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

Date: 1915

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1915. Folder 1]

By: Woodward & Jackson (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1915-1-04

Description: Inside spread reproduces the poem by Drummer T Black of the 10th Manchester Regiment, "in honour of 'Our New Zealand boys' at the front who created such an intense feeling of enthusiasm and friendship with their splendid patriotism, amongst the Lancashire and other British regiments who met them in Egypt, as to inspire these lines." Front cover shows a New Zealand soldier with a bayonet rifle over his left shoulder, with the Union Jack flag and the Giza pyramids in the background. Back page reads: "This poem, which should be read and cherished by every New Zealander (especially when they know the conditions under which it has been written) is presented to the public of New Zealand by The Wellington Performing Musicians' Union, to assiste in augmenting the Funds for the Wounded Soldiers and Sailors". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 209 x 120 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1941, and the Photographic Archive..

Date: 1915-1918

By: Curtis family

Reference: MS-Papers-9234

Description: Collection comprises World War One letters from Michael Curtis in Egypt back to his family in Dannevirke. These letters describe his time in Egypt, visiting the pyramids and Cairo. Comments on fellow soldiers from Dannervirke that he has met including sons from the Allardice family. Describes living conditions at camp, and comments on periods when he has been recovering from battle wounds. Also includes further letters from or to other Curtis family members and ephemera concerning Michael Curtis' death. Source of title - Supplied by Library Papers concern Sergeant Michael Curtis who served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in World War One, dying from wounds in 1917. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & printed matter

Date: 1916

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-012

Description: A humorous newspaper issued at the Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, Cairo. It contains notices relating to the Belgian Palace at Heliopolis; humorous menu for a Cairo restaurant, and other notices designed to amuse. Other Titles - Scandal newspaper Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on 6-page pamphlet, 307 x 210 mm, mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm.

Date: 1915

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-9029-050

Description: Papers and notes on the Wazzir riots in Cairo in 1915. Includes article on Ettie Rout and extracts from official war history. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 31 pages.

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: [ca 1914-1919]

By: Williams, David Owen, 1896-1949

Reference: PA-Group-00474

Description: Photographs relating to service of David Owen Williams during World War I as a Second Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps, including his convalscence at Brockenhurst Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transfers - Collection as a whole received by Photographic Archive and other material transferred to Ephemera. - To Ephemera Collection - Postcards of Egypt and France during the First World War.

Date: [ca 1914-1916]

Reference: PAColl-D-0710

Description: Three officers talking to an Egyptian in the desert. Behind are three young Egyptian men and their camels. The one facing the photographer is smoking. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) handcoloured. Physical Description: 305 x 380 mm mounted on card

Date: 1916-1917

By: Wilkie, Donald J, active 1982

Reference: PAColl-0183

Description: Photographs taken during World War I, photographer unknown. Each photograph is annotated on the reverse - possibly by Donald Wilkie. They show military personnel in Egypt around the battles of Magdhaba (1916) and Rafah (1917). Includes: - Infantry marching, and riding on both horse and camel back, heading to and from battle, - Turkish prisoners and guns which have been captured, - Military camp near El Arish, - A minesweeper wrecked off the coast, - Hospital, hospital train, and wounded soldiers being transported by Red Cross carts, - and a football match between Auckland and Wellington troops. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints (mainly silver gelatin prints) Processing information: This collection was retrospectively described in 2015. D J Wilkie's role in the creation of this collection is unknown.

