Moudhros

Date: 20 Dec 1915 - 11 Jan 1916

By: Kirk, Thomas Sinclair, 1869-1940

Reference: MSY-8128

Description: Diary of Thomas Sinclair Kirk, a medical officer aboard Hospital Ship 'Britannic' on maiden voyage 23 December 1915 - 6 January 1916, during which she visited Mudros to take on wounded soldiers from Gallipoli for return to Southampton. Describes journey from Belfast to Liverpool in S.S. 'Patriotic' on 20 December, before joining 'Britannic' on 22 December 1915. Journal includes ephemeral items attached to some pages, including printed dinner menu and concert programme, dated 27 December 1915, postcards from Baia (3) and Pozzuoli (8) in Naples Province, Italy, and two stamped and signed shore leave passes. Also includes sketch map in text showing positions at Mudros. Front board features an applied printed label with White Star Line S.S. 'Britannic'. Front paste-down inscribed with dedication and creator's address. Source of title - Supplied by Library Surgeon Thomas Sinclair Kirk of Belfast was a pioneer in the use of urea for sterilising wounds and co-inventor of an articulated prosthetic limb. Quantity: 1 volume(s) Half-bound ledger. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: 33 x 20.5 cm, (138 pages, last 98 blank) Provenance: Acquired by vendor from a friend. Further details unknown. Postcards and ephemeral items pasted in on some pages

Date: 1915

From: Stichbury, Vincent John, 1891-1966 : Family papers and World War One diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-11559-04

Description: Folder contains correspondence from Stichbury home to his family during World War One. Includes letters to his parents (William and Hannah Stichbury), sisters (Myrtle, Eva and Elsa Stichbury) and brothers (Charlie, Martin and Tim [sic] Stichbury). Letters detail training in Zeitoun Camp and departure to Gallipoli via Port Mudros. Further letters detail the landing at ANZAC Cove 25 Apr 1915 and subsequent fighting with the Turkish Army. Stichbury wounded in action on 8 May 1915. Also includes letter to Mrs Stichbury from a family friend relating to Vincent Stichbury's injuries at Gallipoli. Further correspondence relates to Stichbury's recuperation in Malta and return to Gallipoli in August 1915 with a promotion to sergeant. Much of the correspondence relates to domestic family events back home in New Zealand and other family members involved fighting in the War. During Oct 1915 Stichbury falls ill with enteric sickness and is moved out to Lemnos, then onto Warminster in England to recover. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs & ms Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 162 digitised images

Date: 1915

From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign

Reference: PA1-o-863-04-3

Description: British destroyer entering Moudhros Harbour, Limnos, Greece. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Destroyer entering Mudros Harbour Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1915

From: Read, James Cornelius, 1871-1968: Images of the Gallipoli campaign

Reference: 1/4-058162-F

Description: Scene including Sarpi rest camp at Moudhros (also known as Mudros and Moudros) on the island of Limnos (also known as Lemnos), Greece, during World War I. Photograph taken in 1915 by James Cornelius Read. Source of descriptive information - File print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1915

From: Read, James Cornelius, 1871-1968: Images of the Gallipoli campaign

Reference: 1/4-058163-F

Description: View of the Sarpi Rest Camp in Moudros, Lemnos, Greece, where the majority of New Zealand and Australian soldiers rested, between September and November 1915, before returning to Gallipoli. Photographed by James C Read in 1915. Note on back of file print reads: Possibly Sarpi Rest Camp Mudros, Lemnos. The bulk of the NZ and Australian Division rested here and rebuilt over September-November 1915 before returning to Gallipoli. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1914-1919]

From: Malone family :Photographs relating to William George Malone

Reference: PADL-000385

Description: Includes photographs of Lemnos women and children, buildings and temples at Port Mudros. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "6. Port Mudros, Lemnos" Quantity: 2 electronic scan(s) of prints.

Date: 10 Apr-25 Apr, 29 May-1 Aug 1915

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2546

Description: Diary continues from MSX-2545 with Malone describing arriving at Alexandria awaiting embarkation aboard the `Itonus'. Describes weather and soldier's activities aboard the vessel en route to the island of Lemnos. Arrive Port Mudros on 14 Apr 1915. Details an exploration of the island and its people. Troops practice disembarking, landing, and exercises on land. Prepares the men for landing at Gallipoli Peninsula. Quotes the special order for battle from General Sir Ian Hamilton, 21 Apr 1915. Prepares rations and supplies for his men. Leave Port Mudros at 6am on 25 Apr 1915. (25 Apr - 28 May 1915 on Message forms [MS-Papers-4130]). 29 May 1915 at Quinn's Post, describes Turkish attacks and fighting conditions. Malone took over commanding Courtney's Post on 1 Jun 1915. Details military communications and tactics, shelling and sniper fire. Malone takes over Quinn's Post with two of his Companies on 9 Jun 1915. Works through to late July when he is sent for a rest on the island of Imbros. Returns to Quinn's Post and records daily events through to Sunday 1 Aug 1915. Margin includes a count of Wellington Infantry Battalion's casualties to that date. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (101 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, original & carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Page 63 in diary includes sketch from ANZAC Cove depicting the positioning of troops. Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 108 digitised images. This diary includes both the original top copy with carbon, and sometimes just the carbon copy. There are two page 64s, slightly different, MSX-2546_064 and MSX-2546_064a. Page 71 is missing.

Date: 25 Apr - 27 May 1915

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MS-Papers-4130

Description: Diary continues from MSX-2546 which is a split entry diary. Folder contains two diaries. Diary 7 covers 25 Apr-14 May 1915. Malone describes leaving Port Mudros on 25 Apr 1915 for ANZAC Cove and his first troops proceeding on the torpedo boat `HMS Bulldog' to the landing position. Gives detailed account of the situation on Gallipoli Peninsula the first three days. By 28 Apr 1915 the Wellington Infantry Battalion is dug in. 5 May 1915 embarks for Cape Helles to aid the Allies in the fight for Krithia. Describes travelling and fighting conditions for his troops in the new offensive. Diary eight continues from 14 May 1915 on Cape Helles. Malone details military actions and the conditions for his men. Also comments on news from home and his dealings with other officers. 20 May 1915 troops return to ANZAC Cove and take up a reserve position. Visits his old trenches and tries to make contact with his son Terry Malone. On 22 May 1915 receives a visit from General Birdwood. Returns to his original bivvy. 24 May 1915 describes the nine hour armistice between the opposing armies. Diary ends 27 May 1915. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 volumes on `Messages and Signals pads'. Diary seven 87 leaves; diary eight 46 leaves). Physical Description: Holographs (23cm) Diaries include small pencil drawings and sketches Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 143 digitised images. Diary 7 is missing pages 71 and 73. Diary 8 is missing page 96.

Date: [Circa 1916]

By: Stevenson, Audrey, active 1976

Reference: PA1-o-479

Description: Photographs relating to New Zealand soldiers during the First World War. The first views show soldiers on troopships leaving Gallipoli, then scenes in Mudros (Greece). Hospital ships at Alexandria; Ismailia, including the station and many street scenes; passing through a lock; house boats; German pontoons for crossing the canal; a contest of wits on a slippery log; loading camels for Ferry Post; "Weldon trestles" at Moascar; horse lines; shifting camp; and the C.R.E (Colonel Pridham); and the photographer/creator of the album "at Mudros after Gallipoli". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 16.5 x 12 cm

Date: 1914-1915

By: Constance, John Edward, 1894-1915

Reference: MSX-2845

Description: Diary covers the period 20 Aug 1914 to 15 Aug 1915 and provides a detailed day-by-day description of Private Constance's activities. Details joining the Army on 20 Aug 1914, training at Addington and travelling to Wellington for embarkation on 16 Oct 1915. Recorded his vote for the 1914 New Zealand general election. Sailed aboard the `Tahiti' with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. Comments on shipboard life, sea sickness, rifle exercises, general drills, fatigue duties and tug-of-war competitions between soldiers. Stopovers in Hobart and Albany. General Godfrey and staff tour the transport on 20 Oct 1915 in Albany. Notes sinking of the German Navy light cruiser `SMS Emden' by the Australian light cruiser `HMAS Sydney' in 9 Nov 1915. During stopover on 16 Nov 1915 in Colombo the `Tahiti' takes on board seven prisoners who served aboard the `SMS Emden'. Arrives Aden 25 Nov 1915 then continues onto Suez Canal. Comments on soldiers' disappointment on learning the troops were not continuing onto England but being deployed in Egypt instead. Disembarked 3 Dec 1915 at Alexandria and entrained to Cairo and then Zeitoun Camp. Constance updates daily on military drills, parades, inspections, marches and skirmishing practice in the desert. On leave he visits Cairo and the Pyramids with other soldiers. Marched with the whole of the New Zealand Divisional Brigade through the streets of Cairo. Comments on being paid in shillings and writing letters home. 26 Jan 1915 leaves Zeitoun Camp for the camp at Ismailia. Company relieves troops at El Ferdan to repel a possible Turkish attack on Suez Canal. Comments on number of Turkish prisoners taken on his return to Ismailia, and then back to Zeitoun Camp. On 16 Mar 1915 the troops were inspected by Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, High Commissioner in Egypt. Ten days later Constance notes that his false teeth are broken after chewing tough beef. On Good Friday, 2 Apr 1915 Constance is in Cairo and witnesses the riot in the Ezbekieh Quarter between local Egyptians and Allied troops, comments on the drunks and arrested men. Entrains to Alexandria on 10 Apr 1915 and sails on the transport `Lutzow' with the Canterbury Battalion to the port of Mudros on the Mediterranean island of Lemnos. At anchor in the harbour with daily trips to the island for marching practice, training and leave. 24 Apr 1915 transport heads to the Gallipoli Peninsula lead by the British dreadnought battleship `HMS Queen Elizabeth'. 11.00am on 25 Apr 1915 leaves the `Lutzow' landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula and straight into action. Records fighting up on the firing line. Constance continues to record his daily life of bombardments by the Turkish Army, sniper fire, manning the trenches, and coming off the front line to be relieved and take sleep wherever he could find it. 3 May 1915 writes that the men were being "slaughtered wholesale" and provides a detailed account of the New Zealand soldiers trying to retire from their position in the face of enemy fire. Following weeks settles into a routine of front line activity, fatigue duty at the beach, burying the dead and rest. 19 May 1915 Constance and his section are transported onto the HMS Reindeer and sailed a couple of miles along the coast, they come ashore once more and commence the digging of trenches. Returned to original bivouac on 22 May 1915. Notes the sinking of the `HMS Triumph' on 25 May 1915. 4 Jun 1915 Canterbury Infantry raided from Quinn's Post, next day a sortie against the enemy at German Officers' Trench opposite Courtney's Post. 15 Jun 1915 Constance competes in a bomb throwing competition. Constance's Company travel to Mudros for rest on 15 Jul 1915. Comments on the men being sick "as they had eaten too many luxuries". Returns to Anzac Cove and duty on Walker's Ridge. Involved in the heavy fighting during the first week of Aug 1915. Last entry on 15 Aug 1915 as a party of Constance's Company advances beyond the trench lines to take a fort but are driven back and have to retire. Last page of diary has two quotes from history. Source of title - Provided by Library Relationship complexity - A portrait photograph of Constance has been digitised and is in the Photographic Archive (PAColl-10094) Private Constance left New Zealand with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion in Oct 1914. Trained in Egypt. Fought at Gallipoli, wounded late August 1915, died 2 Sep 1915 in a hospital in Alexandria. Serial Number: 6/1223A. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (68 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (9 x 14 cm, fawn case) Provenance: Donor is nephew of Constance Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 114 digitised images

