Generals - New Zealand

Date: 1940-1945

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: PAColl-4161-01-218

Description: Assortment of photographs (mainly captioned) of General Freyberg in the Middle East, Greece, Italy and New Caledonia. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1941-1945

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: PAColl-4161-01-219

Description: Assortment of photographs (mainly captioned) of General Freyberg in the Middle East, Greece, Crete, Italy and London. Also a series of photographs taken during his visit to Rotorua; the Prime Minister Peter Fraser's visit to Italy; on the steps of Parliament Buildings, Wellington as Governor General; during Rt Hon R G Casey's visit to Middle East. Group photo of voluntary workers, NZ Tuis, General Freyberg, Brigadier Park and Countess Jellicoe at the Fernleaf Club, London Quantity: 91 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1920s]

Reference: PAColl-D-0611-2

Description: Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - E W C Chaytor Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 377 x 273 mm mounted on card. On verso: PAColl-D-0611-1

Date: 1918 - 1925

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1920-01

Description: Postcard showing a portrait of General Sir W R Birdwood in uniform, in an oval inset. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 140 x 89 mm.

Date: 2006

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0001772

Description: A military commander stands in front of a large map of the North Island of New Zealand. Illustrations of various sorts of ships and aeroplanes surround the North Island. The commander is describing the military build-up in response to proof of cruise missile construction in a shed in Auckland. Refers to a true incident when engineer Bruce Simpson made global headlines when he built a cruise missile in his garage. He spurned an offer from an Iranian firm to develop his jet engines. Mr Simpson, 49, is an engineer, website developer and software technician who spent four years perfecting his "X-Jet", similar to the pulse-jets that powered Germany's V-1 missiles in World War II. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [12 Feb 1942]

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-02393

Description: General Sir Claude Auchinleck congratulating Major-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg before a parade of 6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade, Maadi. Shows General Auchinleck (left) shaking the hand of General Freyberg. An unidentified soldier stands nearby, near two microphones. Taken by an unidentified photographer circa 12 February 1942. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Date hcangedin October 2018 as a result of information from a researcher.

Date: ca1890

From: Merryweather, Alan, active 1994-2000s: Minature portraits

Reference: Objects-0948

Description: Artist not identified. Shows a head and shoulders three-quarter miniature portrait of General Charles Emilius Gold, KCB. He is likely in his later years, as his hair and moustache are white, but his age is unknown. He wears his red military jacket, gold and red sash, and medal Inscription on the back of the portrait reads: 'General Charles Emilius Gold, KBC. Born 6th Jan 1809. Married 1st June 1838 at Drummondville, Canada, Eleanor Felicia Askin Geddes. Died 29th July 1871 at Dover. The son of Col Charles Gold CB who commanded 2nd Division of Artillery at Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Commanded 65th Regt. [...] in NZ for 16 years. Gt gt grandfather' Accompanied by a copy of Gold's death certificate Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Painting on ivory, encased in oval metal frame, with glass front and back; 86 x 60mm (diametre), 6mm (depth). Provenance: Bought by the donor at an antiques market in Cirecester, in August 1994 Processing information: Description updated as part of curios/objects survey March 2023: Previous reference: Curios-051-001 Previous title: Artist unknown :[Miniature portrait of Charles Emilius Gold. ca 1890].

Date: [1939-1945]

From: Lake, Sarah Elizabeth, 1948- :Photographs relating to Douglas Lake

By: Freyberg, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, Baron, 1889-1963

Reference: PAColl-8981-128

Description: Photographer unidentified. Shows General Bernard Freyberg sitting (slouching) at his desk while reading a document. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).