Hutchison album: From Auckland to Egypt and the Gallipoli campaign

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Date
1914 - 1916
By
Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981
Reference
PA1-o-573
Description

Album opens with soldiers gathering in Auckland from August to October, 1914, prior to leaving for Egypt. They leave Auckland in October on the troop transport ship "Star of Africa", The photographs of Egypt are largly to do with army life, eg kit inspection, trips to the pyramids, general views of camp life, and photographs of friends. Hutchison and his mates were members of a medical corps.

The rest of the album covers the Gallipoli Campaign including the evacuation in December 1915 and the return to Egypt in 1916

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Part of
Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs
There are 66 items in total.
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There are 66 items in this group.
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View from Walker's Ridge towards Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-28-4

Description: View looking from Walker's Ridge past 268's 2 and 3 outposts towards Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey. Potographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Looking from Walker's ridge past 268's 2 & 3 outposts towards Sulva Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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New Zealand soldier, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-32-2

Description: Chris, a New Zealand soldier, standing with the Sphinx in the background, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Chris (Sphinx in background) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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View of a military trench, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-25-2

Description: View along a trench, Gallipoli, Turkey. A machine gun can be seen above the sand bag ramparts. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Three New Zealand soldiers in a dug-out, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-32-1

Description: Three New Zealand soldiers in a dug-out, Gallipoli, Turkey. The names of two of them are Arama and Andy. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Arama 3/203 Andy in my dugout Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Group of New Zealand soldiers standing below a red cross flag, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-29-4

Description: A line of seven New Zealand soldiers standing beneath a red cross flag, Gallipoli, Turkey. Their names are listed as; Hickey, Jackson, Barbour, Brown, Wilson, Eagle, and Austin. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Hickey, Jackson, Barbour, Brown, Wilson, Eagle, Austin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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New Zealand soldier, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-30-4

Description: Naked New Zealand soldier wearing a towel. In the background other soldiers can be seen dressing or undressing. Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - R R L Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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A group of eighteen New Zealand soldiers, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-36-2

Description: A group of eighteen New Zealand Soldiers, Gallipoli, Turkey. Their names are listed as Spencer, Kitchen, Pat Parker, Andy, Walton, Chris, O'Neil, Glasgow, O'Sullivan, A J Short, Rusty, Bassett, Arama, Tom, Fitz, Booth. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Spencer, Kitchen, Pat Parker, Andy, Walton, Chris, O'Neil, Glasgow, O'Sullivan, A V Short, Rusty, Bassett, Arama, Tom, Fitz, Booth Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Horses stabled on a troopship

Date: 1914

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-11-2

Description: View of horses stabled on a troopship. James Hutchison left New Zealand for Egypt from Auckland in October 1914. The horses in this photograph were stabled on "The Star of India" which was the troopship he travelled on. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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New Zealand soldiers in line for kit inspection, Egypt

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-15-3

Description: New Zealand soldiers in lines ready for inspection with their kit spread out on the ground. Photographed in Egypt by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Kit inspection Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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New Zealand soldier in a trench, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: 1915

From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli

Reference: PA1-o-573-32-3

Description: Portrait of Fitz, a New Zealand soldier, standing in a trench, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Fitz Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print