New Zealand. Army. 2nd NZEF. 9th Infantry Brigade

Date: Dec 1939-Oct 1945

By: Gentry, William George (Sir), 1899-1991

Reference: MS-Papers-5525

Description: Gentry describes his life while he served during WWII with 2NZEF in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert, Libya, Tunisia and Italy. He refers frequently to his family, and there are some letters to his son, Steven. Publication - Mrs Mathieson has edited the letters into `Bill Gentry's war, 1939-1945' (1996) Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: Chronological Gentry served in 2NZEF in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert, Libya, Tunisia, Italy, 1939-1945 moving from GSSO to AA & QMG, GSO I, and comd 6 Brigade and 9 Brigade. The letters are written first to his wife in England and from June 1940 to her in New Zealand. Some are written to Steven Gentry. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1942-1943

By: Wilson family

Reference: MS-Papers-10713

Description: Letters from Frank Rudall Wilson to his family, mainly his sister Margaret, written during 1942-1943 from the Middle East and Egypt. One letter has 24 small photos attached to it Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Copy of letter from donor giving details of Frank Rudall Wilson Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts Provenance: Donor is Frank Rudall Wilson's sister

Date: 1944-1945

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: PA1-q-301

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in Italy during World War 2, 1943-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. Officers and personnel of the 9th NZ Infantry Brigade and of the 6th NZ Infantry Brigade at Trieste; thanksgiving service on the occasion of the end of war in Europe, and presentation of awards by Lt-Gen Sir B C Freyberg. Group portraits of No 1 & No 2 Platoons of Mechanical Equipment Company of New Zealand Divisional Engineers; various sports and entertainments including a trotting meeting at Montebello, Trieste; swimming regatta; athletics; hurdles; yacht race; skiing and staying at the NZ Alpine leave centre at Madonna di Campiglio, in the Brenta di Dolomiti (Southern Dolomites); sports in Florence (Allied track and field championships); swimming championships at Rome; water polo; motor cycle speedway events and rugby. New Zealand staff at the NZ Forces Clubs in Bari, in Rome, in Florence and in Venice. A memorial visit to Crete by members of the NZ Division who had been in the Cretan campaign in 1941, as guests of honour at a luncheon given by the people of Galatas; visits to the old Head Quarters; and a memorial service at the military cemetery; other memorial services at the Sangro Military Cemetery and at the Cassino War Cemetery. New Zealand troops on leave in the United Kingdom, visiting Hampton Court, Victoria Barracks, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral. Scenes with Freyberg inspecting troops before they leave for New Zealand; also members of "Jay Force" during their training in the Florence area; an illuminated address presented to Lt-Gen Sir B C Freyberg by 28 Maori Battalion during his farewell visit to the Divisional Unit, (the address includes a wooden frame carved by Charles Iotua Tuarau); Freyberg saying farewell to nursing staff at the NZ General Hospital (Florence); married men of the Tenth Reinforcement at the NZ Advance Base awaiting transport home; group portrait of the staff of the NZ Army Post Office at Bari on the day the post office disbanded. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, darker blue corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 22 September 1989 - 22 Sep 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: McNearnie, Andrew Gilmour, 1925-1994

Reference: OHInt-0151/20

Description: Andrew McNearnie recalls enlistment in the Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment in New Zealand in 1942 and serving with NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment in the later stages of the Italian Campaign. Mentions 9 Brigade, Trieste and drilling under Brigade of Guard instructors before departure for Japan to serve in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Discusses time spent in Japan with reference to VD; patrol duties; recreation; leave in Tokyo; Mizuba; Hiroshima; train-guard duties; relationship with other occupation forces; encounter with atomic bomb victim and visit to Nikko, a recuperation centre for wounded Japanese servicemen. Talks about New Zealand camps, Japanese civilian labour, Manchurian Army, Repatriation Centre, riotous assemblies in Shimonoseki, armament factory at Hikari & air raid casualties etc. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Palmerston North Interviewer(s) - Jeffrey G F Russell Venue - Flat 8, 185 Vogel St, Palmerston North Relationship complexity - interview was conducted as part of the requirements for the oral history paper [48.393] at Massey University Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002178 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 43 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0373.

Date: Sep-Nov 1943

From: Taylor family : Correspondence and papers relating to Andrew James Taylor

Reference: MS-Papers-7966-09

Description: Letters from Andrew James Taylor on active service in World War Two to his wife, Jessie, in Whakatane (Sep-Nov 1943) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1927-1946]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-007

Description: Comprises letters from John Sydney Riddiford to his parents when he was at Oratory School, at Caversham, Berkshire, in 1927 and while he was on active service during the war and after. Also includes letter from E M Hare, Feilding, re short wave message from John Riddiford to Meta Riddiford (1942) and from the NZDX Club, Prisoner of War Monitoring Division, re message broadcast from John Riddiford to E H Riddiford; one letter describing prisoner-of-war life has been transcribed (23 May 1945). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 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

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-08380

Description: View of the exterior of the 9th New Zealand Infantry Brigade Headquarters in Trieste, Italy. New Zealand sentries on guard. Photographed by George Kaye on the 4th of May 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 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: DA-09378

Description: Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, General McCreery, and Brigadier William George Gentry outside the Headquarters of the 9th New Zealand Infantry Brigade, Trieste, Italy, World War 1939-1945. Photographed by George Kaye on the 1st of June 1945. Brigadier Gentry was the Commanding Officer of the 9th New Zealand Infantry Brigade. General Richard McCreery was the British Comander of the 8th army in Italy Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print