Date: 1914-1918, 1924

By: Hosking, Rita Gwendolyn, 1897-1983

Reference: PAColl-0568

Description: Collection of photographs from an album compiled by Mrs R G Hosking. The photographs are mostly dated 1914-1918 and relate to World War One. Includes photographs taken in Egypt, England and New Zealand, depicting military personnel, naval ships, scenes at military camps, and the hospital at Brockenhurst, England. Includes portraits of Peter McIntyre Crawford, Douglas Vallance Hosking (husband of R G Hosking), Keith Melvyn Little, and other unidentified subjects. Features two photographs dated April 1924, one of Wellington taken from on board the HMS 'Hood', and another showing HMS 'Hood' on arrival at Wellington Harbour. Also includes images of naval ships NZHS 'Marama', HMAS 'Encounter', and HMNZT No. 8 'Star of India'. A fleet of ships is seen along the horizon of a postcard image captioned 'N.Z. First Contingent Sailing - Passing Island Bay' with the accompanying annotation 'This photo was taken at 4 a.m. as the ships carrying the Main Body were passing Island Bay, Wellington, on October 16, 1914'. Included in the collection are six photographic postcards. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Collection received with items in no particular order. Images have been loosely grouped around themes and depicted subject matter, including shipping, Suez & Egypt, military camps, military hospitals, portraits, and postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 28 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints and postcards, some mounted on album page Provenance: Donated by Mrs Shirley Watson, Auckland, 1984. Mrs Watson is the daughter of Mrs R G Hosking, who compiled the album. Transfers: To Other - To Reference: Clippings and three items of ephemera.

Date: 1916 - 1917

From: [Christmas cards sent during the First World War, from and to soldiers and other service personnel. 1914-1916].

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-WWI-1916-06

Description: Christmas postcard (probably for 1916) shows an illustration of circular military tents on the banks of a canal, likely to be the Suez Canal. with camels and palm trees. The verso has a written message from Andrew Davidson to his mother: "An historical keepsake. Jan 3 1917. Dear Mother, I am sending you this card as a souvenir of a year's work against Turkey. On the top right hand corner can be seen the badges of the regiment with whom I am now working. The Boar's Head badge is the one used by the squadron to whom I am attached. Round the emblem you can see the names of the actions which I have taken part in. Magdhaba which took place on Dec 23rd 1916 has also to be added. Yours sincerely, Andrew Davidson" Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print and purple pencil on postcard, 89 x 139 mm.

Date: 11-12 November 1915

By: Larrington, Linda, active 2016; Larrington, Janette, active 2016

Reference: MSX-9474

Description: An annotated 'Souvenir of Cairo' tourist booklet published by the Cairo PostCard Trust and sent by William James Hamilton to his parents, while he was based at Zeitoun camp, Egypt, in World War I. Contains 32 black and white photographic prints of Cairo city and environs. The annotation in pencil on the backpage of the booklet, consists of one short letter dated Thursday 11 Nov 1915 written by "Will" to his "dear parents". The booklet contains one loose page containing a short letter written in pencil by "Will" to "My Dear Ruby" and dated Friday 12 November 1915, at Zeitoun. The page was placed at the back of the booklet, and appears to be from another copy of a tourist booklet which was sent to "Ruby". New Zealand sapper William James Hamilton served in Egypt during World War I. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Small bound red leather volume with gilded and illustrated cover embossed with 'No. 572 Edit. The Cairo PostCard Trust'. Contains concertina folded pages of photographs. 16 x 11.5 cm Provenance: The donors are the grandchildren of William James Hamilton. Transfers: Donated with copies of published newspapers "The Camp Courier", 'The Soldier Boys", and "Chums: An illustrated paper for boys" which are held in the NZ&P collection and described on the National Library of New Zealand catalogue..

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

From: Blow, Eric Harold, 1908-1974: Collection relating to World War Two, study and rugby

Reference: PAColl-10829-3

Description: Nine photographs attached to a sheet of paper with captions handwritten underneath each picture. The photographer is unidentified. Also attached is a photograph of a rugby game, cut out from a magazine. The photographs depict groups of soldiers at train stations, playing sports, on transport trains, and by tents in the desert. The heading reads “Battery Album” and captions include “Maadi tent dwellers”, “Sports day in the Western Desert”, “Half time at O.C.T.U.game at Aldershot” and “a halt on the journey through France”. Titte taken from item. Quantity: 1 album(s) with 9 b&w photographic prints and 1 cut-out newspaper photograph. Physical Description: 10 images displayed on a sheet of paper (53cm x 33cm). Processing information: Arrived at the Library folded in three, with some damaged edges.

Date: [ca 1914-1915], [ca 1930]

From: Treadwell family: Photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-10230

Description: Photographic prints collected by Lancely Treadwell comprising: -two group portraits of men in army uniform, relating to Bob Davidson's service during World War I, taken circa 1914 and 1915 by unidentified photographers. One shows a group in Egypt with a pyramid and a sphynx in the background behind the men. -Parade on Courtenay Place/Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, circa 1930, taken by Frank Giles Barker from the site of what is the Embassy Theatre in 2014. One of the floats is a locomotive. The donor said Davidson was from Feilding. The Davidson recorded in the name authority by the archivist is the only Robert Davidson on the Centotaph database that is listed as being from Feilding. He is not identified in the photographs. The name M A Bassett features as an inscription on one of the prints but this name is not known to the donor. Relationship complexity - The image at PAColl-10230-1 is also at the beginning of album PA1-o-1821. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Bob Davidson is the brother of the donor's grandmother.

Date: December 1915 - March 1916

Reference: MS-Papers-11741

Description: Folder contains three postcards sent from Corporal Samuel Charles Gower Downard (Serial No. 10/2826) to his wife, Agnes, and daughter, Ida (referred to as Pixie), at 'Kinross', Standen Street, Karori, Wellington during World War One. The postcards show images of Egypt, including the Tomb of the Khalifs in Cairo, the Kasr-el-Nil bridge and barracks in Cairo, and two women carrying clay pots of water on their heads. Downard provides commentary on the images, and asks after his family in the messages on the postcards. One postcard mentions Napolean Bonaparte. [See MS-Group-1857 and MS-Papers-8513 for other related material] Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 3 postcards. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Complete Stamp Company, May 2014

Date: 11 December 1914

Reference: MS-Papers-11742

Description: Folder contains postcard sent to Miss Beryl Gudgeon, 39 Beach Road, Devonport, Auckland during World War One by Charles Ormonde Butler. Postcard shows a colour drawing of 'Canal Mahmoudieh a Alexandria' with a boat in the foreground. The postcard is signed 'Ormonde' and the text of the postcard mentions training in Alexandria, censorship restrictions being removed, and promises a letter ready for the next mail. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 1 postcard. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Complete Stamp Company, May 2014

Date: 23 January 1916

Reference: MS-Papers-11744

Description: Folder contains postcard sent by Frederick Joseph Kay (Serial no. 12/2354) to his mother, Mrs Roger (Margaret) Kay of Albert Road, Onehunga, Auckland on 23 January 1916. The postcard shows the S.S. Natal at 'El Ferdau' on the Suez Canal. In the text of the postcard, Kay thanks his mother for a book she sent, and tells her that he's "feeling alright" and will be sending additional postcards from the places he's seen. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 1 postcard. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Complete Stamp Company, May 2014

Date: 1914 - 1918

From: Mullis, Adelaide (collector): [Four postcard albums, and loose cards. 1900-1920s]

By: Caxton Printing Company (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-24-04-2

Description: Postcard shows a New Zealand soldier in the Egpytian desert with a pyramid and army tents in the background. He is smiling and looking down at a bottle of Wai-ronga mineral water in the foreground. The verso of the card contains a letter from Adelaide Mullis' brother Bill to Adelaide and to their mother [Elizabeth]. He is writing from France and is in "the best of health"; happy to know that Jim (his and Adelaide's brother) has got over his fever. Wai-Ronga (or sometimes Wairongoa) was said to be "'the only water in Australasia that sparkles and bubbles with its own Natural Gas" (see for example, Grey River Argus, 13 September 1910, page 7). The water came from Wairongoa Springs, North Taieri (See https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18940510.2.54 ) Note also that the same illustration was used on a postcard advertising Thomson Soda; see Eph-A-BEVERAGE-Soft-1915-01 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 137 x 87 mm.

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: 1917 - 1918

By: Swinley, John, 1949-

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1918-4

Description: Folder contains: ANZAC Hostel Cairo. Carte postale [Postcard. 1917-1918?] ANZAC Hostel guide, Y.M.C.A., Cairo. "A home from home". Printed at the Nile Mission Press, 37, Sharia Al-Manakh, Cairo [1917-1918?] Thanksgiving for Victory, held at Cairo. 17 December 1918. Nile Mission Press, Cairo, [1918]. Quantity: 3 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 205 x 135 mm.

From: Duncan, Suzanne:Family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1019