Dominion Monarch (Ship)

Date: [ca 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-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1938-1945 (transcribed 2006)

From: Bollard, Edward George, 1920-2011: Papers

Reference: MSX-8261

Description: Bollard served with the Territorial forces in New Zeland during the first years of World War Two. In May 1943 he left New Zealand with the 9th Reinforcements for the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force aboard the `Dominion Monarch' bound for Egypt. He attended Signals School at Maadi Camp and left Egypt on 18 October aboard the `Nieuw Holland' bound for Sicily. He was attached to 28 Battalion and helped to provide its radio service. He remained with the Battalion for the remainder of the war and describes the Allied advance up through Italy. He witnessed the attack on Cassino and also describes his visits to various Italian cities, including Rome and Venice, while on leave. Bollard was awarded a rehabilitation bursary to study at Cambridge University and on 16 October 1945 he left Italy by train bound for France and then by sea to England. The diary covers the period from 1938 until 21 October 1945 and provides a detailed account of Bollard's experience during this period. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: l957-1960

From: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993: Photograph albums, chiefly relating to his world travels as a radio officer for the merchant navy

Reference: PA1-o-1901

Description: A travel album compiled by John Horsman, chiefly relating to his work as a radio operator on the merchant navy vessels MV 'Dumra', MV 'Aronda', 'Ozarda', 'Okhla', 'Padana' and 'Dominion Monarch' between 1957 and 1960. Voyages are chronologically documented by use of images, hand drawn maps, and notes on the ships. Images are postcards of locations visited during the voyages, and photographic prints chiefly taken by Horsman between 1957 and 1960. Photographer(s) of postcards are unidentified. - Covers voyages 1 and 2 on ship MV 'Dumbra' between April and June 1957. Shows views of Bombay, Bahrain, Muscat, Karachi. Includes snapshots of crew relaxing poolside at the British Club, Basra, and at Breach Kandy Club, Bombay (now Mumbai). - Covers voyage on MV 'Aronda' from June 1957 to January 1958. Images show Karachi and Colombo. Includes snapshots of Horsman socialising with fellow crew members on shore leave at Malabar Hill gardens, Bombay, and in a dinghy in Karachi harbour, camels hauling cargo on Karachi docks, Colombo port, and crew on deck. Also includes snapshot of Sue and Ernie Coward. - Covers voyages on ships 'Ozarda' GFBF and 'Okhla' GMNM between January and May 1958. Includes snapshots of crew at Malabar hotel and on deck. Also shows views of Cochin (Kochi), India; and Keppel Harbour, Singapore. - Covers voyage 6 to 9 on ship 'Padana' GFLZ between May 1958 and January 1960. Shows views of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Lyttelton, Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; Canton (now Guangzhou, China); Kobe, Yokohama, Japan; Rangoon, Burma; Port Louis, Mauritius; Quelman, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique; Mombasa, Kenya; Lindi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and London, England. Includes snapshots of Horsman and fellow crew members on board 'Padana' and on shore leave. Also includes prints of Horsman with a family in Dunedin. - Covers voyage on the 'Dominion Monarch' GRGG from January to March 1960. Shows views of Wellington and Capetown. Includes prints of the 'Dominion Monarch' ship. Also includes a handwritten note on a radio news item concerning side trip to Sydney during the voyage to deliver 3 year old Geraldine Foley to hospital after onboard diagnosis of acute appendictius. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue cover, 23 x 29cm

Date: [ca l961] - May 1963

From: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993: Photograph albums, chiefly relating to his world travels as a radio officer for the merchant navy

Reference: PA1-o-1905

Description: A travel album compiled by John Horsman, chiefly relating to his work as a radio operator on the 'Dominion Monarch' at an unspecified time period [probably early 1961-1963], and the vessel 'Ceramic' GFLM between March and May 1963. The album of postcards, photographs, notes, and a hand drawn map records shore leave activities on the North West coast of America, Japan, and New Zealand. - Snapshots of people show: Horsman and fellow crew members sightseeing in Seattle, San Francisco, and Vancouver, and wine tasting at Pacific Vineyards, Henderson. Many images show Japanese woman Midori, in traditional and Western dress, at various touristic spots in Japan. A few images show Midori with Horsman, Paddy, and another Japanese woman Michiko. A few images show crew members, including Paddy, Roger Wooding, and Jim Hopper, on deck. - Snapshots taken of locations visited show: ship 'Dominion Monarch' at Seattle wharf; ship 'Ceramic' in port at Opua; street scenes in San Francisco; Marine Tower and cityscapes of Yokohama, tori and streets of Kobe; Imperial Palace and Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, parks in Hakone, Japan; ships in port and the coastline of Moorea as seen from Papeete harbour, Tahiti; Waikiki Beach, a decorated US Coastguard vessel on President's Day, and street scenes in Honolulu, Hawaii. - Postcards shows various locations visited on the voyages, including: Singapore and Japan. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Spiral bound Croxley school sketch book, 27.5 x 37.5cm

Date: 1937-[ca1939]

From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 :Photographs of ships

Reference: PAColl-8956-6

Description: The Dominion Monarch, its construction and launch. Shows the ship under construction in Hunter & Wigham Richardson & Co's shipyard at Wallsend on Tyne, England. Images show the frame almost finished, the decks under construction, the structure designed to hold the propeller shafts in place, and a propeller boss being positioned. Two images show the liner on the slipway before launching, and two others show the launching which took place on the 27th of July 1938, and some of the crowd attending the event. Another image dated the 7th of November 1938 shows the Dominion Monarch moored for fitting out. There is also a view from the air of the liner at sea. Five interior views of the liner are included in this collection. They are: the period fireplace in the smoking room, the dining room, the palm court, a cabin, and a barbers shop. The Dominion Monarch was built for the Shaw Savill & Albion Company. It was designed specifically for the South African, Australian, and New Zealand service. It was a cargo liner of 27,155 tons carrying only first class passengers, and was the largest of this type of ship built. It was completed in January 1939, and began its maiden voyage to Wellington, New Zealand on the 17th of February 1939, arriving on the 11th of March 1939. During the second World War the Dominion Monarch served as a troop ship. She was refitted for her original purpose after the war, and continued on the South African and Australasian run until 1962. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [195-?]

From: Wellington Returned and Services' Association :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1329

Description: Photograph of the ship 'Dominion Monarch', Wellington Heads, taken ca 1950s by an unidentified photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 45.4 x 60.6 cm

Date: [ca 1929-1960]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-; Whites Aviation Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-125

Description: Photographs published (or considered for publication) in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1947-1960. All have captions or information recorded on the back and most have date of publication. Aerial view of Wellington: City in foreground; motorway on the left; Petone and Hutt Valley in the distance; Somes Island (Whites Aviation), published 30 Jan 1959, p 23. Aerial view of central Wellington, with buildings numbered & key on back. (Whites Aviation ref No 47265), published 31 Oct 1958, p 25. Aerial view overlooking Hataitai taken from Mount Victoria, Wellington. Waipapa Road can be seen in middle distance (running left to right). Evans Bay on the left; Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay on the right; Rongotai (with Gas Works) in the distance. Published in NZ Free Lance, 15 Jul 1959, p 22 Aerial view of Auckland looking north-east towards Rangitoto Island (Whites Aviation Ref No 40715), taken ca 1956. Aerial view of Auckland looking down Greys Avenue towards city, harbour and Rangitoto Island (Whites Aviation Ref No 53085), published 9 May 1960. Aerial view of central Auckland with harbour bridge under construction (Whites Aviation Ref No 47391), published 10 Oct 1958, pp 22-23. Aerial view of Auckland central business area with Albert Park on right, wharves in middle distance, North Shore and Rangitoto Island in distance. Published 14 Oct 1953, p 24. Aerial view of Auckland looking down Greys Avenue (new YMCA building under construction). Published 1 Sep 1958, p 26. Aerial view of Wellington wharves showing following ships at berth: Suffolk; Port Quebec; Dominion Monarch; Hinakura; Empire Star; Port Invecargill; Wanganella (Whites Aviation Ref No 49126), published 4 Mar 1959, p 19. Aerial view of Kaikoura (Whites Aviation Ref No 46765), taken ca 1958. Aerial view of Mt Edgecumbe and Tasman Pulp & Paper Company plant at Kawerau (Whites Aviation ref No 36432), published 15 Dec 1954 & 9 Feb 1955, p 12. Aerial view of Lake Taupo (Whites Aviation Ref No 47941), published 13 Nov 1958. View of Lake Wakatipu from the shore showing Walter Peak, taken by R V Francis Smith of Christchurch, published 3 May 1957, p 14. Aerial view of Whataroa, South Westland (Whites Aviation Ref No 47997), published 3 Jun 1959, pp 22-23. Aerial view of Ardmore airdrome taken during Grand Prix (Whites Aviation) published 18 Jan 1956, p 25. Aerial view of Orewa looking north from the river, taken at height of the holiday season (Whites Aviation Ref No 45036), published 9 Jan 1959, pp 22-23. Aerial view of Stoke (Whites Aviation No 42236), published 19 Sep 1958, pp 22-23. Aerial view of Oamaru showing harbour and township (Whites Aviation No 42430), published 17 Oct 1958, pp 22-23. Aerial view of Waitangi (Whites Aviation No 39567), published 13 Nov 1958. Aerial view of Buller River and Westport looking east (Whites Aviation No 46670), published 2 Jan 1959, pp 22-23. Photograph of unidentified young woman wearing a woollen scarf. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1945-1946, 1997

From: Boocock, Keith, 1922- : Record of time in the New Zealand armed forces

Reference: MSY-6142

Description: Volume 3 begins on 1 January 1945 when Boocock was in Forli, Italy and contains an account of the remainder of the Italian Campaign. He remained in Italy after the end of hostilities and in October drove across Europe to Calais and embarked for England for a period of leave before returning to Italy in December. He sailed for home on 26 December 1945 from Taranto aboard the `Dominion Monarch' and arrived at Lyttelton on 24 January 1946. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: Mar-Nov 1952

From: Diaries and sketchbook

Reference: MSX-8408

Description: Diary recording the events of a trip aboard the `Dominion Monarch' from Wellington to England. Diary relates the onboard activities of the author and her male "Cousin E". Includes observances of church services, sports, films and other passengers. The writer appears to be travelling first class and there are some interesting depicitions of shipboard life. The `Dominion Monarch' left Wellington on the 13th March 1952 arriving at Southampton on 16th April 1952. Stopovers at ports along the journey have been diarised. The narration continues with excurisions around the English and Scottish countryside including visits to London, Jersery and Edinburgh. The writer appears to be staying with family members for a large part of the holiday. On 30th October she departs London for New Zealand. Diary ends 5th November 1952 while travelling at sea. Diary kept by an unidentified female traveller on a return overseas trip from Wellington to England. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: January 1949 to January 1952

From: Luke, David M fl 1950- :Photographic albums, negatives, colour slides and prints

Reference: PA1-o-272

Description: Series of tramping trips in the Wellington area taken by David M Luke, with various friends A poem "lads afoot" or "Under the Southern skies" with small ink sketch, is pasted on page one Each trip is dated, and lists his companions as following: Pencarrow, with A B Hancox, Anniversary Day 1949 Pencarrow, with P J Munton and A B Hancox, 27th September 1949 Pencarrow and Baring Heads, with P J Munton and A B Hancox, on Anniversary Day 1950 Pencarrow, with H D Bruce, A B Hancox and P J Munton, Sunday, 26th November 1950 Pencarrow, with Audrey Nichol & A B Hancox, 4th February 1951 Pencarrow, with H D Bruce and A B Hancox, 18th February 1951 Pencarrow, with members of the NZ Ship and Marine Society, 16th June 1951 Terawhiti, with H D Bruce, 5th May 1951 Baring & Pencarrow Heads, with members of the Ship and Marine Society, 15th September 1951 Pencarrow, with Alan Hancox and Peter Carpenter, 9th December 1951 Towards Pencarrow, with A B Hancox, 20th January 1952 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Hall Raine Collection :Photographs of ships

Reference: PAColl-0818-1

Description: 17 images: 15 photographs of the ships as named as well as the Corinthic, Taioma, Gothic, Port Hobart, Orkanger, Paroto and Maori. Also included are a view of the south-eastern side of the Basin Reserve showing Wellington Boys' College and Adelaide Road and another of a group of five men probably associated with the Ratana movement alongside a model of a building. The photographer is William Hall Raine. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 195?

From: Folprecht, Frantisek Josef :New Zealand scenery

By: Folprecht, Frantisek Josef, 1914-1989

Reference: PA12-0033

Description: Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies (35mm).

Date: [ca 1945-1963]

From: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993: Photograph albums, chiefly relating to his world travels as a radio officer for the merchant navy

Reference: PAColl-10343

Description: Black and white photographs relating to the teaching roles of John Horsman at country schools, and to his job as a radio officer. Taken by Horsman between 1945 and 1963. - Includes snapshots of primary school pupils from Upper River Road school, Pohukura Mill School, Peria Hills school, and Kawhia school, plus a classroom interior and the teacher's house at Pohukura. Also includes the 'Dominion Monarch' in Auckland, and John Horsman on deck at Quelimane, Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique) on 16 June 1959. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 6 Dec 2000

From: Second World War oral history project - Crete

By: Robinson, Allan, 1920-2016

Reference: OHInt-0729-11

Description: Allan Robinson born Waihi 1920. Describes family background, father's occupation as a winding engineer driver at Waihi Mine, rank in School cadets and feelings about cadets, move to Wellington, joining Inland Revenue Department and joining Territorials, Second Field Ambulance Unit, Wellington. Recalls declaration of war in 1939 and decision to enlist in 1940. Talks about camp at Trentham and refers to brother, George, also at Trentham with 21st Mechanical Equipment Company and his death at Nofila during desert war. Describes journey from Wellington on the `Dominion Monarch', broadcast by Lord Haw Haw, arrival at Maadi Camp, posting to 6th Field Ambulance, Forces' Club in Cairo, Caliph's Mosque, location of `Mad Mile', and training at Maadi before leaving for Greece. Gives reasons for British intervention in Greece. Mentions staging camp at Amiriye and briefly describes ship `Barpeta'. Talks about German invasion of Greece and describes retreat across Mt Olympus in trucks. Continues talking about Elasson. Describes role of 6th Field Ambulance and mentions RAP (Regimental Aid Post). Recalls being evacuated and arrival at Suda Bay. Refers to sunken ship HMS York. Describes invasion by Germans 20 May 1941, sheltering in slit trench and being taken prisoner by German paratrooper. Describes killing of Colonel John Plimmer. Describes physical shape on leaving Crete, feelings about General [Bernard] Freyberg, bombing of HMAS Perth on way back from Crete and own explanation for loss of Crete. Continues about return to Egypt, Rommel's opinion of New Zealand Division, burst eardrums after El Alamein and return to New Zealand. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Completed questionnaire attached to abstract Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009461-00963 ; OHLC-004832-004834 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) (+ partial transcript). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3066, OHDL-001151. Search dates: 2000

Date: 11 Mar 1994

From: The Merchant Navy story

By: Farquharson, Ian Bennet, 1923-2002

Reference: OHInt-0321-10

Description: Ian Farquharson was born in Dunedin in 1923. Discusses father's posting to Hastings with police force in 1929 and education in Hastings and Napier. Talks about the outbreak of World War II while at high school, attempts to join the Army and apprenticeship in fitting and turning with the Napier Harbour Board. Recalls decision to join Merchant Navy and finding a post. Names troopship the Dominion Monarch as his first ship under Chief Gibson, which he joined in 1945 as a junior engineer. Outlines wage scales and danger money at sea. Recounts route to New York and arriving in Liverpool two days before VE Day. Describes the celebrations. Outlines further voyages carrying troops and civilian passengers between New Zealand and England. Describes the Dominion Monarch including her size, speed, Doxford engines, repairs and maintenance and his duties. Details further study gaining seconds tickets, chief engineers certificate and chief engineers certificates of competency in diesel and steam. Mentions classmate George Gunn from Tyneside. Describes meeting and courting wife while in England. Talks of time with Shaw Savill Co. on the Coptic and joining British Tankers in the late 1940's. Names further ships the British Realm, the British Ensign, the British Liberty and the Hope Crown. Outlines marriage in 1950, emigration to New Zealand and employment as an engineer and engineer surveyor in Wellington and Dunedin. Interviewer(s) - Stan Kirkpatrick Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 50 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4449. Search dates: 1994

Date: 1939

From: [Ephemera, menus, programmes relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly used on voyages to New Zealand. 1920-1939]

Reference: Eph-B-SHIP-1939-02

Description: Menu shows the New Zealand white ensign on the front cover. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on light card folded to 242 x 190 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Tony Murray-Oliver, 1987.

Date: 1953

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1953-01

Description: Menu cover shows an illustration by G R Ratcliff, of Harvard House in Stratford-on-Avon. The menus uses French terms for some courses. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on folded card 196 x 128 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1999

By: John Dickinson & Co.; Marcus, Ward & Company; Olympic Stationery Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; William Collins, Sons & Company

Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS

Description: Includes: 1890s?: J Braithwaite (Dunedin) :Exercise book. Fine thick paper. J Braithwaite, bookseller and stationer, Dunedin. [1890s?] William Collins, Sons & Company. The Progressive copy books, with engraved & traced head lines & divisional lines. Nos 2, 6 (2 copies) and 10 1910s?: Marcus Ward & Co. Ld, Belfast. Marcus Ward's improved writing copy book [1910s?] Thos Beecham, St Helen's Lancashire. Beecham's help to scholars, containing arithmetical tables and signs, weights and measures and other useful information [ca 1910-1920s] Arithmetical tables for the use of schools. Printed by Alex Mayne, Belfast, 1910-1920s? 1890-1920s?: King Edward Technical College Dunedin. Penmanship and commercial correspondence. [Exercise book]. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. G2272 [1890-1920s?] 1906: The unrivalled exercise book. Name Gladys Thompson, Standard VI. 32 pages [1906] 1930s?: The Otorohanga exercise book. Name Jocelyn Veale, Standard VI [1930s?] Standard combined copy and exercise book no. 2 [1930s?] ca 1934: Whitcombes progressive copy books. No. 1 [ca 1934?] Whitcombes progressive copy books. No. 5 [ca 1934; dated from advertisement for Whitcombes contour atlas on back cover; this is advertised in the Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21078, 1 February 1934, page 3] 1940s?: Southern Cross exercise book; the exercise book with good paper. Registered No. 1700. Superfine ivory finished paper. [1940-1950s? - possibly 1954 with Haines-54 advertisement on back cover] (blue cover) Southern Cross exercise book; the exercise book with good paper. Registered No. 1700. Superfine ivory finished paper. Re-order no. 2 [1940-1950s?, advertising Eversharp pens & pencils on back cover - book previously used by M Bunton of West Eyreton School] Southern Cross exercise book; the exercise book with good paper. Registered No. 1700. Superfine ivory finished paper. [1940-1950s?] (orange cover) 1950s: Croxley exercise book 1J. 32 leaves, ruled 4 lines to 1 inch. Lion brand. A John Dickinson production. Olympic K school exercise book. 24 leaves, ruled 4 lines to one inch. Manufactured by R Thompson (1948) Ltd, Wellington 1950/1960s: All Schools exercise book. 1K. NZ Standard exercise book. 24 leaves, ruled 4 lines to 1 inch Olympic 1F school exercise book. NZSS362 licence no. 7, ruled 3 lines to inch. Manufactured by Olympic Stationery Ltd, Wellington (Illustration of the ship 'Dominion Monarch' on back cover) Olympic 1H school exercise book. NZSS362 licence no. 7. 32 leaves ruled 3 lines to inch STP science exercise book. [Printed by] A O Rice. 1960s?] 1970s?: Class 1B4, for school use. 32 leaves ruled 7mm. Manufactured by Alex Cowan & Sons (N.Z.) Ltd Pacific school exercise book 1F4. Lience NZ2122. 24 leaves, 12 mm feints (With waka carving on front cover) Quantity: 2 box(es). Physical Description: booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: One item donated by the estate of Rachel Louisa Harcourt in 1966; one by Mrs A M M Ramsay in 1966; one by Shirley Meggett 2007, Norma Evans, in 2010-2011.

Date: 1943

From: Bollard, Edward George, 1920-2011: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11376-37

Description: Copy of "'Tween Decks" shipboard magazine of the Ninth Reinforcements of 2nd NZEF, May 1943. The back page contains autographs. Quantity: 1 folder(s).