland), J. Stewart (Wellington), A L Poad (Auckland) and K Newson (Wellington) are named in image no. 952 (p 71); a large range-finder in action; group of officers (identified in reference no. DA-01901); clothes-washing; mending clothes; serving the rum ration; a church service; gunners with a captured Breda gun (D.L. Graham-Cameron (Gisborne) and J. Kelly (Waitara)); repairing a torpedo; and deck hockey. The opening of the Lowry Hut at Maadi on 16th July 194l shows general Freyberg and Mrs Freyberg, Mrs A P F Chapman who was attached to the New Zealand YMCA which operated the hut, which was presented by her father Thomas Henry Lowry; and general scenes inside and outide the hut. The other club shown in this album is the New Zealand Forces Club in Cairo, with a mural painted by war artist Peter McIntyre. There are also reproductions of some of his paintings on p 101 and 104-105. Ambulances were presented to the NZEF through the British American Ambulance Corps and the Anzac War Relief Fund, Maadi, with a number of photographs showing different types of ambulance, and a mobile surgical unit. At the reception of the Anzac War Relief Fund in New York they gave a demonstation of the Australian Indian type of ambulance which would be sent to the Middle East, at which the Hon. J G Coates, Nola Luxford were present, and at which the American president of the fund presented the Wings of Mercy badge to the Hon. Frank Langstone. A group of wireless operators and air gunners who attended the No. 11 W.A.G. course at Mountain View Air Station (Canada), p 111. (For full names see information noted on reference nos. DA-01417 to DA-01418, and DA-01420). Many photographs are related to the postal service, showing huge piles of incoming parcels and letters for the troops, with men sorting, collecting and receiving their mail. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1890-1945]

From: Estate of W Wilson :Photographs of the Wilson family and Eketahuna

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; NZ Camera-Craft Company; Valerie Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0436-1

Description: School photographs, one from Eketahuna District High School 1938; roll of honour for Eketahuna District High School; G Dawson and M(?) Ramsay in their navy uniforms 28th Feburary 1940; Mr Hornblow and Mrs Dickson at a formal dinner; the Queen Mother at a gala event on the upper gallery of a theatre; the Queen Mother with Bishop Owen; Mrs Wilson and Miss C M Wilson in front of radio equipment; John Dawson's graduation photograph; Mr Wilson leaving his house in a top hat; the post office at Eketahuna before 1934; two photographs of William Muir Wilson's grave; a group photograph of nine men in business dress (uncaptioned); and a postcard of Eketahuna in the snow. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-065853 to 065863 Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Date: l953-1957

From: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993: Photograph albums, chiefly relating to his world travels as a radio officer for the merchant navy

By: Blackburn, Derek, active 1953

Reference: PA1-o-1900

Description: A travel album compiled by John Horsman, chiefly relating to his work as a radio operator on the merchant navy vessels 'Marylyn', 'Elizabete', 'Capulet', and SS 'Blyth Navigator' between 1953 and 1957. Voyages are chronologically documented by use of images, hand drawn maps, notes on the ships, excerpts from the ship radio log, and typescript notes on important events. Most images are postcards of locations taken by unidentified photographer(s). Photographic prints are chiefly taken by Horsman between 1954 and 1957, and include an image taken by Derek Blackburn in 1953. - Includes image of John Horsman with fellow students of the College of International Marine Radio, posing outside Brook's Bar, Manchester, England, in 1953. Shows: Horsman, Neville Watson, Wilf Ratcliffe, and Frank Liptrott. - Covers the voyage on ship 'Marylyn' GRFV between March and June 1954. Shows views of Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. - Covers voyages 1 to 9 on the ship 'Elizabete', GPNU, between July 1954 and May 1955. Shows views of Pugwash, Novia Scotia; Cap Chat, Quebec; Gibraltar; Lisbon, Oporto, Sintra, and Estoril, Portugal; Durham, York, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and northeast coast of England; Ceuta, Casablanca, Morocco; Arzew, Algeria; and Esberg; Denmark. - Covers voyage on SS 'Capulet' GLVX in June 1955. Shows views of Rotterdam, Netherlands; Nordenham, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Kiel and Keil Canal; Germany; Oslo, Norway; Purfleet, near London. - Covers voyage 1 on SS 'Blyth Navigator' GLQC, between July 1955 and February 1957. Shows views of Suez Canal and Port Said, Egypt; Singapore, Malaya, Tsingtao (now Qingdao), China; Marmagoa (or Mormugao), Goa, India; Yawata, Sasebo, Muroran, Japan; Kowloon, Hong Kong; Colombo, Celyon (now Sri Lanka); Sydney, Australia; Davao, Philippines; and Bremen and Hamburg, West Germany. - Includes images of ships in port, including the 'Marylyn', SS 'Capulet', SS 'Blyth Navigator', 'Elizabete', MT 'Regent', 'MT 'Caribou', and SS 'Orontes'. Some images show the radio room, and ship's deck. Includes images of the yacht 'Hyacinth'. - Includes images of John Horsman and fellow crew members on shore leave; including Peter Arnold, Frank Baldwin, William Roger, William Ellis, Li Min Yum, Chee King, Wong Tong, Jack Howard, Yiu Leung Kei, and Yeung Wai. Includes image of Marconi operators in a pub on West India Dock Road, London, and Horsman with Messrs Painke, Harris, and Patrick, in Lyne Park, Sydney. - Includes images of parents Mr Ernest Crombie Horsman and Helena Horsman, and Mr and Mrs Prince. - Handwritten excerpts of the ships radio logs and typescript notes cover messages sent in rough weather of April 1955 and July 1955, and events during Typhoon Wanda in the East China Sea, July to August 1956. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue cover, 23 x 29cm

Date: 1931 - 1936

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, sales catalogues and pamphlets related to radio and radio equipment, transmission, radio stations and radio clubs in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-RADIO-1930s-02

Description: Card shows an illustration of a longhaired girl, probably Maori, operating a radio-telegraph set mounted on a tree stump. Above her a spider crosses its web slung between two uprights. At left a moa looks on and at the right a kiwi watches. The spider, moa and kiwi all have question marks of curiosity above their heads. The radio station name ZL3BT is spelled out in fern leaves at top left. Esme Herrick is listed as an amateur radio operator on http://dokufunk.org/amateur_radio/contributions/index.php?CID=2031, indicating a 1930s date. She married in 1936, and the card therefore probably dates before that time Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on card, 90 x 142 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1945, 2004

From: Iremonger, May, 1920- : Diary and journals

Reference: MS-Papers-11612

Description: Diary of Corporal May Chapple of Torquay who was posted to Ceylon, then New Delhi where she met and married New Zealand soldier Ron Iremonger. Describes their trip by sea back to New Zealand at the end of the war. Also a letter dated 5 Sep 2004 from May Iremonger to Daphne Macleod, in response to a letter from her. Macleod was with Iremonger at Chicksands Priory (RAF station in World War II). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2004 - 2004

From: Iremonger, May, 1920- : Diary and journals

Reference: MS-Papers-11613-10

Description: Journals 59 to 65 which cover the period 8 Feb 2004 to 4 Nov 2004. Describes her war-time work when she was based at Chicksands in England. Includes a newspaper article about a letter received from her friend at Chicksands, Daphne Macleod. Quantity: 1 box(es) 7 diaries.

Date: 1842-1990

By: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992

Reference: MS-Group-0083

Description: Contains correspondence, reports, records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed articles and reports relating to the Chatham Islands. Quantity: 76 folder(s). 1.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr W B Burt, Christchurch, at various times (accessions 75-279, 78-172, 82-183, 85-103, 88-202, 90-256, 92-106); donated by Mr B Carter, Paraparaumu, for Rod Burt, Sep 2013 (A2013-258) Transfers: To Book Collections - Three Chatham Islands publications (PR-13-0489).

Date: 1945-1972

By: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993

Reference: MS-Group-2304

Description: Papers of John Horsman relating to teaching and merchant navy service. Comprises: Correspondence with family whilst serving in the merchant navy. Letters comprise of detailed descriptions of travel and hand drawn maps. Also includes letters from his brother Alan Horsman. Papers relating to career as a Radio Officer. Includes typescript drafts of stories relating to his travels; Radio Officer certificates, passbooks and notebooks relating to radio call signs and radiotelegraphy. Teacher's scheme of work for classes Primer I to Form II MA Thesis 'The Growth and Distribution of Population in the Auckland Province from the Commencement of Settlement to 1945' Application form and CV for academic position. Certifcates and correspondence relating to training and employment. Source of title - Supplied by Library Letters written by Professor Alan Horsman, brother of John Irvin Horsman, are in the Hocken Collection; see Hocken Library reference MS-2452. John Irvine Horsman was a primary school teacher (1945-1952) and a radio officer in the Merchant Navy (1954-1963). Later he was a Senior Administrative Tutor in Economics at University of Auckland (1976-1992). Quantity: 12 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, transcripts Provenance: John Horsman left his personal archive with his niece Rosalind Horsman. Elizabeth Swift is the sister of Rosalind Horsman. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Horsman, John Irvine, 1925-1993: Photographs (PA-Group-00931).

Date: 13, 16 May 2008 - 13 May 2008 - 16 May 2008

From: Vietnam War oral history project

By: Christian, Peter Alan, 1947-; Foley, Jacqueline, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0959-08

Description: Interviewer(s) - Jacqui Foley Accompanying material - Printed abstract accompanied by questionaire about Peter Christian's life and experiences in Vietnam Accompanying material - Two digital photographs of Peter Christian Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-020582 - OHC-020585 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 2 digital photograph(s). 1 interview(s). 3.36 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word; Image files - Jpeg images Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7152, OHDL-000487. Photograph of Peter Christian at the time of his interview; photograph of him taken on ANZAC Day 2008(?) Search dates: 1947 - 2008

Date: 4, 6 Jun 2008 - 04 Jun 2008 - 06 Jun 2008

From: Vietnam War oral history project

By: Kellas, Evan Locksley, 1947-; Frizzell, Helen Isobel, active 1986-

Reference: OHInt-0959-33

Description: Interview with Evan (Lox) Kellas, born in Dunedin in 1947 Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - questionnaire about Evan Kellas' service in Vietnam and its effects on his life, with printed abstract Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-000460 (wave files) Quantity: 6 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 1 digital photograph(s). 1 interview(s). 5.41 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word; Sound files - Wave files; Image file - Tiff image Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-000499, OHA-7164. Digital photograph of Evan (Lox) Kellas wearing his Queen's Service Medal (2007) Search dates: 1947 - 1968 - 2008 - 1970

Date: 1941

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: PAColl-2053

Description: RNZAF operators and gunners on board the "Awatea" March 1941, en route to Vancouver for training under the Empire Air Training Scheme Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-57199-F, 1/2-151818-F, 1/2-151819-F, 1/2-171183-F Quantity: 3 b&w copy negative(s). 1 b&w original negative(s). 2 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1899-1932

By: Sawyer, Arthur John Hardacre, 1885-1932

Reference: MS-Group-1402

Description: Includes diaries 1917, 1924, 1929, letters and photographs relating to Arthur Sawyer's life as a wireless operator on land and sea, in NZ, Australia and the Pacific; his WW1 service in Australian forces, service notebook for Indian Army 1919-20; Mawson Expedition 1911-1913 on Macquarie Island; also in Papua New Guinea, Nauru and New Zealand; with certificates of service etc, and notebook on wireless operating matters, 1929 Quantity: 6 volume(s). 5 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Mr Newlands was given this collection by Mrs Green when helping to clear deceased estate of Mr John Green some time ago. Mrs Green has no knowledge of why Mr Green had them, but he was a member of the Wellington Radio Club. Mitchell Library holds Sawyer's diaries 1911-1916 together with several pages of notes about his time on Macquarie Island written in 1924 (MLMSS 383); accompanying the diaries are ca 35 photographs (Pic Acc 5491). Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Photographic Archive - 1 folder of photographs (PAColl-8910).

Date: [1937-1988]

By: Vaughan, Donald Leslie, 1917-2001

Reference: PA-Group-00271

Description: Photographs relating to coastwatching in the Pacific during World War II and the role played by Vaughan and other members of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Office. Includes photographs of equipment and personnel. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 b&w copy photographic print(s). 4 colour original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 digital print(s). Physical Description: Photograph album, photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Noeline Vaughan, Waikanae, 2007 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1611 : Vaughan, Donald Leslie, 1917-2001 : Papers relating World War Two. See also Cartographic Collection..

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/0502b-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-01417-F

Description: NZ wireless operators and air gunners who have completed their training at Mountain View Air Force Station, Canada. G R J Stonehouse (Christchurch), T G Strachan (Timaru) and B R Philip (Amberley). Taken 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 3 Aug 1941

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: DA-01418-F

Description: Group portrait of NZ wireless operators and air gunners who have completed their training (11 WAG Course) at Mountain View Air Force Station, Canada. Back: Sgts S W Cains (Bay of Is), R E Sharpe (Nth Auck), J F Roach (Auck), G W Allen (Auck), H O Goddard (Te Kuiti), W A Thomson (Hamilton). Front: W H J Bosher (Auck), H K Freestone (Auck), P/O E W A Drake (Auck), RNZAF Liaison Staff Canada C A J Mayes (Hamilton), R G Humphreys (Auck). Taken 3 August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1918

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-037

Description: Watercolour shows a view of a dwelling place set up in a partially ruined stone building with grass growing on its roof. There is a verandah along the front of the whitewashed walls, and clothing is hanging on washing lines along the verandah. The grassed foreground has an octagonal pool in centre front, with a flowering shrub at the right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page 170 x 255 mm.

Date: 1939-1945

From: Redican, M H fl 1995: Album of photographs of coast watchers, Campbell Island, 1939-1945

Reference: PA1-f-169-05-50

Description: C Young, wireless operator on the job, Campbell Island photographed between 1941 and 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-5469-007

Description: Row of Women's Auxiliary Air Force wireless operators, standing in front of an aeroplane, ready for a training flight. Photograph taken by George Weigel in 1942. Inscriptions: Verso - WAAF wireless operators ready for a training flight. Although ground station operators they must know something of the job of the man in the air. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/0502a-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm