Coast defences - New Zealand

Date: 1938-1943

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

By: United States. Marine Corps. 2nd Division

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-057

Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Dunedin fortress area showing Wharf Street Hy.A.A., camp, Kensington Drill Hall, 1938, 1942 (Series 4/5); Blumine Island showing gun emplacements, Top Camp site and Lower Camp site (Series 2/5); Timaru showing general area, battery position, Drill Hall, Band Room (Timaru Municipal Band Inc), Patiti Point magazine (Series 20/4); Bluff coastal defence showing gun position disguised as cottage, Drill Hall (Series 2/4); Burnham Military Camp showing general area, magazines, school buildings, recreation field, NCO's quarters, etc, 1939-1942 (Series 2/7 & 8/9); Christchurch showing general view of battery position, District Headquarters in Malings Building, aerial view of 44 Riccartion Road (S.D.Constr. Sqr), 1946 (Series 3/4); Coromandel Council Chambers/Coromandel Orderly Room, 1938 (Series 3/5); Dannevirke Drill Hall, 1938, and general view of C.D.S.I Camp, 1943 (Series 4/1); Delta Military Camp showing power house and engine room under construction, 1943 (Series 4/2); Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton showing general area, 1942 (Series 4/3); Dunedin fortress area showing Taiaroa Heads, Harrington Point & Wharf Street A.A. site, 1942 (Series 4/4); Duntroon Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 4/6); Featherston Military Camp and Drill Hall (Series 6/1); Foxton showing general area including Manawatu River, township and racecourse (Series 6/2); Tomahawk, Dundein showing three houses taken by army for accommodation purposes (Healey's, Winefield's and Richard's), gun positions and B.O.P., 1943 (Series 20/7); Te Atatu showing Hy A.A. position, 1942 (Series 20/2); Pilots Beach, Dunedin fortress area showing general area and gun emplacement and camp, 1943 (Series 16/14); Plimmeron showing general views of camp (Series 16/15); Post Office Point, Sounds defence showing magazine construction, camp site, gun emplacement site, general views, etc, 1943 (Series 16/17) Some Dunedin and Bluff photographs taken by Captain A F Tylee. Quantity: 162 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.

Date: [1939-1945]

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-4161-01-044

Description: Series of photographs showing transportation to and assembly to gun emplacement at north-east end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Includes photos showing barge leaving Devonport wharf, landing at Shakespear Bay, road transportation and assembly of the gun emplacement on northern end of the peninsula. Tiritiri Matangi Island can be seen in the distance off the end of the peninsula. Quantity: 119 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1925-1945]

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-4161-01-046

Description: Includes: Construction, etc of 4th General Hospital, Dumbea, New Caledonia; unidentified Pacific campaign (US servicemen); NZ Military Forces display at the Dunedin Exhibition, 1925 (Series 30/1); aerial photographs of Whangaroa Harbour showing battery position, etc, 1942 (Series 23/12); aerial photographs of Whangarei Heads, including Bushy Head, 1942 (Series 23/11); Wellington (Series 23/16) including Garrison Hall in Buckle Street 1938, magazines at Kaiwarra, Central Park Camp, Kaiwarra US Camp, Anderson Park US Camp, Gracefield US warehouses; Wanganui (Series 23/7) showing Drill Hall 1938, position of aerodrome & coastal battery; Warkworth (Series 23/8) showing general area, Camp No 6, 30-bed hospital. Includes some photocopied prints Quantity: 174 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 26 Jun 1997

From: Department of Conservation Southland oral history projects

By: Evetts, Bruce, active 1940-1997; Sutherland, Fergus McLaren, active 1990s

Reference: OHInt-0960-07

Description: Interviewer(s) - Fergus Sutherland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012997 - OHC-012999 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4505.

Date: 24 Jun 1997

From: Department of Conservation Southland oral history projects

By: Anderson, George, 1916-2007; Sutherland, Fergus McLaren, active 1990s

Reference: OHInt-0960-05

Description: Interviewer(s) - Fergus Sutherland copy of George Anderson diary at OHA-4503 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012992 - OHC-012994 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4503.

Date: Jun 1997?

From: Department of Conservation Southland oral history projects

By: Davis, Henry Wilford, 1920-2007; Sutherland, Fergus McLaren, active 1990s

Reference: OHInt-0960-06

Description: Interviewer(s) - Fergus Sutherland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012995 - OHC-012996 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s) - forms only. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-4504 (folder only).

Date: 18 Apr 1996

From: Department of Conservation Southland oral history projects

By: Oliver, Robin Langford, 1921-2001; Sutherland, Fergus McLaren, active 1990s

Reference: OHInt-0960-09

Description: Interviewer(s) - Fergus Sutherland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-013001 - OHC-013002 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s) - forms only. 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-4507 (forms). Search dates: 1940 - 1996

Date: 14 Feb 1995

From: Department of Conservation Southland oral history projects

By: Jones, John, active 1940-1995; Sutherland, Fergus McLaren, active 1990s

Reference: OHInt-0960-08

Description: Interviewer(s) - Fergus Sutherland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-013000 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s) - forms only. 1 interview(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-4506, forms only. Search dates: 1940 - 1995

Date: 22 Sep 1994

From: History of the Army in New Zealand during World War II

By: Johanson, Ian Carl, 1914-1997

Reference: OHInt-0571/20

Description: Ian Carl Johansen born Palmerston North 1914. Talks about his service in the Army in New Zealand during World War II. Recalls volunteering in 1941 and going to Godley Head - Coast Defence, to protect Lyttelton Harbour in the event of a Japanese invasion. Mentions: Te Ripa Island and the imprisonment of von Luckner; big fire in Lyttelton; course at OCTU Trentham; visit of Brigadier Young from England and volunteering for RNZAF mid 1943. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Dick Linnell Venue - RSA Clubrooms, Timaru Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008046 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 35 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2207.

Date: 1925, 1938-1945

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-4161-01-050

Description: Includes: Cambridge Drill Hall, 1938; Blenheim Drill Hall, 1938; Addington magazine; army transportation at Tauherenikau, 1943; aerial views of Samabula `A' & `B' camps, near Suva, Fiji, 1945; aerial view of Tamavua Military Hospital, Fiji; aerial view of NZ Camp, Fiji; Force Headquarters, Fiji; Wigram (Series 23/21) showing aerial views of camp area with Christchurch in background, aerodrome, bomb drop and magazine, 1941; aerial view of Belmont magazine area (Wellington); Whangaparaoa (series 32/10) - aerial and other photographs of camp site, battery position, interior of magazine, gun emplacements and pits, tunnels and battery workshop under construction, 1942; schedule of claims, Working Railways Department, Christchurch, 1925. Includes some photocopied prints Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1938-1942]

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: PAColl-4161-01-048

Description: Includes: Westport Drill Hall (1938), 5" gun, expense magazine, parade ground at camp, Gun & Marine Dept Signal Station, and general view of Coast Defence Camp, 1942 (Series 23/9); Waimarino buildings (Series 23/19); Waihi Drill Hall ("B" Co, 6th Hauraki Regiment), 1938 (Series 23/20); Waitara Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 23/18); aerial view of Waikato Camp & Kelms Road magazine, Ngaruawahia (Series 23/26); Woodville Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 28/17); aerial view of Perano Whaling Station, Whekenui, Tory Channel (Series 23/13); Wright's Hill (Series 23/15) - General view of battery position, view of access road and excavations, interior of engine room, gun emplacements, including aerial views looking towards Wellington Harbour and to Karori. Includes photocopied printed material relating to gun emplacements and tunnels at Wright's Hill (some of which was published by Lions Club of Karori, 1979). Includes 25 photographic prints of Fort Drummond at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia Quantity: 103 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1938-1943

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-4161-01-056

Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Hy A.A. site, Clarence Street, Auckland (Series 3/3); Moturoa Island, Bay of Islands showing general views of gun positions and camp (Series 13/6); Petone Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 16/18); Hokitika Drill Hal, 1938 (Series 8/7); Huntly Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 8/8); Kauri Point, Auckland showing bomb stores and magazine area, 1943 (Series 11/2); Takapuna Fort at Narrow Neck (Series 14/2); Hobsonville aerodrome showing general views, bomb stores, Hy.A.A. position (Series 8/2); Linton Military Camp showing general Kairanga area (Series 12/2); Harington Point, Otago Peninsula showing battery position (Series 8/1); Maraetai Bay, Sounds Defences showing camp, landing jetty, gun position, magazine, water reservoir (Series 13/3); Mount Pleasant showing general view including Lyttelton Harbour and Hy.A.A. position (Series 13/8); Paeroa Drill Hall and army officers accommodation, 1938 (Series 16/19); Mototapu Island showing army camp site and magazine (Series 13/15); Massey Memorial, Wellington, 1942 showing Mt Crawford Prison, Scorching Bay, Seatoun area (Series 13/7); Masterton showing USMC Solway (Camp No 14) and Memorial Park (Camp No 15) (Series 13/10); Morrinsville Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 13/12); Milton Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 13/11); Levin Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 12/3/1); Nelson showing A.A. Golf Course camp, gun positions, army office, drill hall and band room, general view of Nelson aerodrome and old magazine in Gov. Grounds (Series 14/3) Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1936-1948

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-4161-01-052

Description: Includes: Navy Depot, Shelly Bay, Wellington showing wharf, and view showing entrance to Wellington Harbour and Seatoun (Series 19/1); Rifle ranges (Series 18) - Redcliffs, Cobden at Greymouth, Pelichet Bay, Putiki at Wanganui 1942, Te Aroha 1943, Fitzherbert East (Palmerston North), 1942, Rotorua 1948, Tahoraite at Dannevirke 1942, Sponge Bay at Gisborne 1942, Te Uhi at Wairoa 1942, Roys Hill at Hastings 1936, Seaborne at Nelson 1943, West Melton 1942, Rewa Rewa at New Plymouth 1945, Penrose at Auckland 1940 showing Southdown Station and Manukau Harbour 1940; Tinakori Hills 1942 (Series 20/5); Silverstream Hospital (Series 19/2); Spring Grove Drill Hall, 1938; Somes Island 1942-1943 (Series 19/4); Tapeka Point in Bay of Islands - General view and buildings. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1938-1943

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-4161-01-059

Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Pukekohe Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 16/21); Port Chalmers Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 16/20); Papaparaumu aerodrome and surrounding area showing Kapiti Road and Kapiti Island and beach (Series 16/13); view looking south from Waikanae to Paraparaumu (Series 16/2); Papakura Military Camp and area, 1939, 1940 & 1943 (Series 16/11); Hokowhitu Camp, Palmerston North, 1938, 1942 (Series 16/9); Godley Head showing camp, gun emplacements, proposed R.D.F. site and general views, 1943 (Series 2/2); Chamberlain Park, Auckland showing Hy.A.A. site, 1942 (Series 3/2); Belmont, Auckland showing Hy.A.A. site (Series 2/2); Bastion Point showing gun emplacement, turret and director tower, tunnel entrance to engine room, cable laying and view of Tamaki Drive (Series 2/8); North Head showing fixed defence and submarine nets - aerial view shows Devonport and Cheltenham Beach, etc (Series 14/5); Napier showing Drill Hall and Artillery Barracks, G.R. Defence Office, 1938, 1942 (Series 14/1); Greymouth showing gun emplacement site, R.C. hall to be used as accommodation for coastal defence battery, 1942-1943, and Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 7/3) Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1938-1943, 1948, 1950

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

By: Tylee, A F (Captain), active 1940s

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-058

Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Maud Island (Sounds Defence) showing view approaching Post Office Point, gun emplacements, magazine under construction, view of Piction from water showing Navy building, Army radio huts and Terminus Hotel, another view taken from the hotel showing bathing sheds, and panorama views of Maud Island - photographs taken by Captain A F Tylee, 1942-1943 (Series 13/4); Auckland Domain showing US camp and army hospital and Auckland Hospital (Series 1/1); Paekakariki - view from Waikanae to Paekakariki, Camp MacKay looking east and south, Camp Russell, Paekakariki Beach (Series 16/5); Pauatahanui showing US camp at Motukaraka Point (Series 16/6); Pahiatua internees camp at Pahiatua Race Course, 1943 (Series 16/7); Pahiatua showing general area, magazine area (Moko-moko) and drill hall (Series 16/8); Opua, Bay of Islands showing road bridge construction (Series 15/3); Orakei, Auckland showing Hy.A.A. position and camp, 1942 (Series 15/4); Okaihau showing general view of Battalion headquarters, 1943 (Series 15/7); Ohakea showing aerodrome, bomb stores, vegetable garden, magazine and camoflafe, 1941-1943 (Series 15/6); Paekakariki showing camp site and army store, 1942 (Series 16/1); Paekakariki showing R.D.F. station, Old Hill Road (Series 16/2); Camp Paekakariki (Series 16/3); Paekakariki and Raumati South - general view with Opau Battery (Series 16/4); Oamaru showing coastal defence site, gun position, drill hall and general views (includes map), 1942-1943 (Series 15/1); Queenstown Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 17/1; Temuka Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 20/9); Thames Drill Hall, front and rear, 1938 (Series 20/10); Mt Somers showing houses at Mt Somers magazine sited contrary to regulations, photograph taken by A R Currie, 1948 (Series 13/16); Northcote showing Hy.A.A. position, 1942 (Series 14/4); New Caledonia showing erection of Type W prefab warehouse - Engineers stores depot, and NZ 4th General Hospital site, Dumbea Valley (Series 14/6); New Plymouth Drill Hall (Coronation Hall) and general view of aerodrome at Bell Block (Series 14/7); Milson aerodrome, 1942 (Series 13/4); Trentham Military Camp showing race course and camp, magazine area, sewerage treatment works, 1943 (Series 20/8) and unnumbered series taken 1950 Quantity: 127 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1938-1943

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-4161-01-055

Description: Aerial photographs of the following: Mt Victoria showing Basin Reserve, Evans Bay and Patent Slip, 1942 (Series 13/9); Opau Battery showing gun emplacements, camp and Wellington Harbour in background, 1942 (Series 15/2); Orongorongo showing R.D.F Station, Riddiford's homestead, Baring Head lighthouse and Sinclair Head (Series 15/5); Titahi Bay showing camp and Porirua Inlet in background (Series 20/6); Baring Head showing lighthouse and signal station (Series 2/1); Hutt Park U.S.M.C. Army Camp No 4, 1943; Hutt Valley, 1942-1943 (Series 8/3); Mahanga Bay showing wharf and stores (Series 13/13); Miramar showing view of oil tanks (Series 13/15); Palmer Head showing radar position, construction of gun emplacements, and general view looking towards Rongotai and Lyall Bay (Series 16/22); Belmont magazine showing excavated sites, 1943 (Series 2/3); Brooklyn showing Fitchett's farm and general view of A.A. site (Series 2/6); Judgeford showing Judgeford, Haywards & Moonshine camps with Hutt Valley in background of some views, 1943 (Series 10/1 & 8/4)); Kaikoura Drill Hill, 1938 (Series 11/4); Taieri showing RNZAF station and general views of the Taieri Plains, 1944 (Series 20/11); Hastings Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 8/5); Hamilton Defence Office showing drill hall, stores, barracks, 1938 (Series 8/6); Castor Bay showing battery position, 1943 (Series 3/1); Kaipara Flats and railway station, 1943 (Series 11/1). Quantity: 121 b&w original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Includes index note book.

Date: 7 September 1942

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-C/072-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1942, showing coastal defence, Gisborne Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)

Date: 17 December 1942

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-C/070-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1942, showing New Plymouth coastal defence, Taranaki Region Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)

Date: 14 October 1942

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-C/071-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1941, showing Greymouth coastal defence Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)

Date: 7 September 1942

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-C/073-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1942, showing coastal defence, Gisborne Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)