Date: 11 Aug 1915-11 Feb 1916

By: Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917

Reference: MS-Papers-1419

Description: Diary covers service in Egypt and the Gallipoli campaign, while serving with the Hawkes Bay Company of the Wellington Infantry Regiment. Diary begins on 11 Aug 1915. Bollinger is returning to the front in Gallipoli after a month away from action, recuperating in the New Zealand General Hospital No 2 with a case of Gastritis. First part of diary recounts sailing from Alexandria to Turkey and activities aboard ship. He notes the sinking of the passenger liner `Royal Edward' in six minutes, with 2500 to 3000 British troops on board after being torpedoed by the German submarine UB-14. Bollinger has drawn a rough sketch of the vessel sinking (approximately 935 soldiers were drown). Comments on the transfer at the island of Lemnos and the trip to ANZAC Cove. On arrival comments on how badly beaten up the Wellington Brigade are, and the deaths of Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone and his friend Lieutenant Grace. Describes his ill health, the frightful smell of dead soldiers, body lice, living conditions, mail from home, and actions against the Turks, as well as personal comments on the nature of war. On 1 Sep the remnants of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade are ordered to man Garrison Apex. 14 September the Australian and New Zealand Brigades are withdrawn from Gallipoli to Lemnos for rest and reorganisation. Bollinger notes that most of the soldiers are sick with stomach pains and that Lemnos has become one big hospital. Bollinger himself ends up in the Hospital at Mudros. Comments on daily parades, church services and his military duties on Lemnos. 8 Nov returned to Gallipoli and the Apex on Chunuk Bair. 14 Nov comments on the rumour Lord Kitchener is visiting Gallipoli and details the heavy shelling from the Turkish Army and the huge weather storm encompassing the Peninsula. 24 Nov Bollinger takes snapshots with his camera of the Apex, Guthrie's donkeys and the Turkish position from the beach. Late Nov a snow storm with sleet, rain and ice. 2 Dec another Hawkes Bay Company soldier shot and Bollinger notes the Company is down to 84 men. 5 Dec Bollinger sails across to the island of Imbos to get canteen supplies for the Company, passes by Cape Helles. From 11 Dec he notes consistent rumours of an evacuation from Gallipoli and on 14 Dec that "Today we got our handicaps for the Gallipoli Runaway Stakes". Hawkes Bay Company evacuates on 18 Dec to Mudros on Lemnos. 26 Dec sailed on the P&0 liner `Simila' to Suez and onto the village of Ismali. Leave into Cairo for a week in early January 1916 and Bollinger notes the relief and joy at the freedom of the soldiers. Returns to Moascar army camp awaiting redeployment. 11 Jan Bollinger's appointment as Regimental Sergeant is confirmed and his notice to return to New Zealand is given 2 Feb. He is one of only six men from the whole force that are to return to New Zealand. Leaves Cairo to head to Suez on the 10 Feb. Last entry on 11 Feb 1916 for diary journal. The end pages of the volume contain payment lists, names and addresses. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - An earlier diary by Bollinger, together with letters and photographs (all photocopies) are held at MS-Papers-2350 Sergeant Bollinger fought with the Hawkes Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Regiment in the Turkish Campaign at Gallipoli in 1915. Returned to New Zealand in Feb 1916 to train as an officer. Serial number: 10/1024. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, 134 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (13.5 cm, black leather) Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 107 digitised images