World War, 1914-1918 - Military personnel, New Zealand - Palestine

Date: [Between 1914 and 1918]

From: Johnstone, L : Photograph and album of photographs taken by G F Wright during World War I

By: Wright, George Frederick, 1889-1952?

Reference: PA1-q-271

Description: Photographs of World War I, taken in the Middle East by George Frederick Wright. None of the images have captions. Many scenes show aspects of life in Egypt; several views of the Handley Page V/1500 known as "Old Carthusian"; planes that have crashed; ships in Suez Canal; long convoys of horse-drawn gun-carriages; huge numbers of camels, and camel cavalry; groups of simple wooden crosses on battlefields, some of which have names and dates that are legible (names listed above); Chapelle de Matarieh; mosques and Coptic churches; and costume worn by different groups of Egyptian people. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1911 - 1917

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

Reference: E-291-q-029

Description: Watercolour at top left shows a silhouette of a sailing ship at evening or dawn. The ink and watercolour drawing by Alan Reid at top right shows a roughly clad caveman standing outside the doorway of a stone building and watching the approach of his son through a telescope. At lwer right is a half-length portrait a a smiling soldier smoking a cigarette. His right arm is in a plaster and a sling and he wears a Red cross label. Perhaps the title means he is smiling because the cigarette was free ("buckshee"). Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, and watercolour sketches mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm.

Date: [ca 1917-1919]

By: Watson, Edward George, 1895-

Reference: PA1-o-1392

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand Mounted Rifles in Palestine ca 1917-1919, possibly compiled by Trooper Edward George Watson. Includes photographs of Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Bethany, Jericho, Jordan Valley, Jordan River (including Australian soldiers fording the River), Es-Salt road, Suweilah, Hedjaz Railway, Jewish colonies at Ekron and Deiran, Ludd, Richon-es-Sion, Surafend and Gaza. Also shown are Turkish military posts, personnel, equipment and aircraft; a Circassian officer, horse racing, and a damaged tank; Australian graves for Sergeant Brook and Trooper Radburn; and New Zealand Brigade on trek. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top left - [Inside front cover] E. G Watson Accompanying material - Printout of nominal roll entry for E G Watson Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan cloth covered album 21.2 x 16.5 cm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2008

Date: 2015

Reference: MSX-9523

Description: Printed and bound volume compiled by Lynlee Johnson in 2015, with the title 'Ivan F Moore: Letters Home from The Great War'. Documents the life and military service of Sergeant Ivan F Moore (Service Number 7/1023), who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and the Balkans during World War One. Volume is illustrated with facsimile reproductions of letters, photographs, postcards, military documents, newspaper cuttings, and printouts from online sources. The letter reproduced in the volume range from Cairo, dated 26 August 1915, to Martinborough, dated 2 January 1930, and includes letters addressed from Palestine and Jerusalem. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed and bound volume. Provenance: Donated by Ms Lynlee Johnson, Waipukurau, November 2016. Donor is the grand-niece of Mr Ivan Frank Moore.

Date: during World War 1

From: Buckland, Alfred Francis, 1882-1971 :Photographs taken during World War I of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in Jerusalem, and the Auckland Mounted Rifles in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine

Reference: 1/2-066833-F

Description: Mounted New Zealand World War 1 troops moving towards the Jordan River from Bethlehem, during World War 1. Photograph taken in Palestine by an unidentified photographer. Caption (from original album?) reads: "Towards the Jordan from Bethlehem". Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1917

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-024

Description: Full length profile portrait of a cleanshaven man in a brimmed hat on horseback. He wears an ammunition belt diagonally over his left shoulder, and holds a "NZ" pennant flag in his right hand. Other Titles - Sergeant New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade Headquarters Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on page 255 x 170 mm.

Date: during World War 1

From: Buckland, Alfred Francis, 1882-1971 :Photographs taken during World War I of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in Jerusalem, and the Auckland Mounted Rifles in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine

Reference: 1/2-066827-F

Description: World War 1 soldiers K M Stevens and Darcy Lange, of the 11th Squadron, Auckland, in Palestine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [Between 1914-1918]

Reference: 1/2-106310-F

Description: Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: November 1917

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-605-29-5

Description: An army sports meeting held at Wadi Hanein, Palestine. Photographed by an unknown photographer in November 1917. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A sports meeting at Wadi Hanein Wadi Hanein is a water course and locality in the vicinity of Jaffa, probably to the south east. It is also one of the wadis that feed into the water courses which reach the coast as the river, Nahr Rubin. Also, according to C Guy Powles in his book "The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine," Whitcome and Tombs, 1922, pp 154-155, in 1917 it was the name of a town which was a Jewish garden settlement (the Jewish name of which was "Nachalat Reuben"). On November the 14th 1917 the New Zealand Mounted Division attacked the Turks in the orange groves of Wadi Hanein as part of the British Army's move on Jaffa. (This info from "The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919," edited by C Guy Powles, Whitcome and Tombs, p 176). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 19 April 1917

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-605-23-2

Description: Troops and horses of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles being bombed during the second battle of Caza. Photographed by an unknown photographer on the 19th of April 1917 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The led horses 2nd Gaza being bombed from the air Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 7.5 x 5 cms

Date: [ca April 1917]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-605-14-3

Description: Troops of the ANZAC Mounted Division watering their horses at the Wadi Ghuzze, Palestine. Photographed ca April 1917 by an unknown photographer. Publication note - 'The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine', Lieutenant-Colonel C Guy Powles, Whitcomb and Tombs, 1922, p 98 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Watering at pools in the Wadi Gaza From the 20th to the 29th of April, the ANZAC Mounted Division manned outposts on the Wadi Ghuzze. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.9 x 10.1 cm, mounted on album page

Date: during World War 1

From: Buckland, Alfred Francis, 1882-1971 :Photographs taken during World War I of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in Jerusalem, and the Auckland Mounted Rifles in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine

Reference: 1/2-066835-F

Description: Corporal Williams, probably a member of the New Zealand Auckland Mounted Rifles, resting with his horse in southern Palestine, during World War 1. Photographer unidentified. Captions (from original album?) read: "In Southern Palestine: the country south of Gaza" and "Cpl Williams and his horse rest". Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: during World War 1

From: Buckland, Alfred Francis, 1882-1971 :Photographs taken during World War I of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in Jerusalem, and the Auckland Mounted Rifles in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine

Reference: 1/2-066830-F

Description: Photograph depicts (left to right) Alfred Francis Buckland, Charles (Charley or Chas) Randal Fitton, and Ernest Arthur Bunkall of the 11th Squadron, Auckland Mounted Rifles, having a shave under palms at Bir-Et-Maler, Palestine. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Record updated in October 2022 with correct identification of persons depicted.

Date: 1917

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-023

Description: Full length profile portrait of a moustached man in a brimmed hat on horseback. He wears an ammunition belt diagonally over his left shoulder. The horse is only faintly drawn in pencil. Other Titles - Sergeant Major, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on page 255 x 170 mm.

Date: 19 April 1917

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-605-23-3

Description: Vickers gun section of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles led by 2nd Lieutenant L A Craven, moving into position under aerial bambardment and heavy shelling. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer on the 19th of April 1917 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - M.G. section (Lt Craven, CMR) under fire Craven managed to get his section into position in spite of the bombardement in time to stop an enemy advance. For this he recieved the Military Cross and accelerated promotion. Later on the same day he was severely wounded and subsequently died of his wounds in New Zealand. (Info from \"The History of The Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 1914-1918,\" edited by Col C G Powles, Whitcomb and Tombs, 1928, p 154). This image was published in the history of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles cited above on page 154, and also in \"The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine,\" Lieutenant-Colonel C Guy Powels, Whitcomb and Tombs, 1922, p 102. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10 x 6 cms

Date: [between 1916 and 1918]

From: Buckland, Alfred Francis, 1882-1971 :Photographs taken during World War I of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in Jerusalem, and the Auckland Mounted Rifles in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine

Reference: 1/2-066831-F

Description: View of mounted rifle troops and horses stopped to the side of a road through the mountains of Palestine. Photograph taken during the Sinai/Palestine campaign (1916-1918) in World War I, by an unidentified photographer (possibly Arthur Frances Buckland, member of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, who compiled the original album). Other - Caption to print in original album reads: "From the Plains to Bethlehem at the hills" / "A halt - the road clear for traffic" Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Aug 1918

Reference: 1/2-106313-F

Description: Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 10 November 1917

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-605-24-1

Description: Soldiers of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles watering horses at Beersheba in a dust storm. Photographed by an unknown photographer on the 10th of November 1917. Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - NZMR watering horses. Beersheba 10 Nov 1917. (Taken in a Dust Storm). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.4 x 6 cms

Date: Jul [1915] - Jan 1917

From: Carswell family : Papers relating to World War One

Reference: MS-Papers-11541

Description: Folder comprises First World War letters written by Peter Carswell home to his sister Janet Crawford (nee Carswell) in New Zealand, one letter written by Carswell to his mother, one letter from B Draper to Janet Crawford, one letter from Duncan Menzies to George Crawford and a Mounted Division Christmas card from 1917. Letters include description of training in Tauherenikau (Wairarapa); the boat trip to Egypt; battles he was involved with against the Turks in Palestine including Gaza, Magdhaba and Rafa; and names of friends from Maraekakaho. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 63 digitised images