Early, Peter F, active 1938-1947

Date: 1941-1947

From: Johnson, Ralph, 1950-: Photographs, mainly relating to theatre company Town and Country Players

Reference: PAColl-10352-1

Description: Photographs chiefly relating to the work of the China Convoy of the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) in China between 1945-1947. Taken by unidentified photographers between circa 1941 to 1944, and between 1945 to 1947. Many images have inscriptions on the reverse. - Two images, probably taken in New Zealand, show Al and Margaret cutting a wedding cake and Roy Lucas posing in uniform (the latter image inscribed 'preparing for China' and dated 26 April 1945). - Images of individual FAU and Friends Service Unit (FSU) members taken in China include: Peter F Early (Chairman, Friends Service Unit), Douglas J Clifford (New Zealand), and Spencer L Coxe (Australia). Also includes a group portrait taken on Christmas Day 1945 featuring McClure, Bradshaw, Stokes, Dodds, B[?], Wiehs[?], Gibson, Chen, Kwan, Fransham, Hsiung, Wu, Chu, Briggs, Gunn, Ho, and Fox. - Includes images of Arthur Wallbank with a Chinese student, and Alf Sidwell with a student in a an engineering workshop, both inscribed as possibly taken at the Medical Mechanics School, Chengchou (Zhengzhou) or at the Institute of Hospital Technology in Hankou circa 1947. - Includes images of local people, sheep, cats, and rural landscapes in Honan (Henan) and Kweichow. Includes images of the Yellow River bridge, FAU trucks on a narrow cliff road near Guangyuan, Northern Sichuan, and the O P D and gatehouse at Hwi Mei[?]. One image shows a bombed railway station at Sin Siang. Relationship complexity - see further material relating to the Friends Ambulance Unit at Library references OHColl-0050 and PAColl-6162 New Zealander Wreford Neil Johnson, father of Ralph Johnson, worked with the Friends Ambulance Unit in China circa late 1940s. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints