World War, 1939-1945 - Military facilities - Egypt

Date: 1939-1942

By: Crump, Spencely Noel Stanley, 1916-1995; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-750

Description: This album was compiled by Second Lieutenant Spencely Noel Stanley Crump. It is a record of his time as a soldier in the New Zealand army during the Second World War. The record begins with photographs taken while training at Ngaruawahia Camp in September 1939. He and his company were transported to Egypt on the "Orion" where they underwent training at Maadi Camp. Also recorded are the rest and recreational facilities at the camp, as well as those at Helwan Camp, and trips to the pyramids. In 1940 he was with the army campaigning and preparing defences in the Western Desert. He was also sent to the Middle East Weapon Training School in Sarafand near Tel Aviv of which there are photographs as well as others of Palestine and Jerusalem. In 1941 he was sent to Greece and Crete. This part of the album also contains a page of photographs taken from a captured German paratrooper's camera. Following the campaigns in Greece and Crete, Crump returned to Egypt and took part in the war in Libya. There are several pages of photographs of Cairo and its citizens. Others are of nurses and patients at the British General Hospital at Geneifa, and the New Zealand General Hospital at Helwan where Crump went as a result of contracting pneumonia and developing infections in his wounds. In 1942 he returned to New Zealand on the hospital ship "Oranji". There are five pages of photographs taken on this trip. In New Zealand he was sent to the Soldiers Hospital in Rotorua for treatment. In 1943 he married. The album is well documented throughout, and most of Crump's many military associates are identified. A container of letters written by Crump while he was overseas was also donated with the album. The letters have been transferred to Manuscripts and Archives. In 1934 Spencely Noel Stanley Crump was a member of the New Zealand team to the Empire Games in London where he won a bronze medal in swimming. He also represented New Zealand in swimming at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - One container of letters.

Date: [ca 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: Harrington-Hutchings, Leonard William, 1913-2002

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-088

Description: Only one photograph includes a caption. Subjects include: camp at Burg el Arab, 26 Sep 1943; sign in desert; wireless operators; donkey transport; pontoon construction; Egyptians carrying pipes; unidentified town; manoeuvres in a snowy area (Italy?); tank movement (Italy?); soldier asleep in a tent. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1938-2008

By: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940-

Reference: MS-Papers-9485

Description: Letters and papers relating to Sergeant Gordon Christie Dunn (1912-1942), together with a copy of his daughter Vivienne Hayward's memoir `Finding Gordon - A love story' (published by the author in 2008). It is based on the edited correspondence between her mother and father during the early years of World War II. These private letters provide an insight into her mother Joan's life at home in Invercargill and her father's war experience in Egypt and as a prisoner-of-war in Crete and Germany up until his accidental death in Stalag VIII-B in Feb 1942. The correspondence provides details of Burnham Camp; voyage to Egypt with 2NZEF; Maadi Camp and leave in Alexandria; letters from captivity in Crete. Also official correspondence re his accidental death after transfer to Stalag VIII-B, Germany in Feb 1942. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 3 Electronic document(s). 0.18 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Transfers: To Book Collections - Copy of `Finding Gordon - A love story' / Vivienne Hayward (2008).

Date: 1939-1940

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: McKenzie, J S (Private), active 1940

Reference: PA1-q-293

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel in New Zealand, England and Egypt, taken 1939-1940 and compiled for official use. Most of the images have good captions, and most of the names noted are listed above. The album includes a number of British Official Photographs. Scenes include New Zealanders in the advance party sailing from Melbourne in December 1939; shipboard scenes of the First Echelon arriving in Egypt; Freyberg welcoming the troops on arrival with Anthony Eden (Secretary of State for the Dominions) and Sir Miles Lampson; the train service between the NZ camp and Cairo; Egyptian workmen helping construct the camp, and women doing the laundry; Divisional Signallers lined up on motor bikes. Battle practice and army life in the desert: anti-tank & anti-aircraft practice; bren guns; vehicle maintenance; blacksmiths; operating the telephone exchange; engineering work; sorting mail; manufacturing field oven; chopping wood for the oven; food preparation; boot mending; camp cinema; various games including cards, bowls, cricket, swimming, boxing; disinfecting plant for killing pests in soldiers' blankets; digging trenches; erecting tents. Opening of the Kiwi Club at Helwan, formed through the efforts of Lady Lampson. Three photographs taken by a sergeant of the Royal Marines, showing action related to the battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Battle of the River Plate (p 65, 111, 133) New Zealanders resident in England who volunteeered at the outbreak of war are shown training with the Eastern Command; manoevres with the 2nd Echelon in Britain, and the opening of a new club for New Zealanders in Charing Cross Road; Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops in 1940; NZ armourers and wireless operators working for the RAF; information about the longest non-stop reconnaisance flight made in a Vickers Wellington bomber, piloted and crewed by members of the RNZAF Bomber Squadron (5 crew + 1 officer from the Navy to assist in ship identification); and Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops. In Libya scenes show a motor rail car which patrolled the rail to Matruh; "Whare Kiwi" dugout in the Libyan Desert; The first air raid experienced in a small village in the Cairo area. NZ airmen arrive in Canada for training in the Empire Air Trianing Scheme; haka led by Pine Takarangi. Transportation of troops and equipment across inland water, use of collapsible assault boats and building bridges. Western Desert battle; Italian and Libyan prisoners of war; captured tanks and vehicles; view of the Italian defence line; also the surrender of Traghen when the whole population of the Libyan Fort marched out in surrender. Various hospital scenes, both in England and in Egypt, including occupational therapy activities. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: Jan-Jun 1940

From: Morris family :Letters from Frank Morris and Dorothy Morris

Reference: MS-Papers-9144-1

Description: Letters of Frank Morris to his family in New Zealand. They commence `at sea', Jan-Feb 1940 and continue at Maadi, Eygpt. Lance Corporal Frank K Morris (No 8062) served with `A' Company, 20 (Rifle) Battalion, 2NZEF in Egypt, Feb 1940 to Aug 1941. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 15 May 1940-1942

Reference: MS-Papers-8892

Description: Partial transcript of Private Moresby's reminiscences as a soldier in the 2nd NZEF, Medical Corps, 2 General Hospital, serving in North Africa, entitled "Sayeeda Wog". First entry commences on 15 May 1940 with a parade of Medical Corps recruits in Rutland Street, Auckland. Embarked on troopships Mauretania and Ormonde (which was delayed in Bombay, India) to Egypt. Was stationed at Maadi Camp and throughout various camps in Egypt, Palestine and Libya. Final entry is of him climbing Mt Zion and finding a Australian Army Detention Centre. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Partial transcript possibly done by Brent Mackrell.

Date: 1940-1941

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-4161-01-196

Description: Captioned photographs showing exterior and interior views of 1 NZ Camp Dental Hospital. Includes orderly room in a tented NZ Camp Dental Hospital, the surgery, mechanics at work in the laboratory. NZ Mobile Dental Section moving 2 NZ Camp Dental Hospital from one base camp to another; 2 NZ Camp Dental Hospital in its tented form pending the completion of the new building; hospital under construction; Field sub-section; on a training exercise in a base area; NZ Mobile Dental Section staff in the Western Desert; Lieut-Col J F Fuller ADDS and two officers. Photographic record continued in album at PAColl-4161-01-197 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 12 Sep 1941 - 17 May 1942

By: Pierce, Frank, 1900-1977; Fong, Gloria, active 2015

Reference: MSX-9375

Description: Diary of Frank Pierce written during the period 15 October 1941 to 17 May 1942. Provides details of journey from Auckland to Egypt and describes life in the military camp at Maadi, including routine training, guard duties, hospital stay and study at the Signal School in early 1942. Mentions the names of numerous fellow New Zealand military personnel members, and ships encountered during the voyage from Wellington to Port Tewfik, Egypt. Describes journey from departure on 12 September 1941 from military training camp at Papakura, marching to Papakura Station and train journey to Wellington, followed by embarkation on the 'Aquitania' headed for Egypt. Voyage includes brief stops along the way at Fremantle and Colombo, before reaching the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb and final arrival at Port Tewfik, on 19 October 1941. From there the journey to the Maadi military camp was completed by train via Cairo. The remainder of the diary describes a period spent in and around the camp at Maadi, and does not include the writer taking part in any military encounters or frontline action. The creator of the diary portrays the purpose of his writing as the creation of a record of 'my efforts to make the world safe for Democracy' (page 1). Reference is also made to the value of recording details in a diary that would not pass a military censor, noting 'I've already tried to give a description of the place (& what we did there), in my letters home, I'll not say much about it here, except to mention a few items that the Censor would not be likely to pass in a letter' (page 5). For example, the writer comments, 'Perhaps the futile, useless type of training we get, explains why we are still nowhere near beating Hitler' (page 30). Concludes with the description of the village nearest the camp, stating 'Maadi village is one of the most beautiful spots in Egypt, and it's a real pleasure merely to stroll round there, & if a chap doesn't go looking for trouble, it shouldn't be necessary for him to have to get a pass in order to spend a few hours of his own time there.' (page 67). Source of title - Supplied by Library Frank Pierce (1900-1977), of Otahuhu, Auckland, (Serial No. 65071), served in Egypt as a Private with the Northern Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, during World War Two. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, bound 'reporter's note book', printed covers, ruled paper, 67 numbered pages of manuscript, remainder blank. Provenance: Donated by cousin, Gloria Fong Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Gloria Fong, Leichhardt, Australia, Jan 2015

Date: 30 Nov 1999

From: Wartime nurses project

By: Finn, Nora Eveline, 1909-2003

Reference: OHInt-0731/01

Description: Nora Eveline Finn born Christchurch 1909. Recalls school days at Albury, Cave and Pleasant Point. Backgrounds decision to train as a nurse, training at Waimate and Timaru hospitals. Talks about outbreak of World War Two, and going overseas 1941, travelling on the `Nieuw Amsterdam', changing to the 'Empress of Australia' which was taking the Queen and King George VI to Canada. Talks about arrival in Tewfik and then on to Cairo and spending fifteen months nursing in a hospital at Helmieh. Refers to Lieutenant Col George Gower. Describes conditions, accommodation (EPI tents), primitiveness, lack of antibiotics and use of sulphonamide, discipline, social life, YWCA, distinction between officers and other ranks (soldiers), and holidays in Jerusalem. Talks about meeting and having coffee with the Emir Abdullah (King) and also describes trip to Cyprus. Mentions Sister Somers-Cocks. Explains the use of Guiness Stout to patients who had lost a lot of blood. Talks about experience in Tripoli (Mar-Oct 1943) also in a tented hospital. Travelled on the 'Dorchester', a hospital ship. Mentions Major Keith Davidson (a surgeon from Christchurch). Refers to visit from the Kiwi Concert Party. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Anna Rogers Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012498 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-4307, OHDL-000835.

Date: Jan-Aug 1941, Jun 1945

From: Morris family :Letters from Frank Morris and Dorothy Morris

Reference: MS-Papers-9144-3

Description: Letters of Frank Morris to his family in New Zealand while serving in Egypt & in the North Africa campaign. He was injured some time prior to Aug 1941. Includes one letter written from Somerset in Jun 1945 Lance Corporal Frank K Morris (No 8062) served with `A' Company, 20 (Rifle) Battalion, 2NZEF in Egypt, Feb 1940 to Aug 1941. Promoted to Corporal in Apr 1940. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1941-1942

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-4161-01-197

Description: Continuation of the photographic record in PAColl-4161-01-196. Shows 1 NZ Mobile Dental Unit in the Western Desert; Surgery and laboratory; dental personnel including Capt C K Horne; 1 NZ Camp Dental Hospital (exterior view, surgery, prosthetic laboratory); 2 NZ Camp Dental Hospital (exterior view, surgery and prosthetic laboratory); views of the surgery at NZ Base Depot Dental Hospital; Captain H G Lynch and section staff prior to their departure on an eight weeks dental tour from base camp in Egypt through Trans Jordania and Iraq. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: Jul-Dec 1940

From: Morris family :Letters from Frank Morris and Dorothy Morris

Reference: MS-Papers-9144-2

Description: Letters of Frank Morris to his family in New Zealand while serving in Egypt Lance Corporal Frank K Morris (No 8062) served with `A' Company, 20 (Rifle) Battalion, 2NZEF in Egypt, Feb 1940 to Aug 1941. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1942-1945

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: PAColl-4161-01-156

Description: Album of photographs showing the work of the 4th Armoured brigade workshops in Egypt and later in Italy. Includes some war graves; most have captions. Includes a few official photographs by George Kaye. Other Titles - On cover - 4 NZ Armd Bde Wkshps Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1940-1944

By: Crump, Douglas Ronald, 1919-1944; Crump, William, active 1950s; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-764

Description: Photographs taken and collected by 2nd Lieutenant Douglas Ronald Crump prior to his death at La Luna, Italy, 7 August 1944. Album comprises: Photographs of the grave of Douglas Ronald Crump at La Luna, Italy, with Brigadier S H Crump Scenes in Papakura Camp, 1940 Scenes of farewell parade for 5th reinforcements at Auckland Domain, 1941 Scenes on convoy to Middle East, showing ships Nieuw Amsterdan and Mauretania, and views of Sydney and Colombo. Scenes in camp at Maadi and Helwan, Egypt, June 1941; pyramids and sphinx; Divisional swimming sports; manoeuvres; Cairo; Alexandria; No 1 NZ Convalescent Depo, Alexandria; Sinai Desert; Syria; Palestine; Lebanon, Beirut; Damascus; Palmyra; Jerusalem, Bethlehem; Haifa; Tel Aviv Visits to ancient Egyptian sites, including Luxor, the temples at Karnak, the tomb of Tutankhamun, the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, and Thebes Scenes on the Nile, including the Assuan Dam, and a BOAC flying boat landing Sporting events, including a rugby match between 4th NZ Armoured Brigade and Welsh representatives at Maadi, 3 Feb 1943; Brigade athletics meet, Littoria Stadium, Cairo, 5 April 1943 Scenes at Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) Views of Bari, Rome and Florence Portraits of Douglas Ronald Crump Album consists of photographs taken and collected by Douglas Ronald Crump (1919-1944) prior to his death, and compiled into an album by his brother, William Crump. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound album with red morrocco spine and corners, 28.5 x 33.5 cm

Date: Nov 1941-1944

From: Downes, Peter, 1928- : Photographs

By: Knowles, Alexander Hamilton, 1917-2014

Reference: PAColl-10161

Description: Consists of images relating to Alexander Hamilton Knowles's army service during World War II between 1941 and 1944. Photographers are unidentified, but several images appear to be commercial tourist prints. Most of the photographs were probably taken by Knowles. The majority of photographs are hand dated. Some also feature brief annotations giving locations or other details. Many images relate to Knowles's service as a truck driver, showing the depot at Maadi Camp, the other drivers and different kinds of work involved. This includes showing the loading and transportation of food supplies, firewood, bricks, armoured vehicles and other materials. Accidents, repair jobs and recreational breaks are also shown. Other images show street scenes and famous sights in Egypt, including in Cairo and Alexandria. There are also photographs of similar subjects in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. One print shows Knowles's unit on leave in Rome, 1944. Three images record a visit to the grave of Eddie Sapsford at the El Alamein Cemetery. For other images related to Knowles's army service, see PAColl-10169-2 and PA6-798. Arrangement: Prints have been arranged by the Library into chronological order, as near as can be ascertained. Undated prints are placed at the end of this sequence. Two large format group portraits (originally numbered PAColl-10161-001 and PAColl-10161-002) are now at PAColl-10169-2. Quantity: 201 b&w original photographic print(s). 22 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1940-1943]

From: Middlemass, William Gladstone, 1905-1995 :Photographs, chiefly taken during Middlemass's service as a dentist during World War II

Reference: PA1-o-1834

Description: Album containing images of Egypt and Palestine taken by William Gladstone Middlemass during his service in World War II, 1940-1943. Also contains a few images of [England?]. - Album features scenes of military life, with a particular focus on the New Zealand Dental Corps and leisure activities. Various dental clinics are shown including a tent in the desert, the I Camp dental hospital, and a tooth brushing station with instructions for troops. A variety of unidentified soldiers (both dentists and patients) are shown during treatment. Men are also photographed at tourist sites, at the camp, in street scenes, and during a military funeral. They are engaged in activities including eating and drinking, writing letters, swimming and at the poolside, getting their hair cut, bartering, taking photographs, and in portraits. Middlemass is shown taking photographs in two images on the first page of the album. - Scenes from Egypt include the Sphinx and pyramids at Giza, Karnak Temple Complex, Maadi village and train station, the Australian & New Zealand Bazaar and the ANZAC store, Lehnert & Lindrock Art Publisher shop and proprietor, [Helwan Hospital?], Feluccas on the Nile, river scenes at Aswan, and birds and a hippopotamus at an unidentified zoo. Various scenes show Egyptian children and adults, agriculture, animals such as donkeys and camels, a man weaving at a loom, commercial transactions, and transportation of goods. - Scenes from Palestine include a few images of Tel Aviv (apartment buildings and ocean promenade), but mainly focus on Jerusalem. Photographs of the latter city include sites such as the Mount of Olives, Old City, Australian Imperial Forces Monument, Mosque of Omar, YMCA, Eden Hotel, David's Tower and Citadel, unidentified ancient ruins and the interior of an unidentified church. Street scenes include various religious processions [Orthodox Christian?] and street vendors including a cobbler and a goat. Also contains images of soldiers at the Allenby Bridge and scenic shots of the Jordan River. It is unclear whether images of villages and villagers, agricultural scenes (a camel herder and his animals, children and men with bunches of grapes), are taken in Palestine or Jordan. - Album also holds a small amount of photographs that were likely taken in England. These include a grand house, a partially ruined church, and men in a village. - Two loose prints are stored in an envelope interleaved between the cover and first page of the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with cleopatra and hieroglyphics illustrations on mottled leather containing silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1936 - 20 September 1939-9 April 1945 - 12 February 1957-1962 - 12 August 1979-1978

By: Neil, Arthur James, 1909-1988; Neil, Robina Olive, 1910-1984

Reference: ATL-Group-00044

Description: Collection comprises circa 1539 dated entries of correspondence from Major Arthur James (Ginge) Neil to his wife Robina Olive (Deanie) Neil (née Edgar) while he was on active service during World War II, 20 September 1939-9 April 1945. Correspondence is largely in the form of holograph letters (on various military letterheads) but also includes a number of letters in air mail envelopes, telegrams, airgraphs, and cablegrams. Also includes a 1939 telegram to Mr Neil from his employer, the Land and Income Tax Department, instructing him to report for duty and telegrams from "Defence" to Mrs Neil regarding her husband coming home on leave and his return home at the end of the war. Neil addresses his wife as "Kiddie" and often refers to her as "wee girl". He describes the letters as their "talks" and they are generally written before he goes to sleep, with the time of composition as well as the date of writing included for each entry. In most cases Neil indicates where he is writing from, with locations of composition include Burnham Military Camp, Maadi Camp as well as other locations in the Middle East, Riccarton Military Camp, Fiji Military Headquarters, and various locations within Italy (most of which are unidentified). Some letters include poems and song lyrics, sketches, dried flowers, and items of ephemera. The correspondence is often personal in nature. Subjects include Mrs Neil's life back in Invercargill with discussion of people they know, their house and garden, and what they will do after the war. They also include details about Neil's military service and his opinions of the war and its progress. He covers subjects such as colleagues, training courses, reconnaissance missions, accommodation, the countries he is in (local people, climate, agricultural techniques, cities, tourist sites), and socialising (taking a trip to the movies, going to a concert, and going out drinking or to a party). Collection also includes two of Arthur James Neil's cancelled passports (issued 12 August 1979 in Auckland and 12 February 1957 in Apia) and used mainly for travel in the Pacific as well as a photograph of a child Brian standing beside baby Geoff taken by an unidentified photographer. Three photographic prints relating to Major Arthur James Neil and his wife Robina Olive Neil, taken by unidentified photographers. Includes the couple's wedding portrait from 1936, taken by an unidentified photographer. The other two photographs are likely taken in Invercargill during World War Two and feature Robina Neil. Arrangement: The correspondence was re-housed by donor before the collection came to the Library so the original order of the creator was not maintained. Library staff have arranged collection in chronological order. Major Arthur James (Ginge) Neil. Service number 7189. 2nd NZEF: 1st Echelon. 27th Machine-Gun Battalion. MBE. Quantity: 41 folder(s) containing circa 1539 letters, telegrams, cablegrams, air letters, passports, and photographs. 3 b&w original photographic print(s) one mounted in folder. Physical Description: 0.7 linear metres of holograph manuscript, telegrams, cablegrams, photographs, passports, and ephemera Finding Aids: See Manuscripts and Archives backfile for biographical information provided by the donor.. Provenance: Donated by Mr J Neil, Wellington, April and August 2016. Donor is the nephew of Arthur James Neil.

Date: 1 Nov 2000

From: Second World War oral history project - Crete

By: Sampson, Denis Wilfred, 1915-2002

Reference: OHInt-0729-12

Description: Denis Wilfred Sampson born Christchurch 1915. Recalls training as a minister for the Salvation Army. Recalls enlisting for World War II, and establishment and make-up of 6th Field Ambulance. Describes journey on the `Orcades' via Freemantle, Bombay to Egypt and setting up hospital at Maadi Camp. Briefly mentions censorship of letters. Describes Christmas in camp. Recalls journey from Maadi to Greece on the `Barpeta' and travel to Mt Olympus. Recalls being attacked by Germans at Thermopylae, lying in a field of wheat and seeing bullets hitting the ground. Talks about evacuation to Crete, bombing by Germans, tending to wounded with reference to morphine, being sent to British 7th General Hospital with Pte Hector McPherson, aftermath of bombing of hospital by Germans and evacuation of wounded to caves on beach. Mentions Lt Col Debenham, officer in cave hospital and german patients in cave. Gives reasons for leaving hospital and describes journey to Sfakia (Sphakia), being taken to HMAS Perth which was under attack and arrival at Alexandria. Mentions collection of money in Egypt for Navy, and ceremony on HMS Phoebe for hand-over of money. Refers to Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and General Freyberg. Mentions responsibilities in desert campaign, being taken prisoner at Sidi Rezegh, being liberated by group under command of Brigadier Clifton and withdraw towards Cairo - Mersa Matruh. Mentions invention for spraying sulfanomide dust and reason for using dust. Refers to First Furlough Draft back to New Zealand, 1943. Recalls giving talks on arrival back in New Zealand - attitude of doctors towards finishing operations - operations done in desert and where patients were looked after following an operation. Gives feelings about returning to New Zealand 1943, route of return journey, submarine scare near Australia and arrival in Wellington on ship `Nieuw Amsterdam'. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Completed questionnaire attached to printed abstract Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009464-009466 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 C120 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) (+ partial transcript). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3067, OHDL-001152. Search dates: 2000

Date: [ca 21 Mar 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: Wemyss, Stan, active 1945

Reference: DA-02961-F

Description: New Zealand Minister of Defence, Hon Frederick Jones, visits the pie factory in Maadi Camp and speaks to Driver Jones (Thames) and Driver Munro (Auckland). Photograph taken circa 21 March 1943 by S Wemyss. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Nov 1941

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-06760-F

Description: Original caption reads:'Ordnance workshops in field. Carpenters.' Taken probably in Baggush, Egypt, in November 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative