Godfrey, Agnes Mary, 1903-1944

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: PA1-q-296

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and England during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Includes photographs of New Zealand fighter and bomber pilots serving with the Royal Air Force, and several British Official photographs relating to New Zealand fighter pilot with the RAF, James Allen Ward, who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Most individuals identified in the album are listed above. Scenes include a visit by NZ soldiers to stables run by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis; a NZ military band on tour in Palestine as part of a recruiting campaign; the arrival of the first party of Women's War Service Auxiliary in Egypt, and scenes of their life in the Welfare Section and at the New Zealand Forces Club (p 7, p 146-149); and RNZAF trainees at the Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. Life, military training and manouevres in the Western desert; ordnance workshops; the advance in the Western Desert; a NZ medical unit, a mobile surgical unit; hospital scenes (p 100, 103-105, 111). Sporting and entertainments include a wood-chopping "Axemen's Carnival" in South England; rugby matches in the Western Desert (p 29, 37-38, 82-83, 85, 93, 101-103, 107, 109); swimming (probably at Baggush; p 38-40, 44); and Christmas celebrations in the desert, including the Kiwi Concert Party (p 122-129); and a view of the YMCA Hostle at Alexandria. Inspection of NZ reinforcements in Egypt by William J Jordan (NZ High Commissioner in London); General Auchinleck presenting decorations to NZ soldiers, and reviewing NZ troops on the eve of the Libyan Campaign (p 49-57, 111-115); the Western Desert Battle, NZers bringing in German Prisoners of War; German General von Ravenstein captured by NZ troops, and scenes of various captured German vehicles, gas masks, a Nazi whip, and weapons; the Libyan advance (p 63-72); and the Railway Construction Unit in the Western Desert. Scenes of a New Zealand fighter squadron in Malaya (p 80-81, 87-89). NZers in Tobruk (p 96-99); one view of NZers at a Prisoner of War Camp in Germany (Stalag VI B) taken by Lieutenant Rangi (p 108); NZers arriving back at Base Camp after 5 weeks of imprisonment at Bardia, some of whom are named (p 117-121); four NZ soldiers who walked from Benghazi to west of Gazala (listed above); manouevres after the Libyan Campaign. Presentation of decorations by General Freyberg to members of the 2nd NZEF in hospital; views of a NZ Spitfire Squadron operating with the RAF Fighter Command, the planes subscribed for by the people of NZ (p 138-141); reproductions of paintings by war artist Peter McIntyre (p 133-138). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 1227-1668. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: [ca 1915-1979]

From: Buckley, John David, 1901-1983 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10087

Description: Contains photographs relating to Buckley's sister, Agnes Buckley, who served as a nurse during World War II. Many are of, or include, her. Images are taken by unidentified photographers (possibly including Agnes Buckley and Ron J Moore) with identified photographers John Buckley and Lieutenant C J Justins, ca 1915 to 1979. Photographs mainly relate to Agnes's service during World War II. These feature the time leading up to her departure (including the Waitomo Caves exhibition at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition and family scenes), tourist sites and street scenes in Egypt (including the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza), fellow nurses and soldiers, and Agnes's funeral in Italy in 1944. There are a number of formal portraits. Miscellaneous images include a Wellington Bomber aircraft crashed on railway lines in Libya and the troopship 'Aquitania' docked in Wellington. Some images of Egypt are hand coloured. Additionally, Agnes's nursing training and work at Taihape Hospital before the war, and family life, are covered. These images include formal portraits. Images of the Taihape War Memorial, and an unidentified group gathered around her framed portrait in the 1970s, are also included. Contains two original enclosures, both of which are annotated. Some prints contain information on the rear. Other - some of these prints have come loose from albums PA1-o-1804 to PA1-o-1807. Quantity: 83 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Buckley, John David, 1901-1983 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1804

Description: Photograph album owned, and probably compiled by, Agnes Buckley containing photographs relating to Agnes Mary Buckley's family and her time working as a nurse at Whanganui Public Hospital, ca 1918-1935. Photographers unidentified. Album contains images from nursing life in Wanganui including Agnes and other nurses working (some identified by nicknames), patients in both the child and adult wards as well as convalescing outside in the garden, and preparations for a celebration at the hospital. Also shows the nurses socialising outside of work; new silk stockings, a picnic at Castlecliff Beach, and the wedding of an unidentified couple are covered. Family photographs include portraits as well as pictures from the farm featuring cows, horse riding, dogs, the family home, and clearance of farmland. Miscellaneous images show the main street of Taihape, Durie Hill and the Wanganui River, cars, rural roads, a tea party, Agnes on a motorbike, and an unidentified brass band. Inscriptions: Center top of front album cover reads 'A Buckley. Public Hospital. Wanganui.' Check PAColl-10087 for missing prints Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown card cover and string binding

Date: [ca 1941-1942]

From: Buckley, John David, 1901-1983 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1806

Description: Photograph album relating to Agnes Mary Buckley's service as nurse during World War II, 1941-1942. Photographer is unidentified, but some images are likely taken by Agnes. Album contains images of the Japanese Gardens in Helwan, Egypt [stock tourist images?]. Egyptian street scenes show local people, donkeys, a knife sharpener, and various carts. Agricultural images show sheep, water buffalo, and ploughing. The Great Sphinx of Giza and pyramids are also featured (one view is from the top of a pyramid). Military personal are depicted during recreation breaks, receiving bravery awards (Ron J Moore and T M Hutchinson), and convalescing in hospital. Agnes Buckley appears in a number of images. One image shows a nurse wearing a gas mask and another a group holding up captured Nazi swastika flags. A number of the images have been hand coloured. check PAColl-10087 for missing prints Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with embossed leather cover featuring coloured illustrations relating to Egypt

Date: [ca 1941-1942]

From: Buckley, John David, 1901-1983 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1807

Description: Photograph album featuring tourist images of Egypt taken [collected?] during Agnes Mary Buckley's service as a nurse during World War II, ca 1941-1942. Photographer is unidentified, but some images may have been taken by Buckley herself. Photographs show the Great Sphinx of Giza, both before and after its excavation, and the pyramids, which are seen from a number of angles (including an aerial view and from across the Nile River). Featured Cairo buildings include Saladin Citadel, King Farouk Palace, the Blue Mosque, the interior of Mohammed Ali Mosque, Sultan Hassan Mosque, El-Mahmoudieh Mosque, Al-Rifa'i Mosque, and Cairo Central Railway Station. Other landmarks include Boulac Bridge, English Bridge, Soliman Pacha Square, Ibrahim Pacha Square, Midan Ismailia, and Station Square. Also contains street scenes featuring transportation (trams, donkeys) and Egyptians at work (including fruit sellers, laundryman). One coloured pencil drawing of a village on the Nile River with the Giza pyramids in the background by H Hawkins is also included. check PAColl-10087 for missing prints Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with red card cover

Date: 28 Jun 1941-1942

From: Buckley, John David, 1901-1983 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1805

Description: Photograph album compiled by Elizabeth Buckley of Taihape of photographs sent by her daughter Agnes Mary Buckley during her service as nurse during World War II, 1941-1942. Photographer is unidentified, but some images are likely taken by Agnes Mary Buckley and soldier Ron J Moore. Album contains images of Agnes's departure from Wellington, including portraits of Agnes in her nurses uniform, and a family group. Images of the ocean voyage feature deck scenes with other nurses and views from the side of the boat. Egyptian images are mainly tourist snaps around cities including Cairo, Alexandria, and Helwan. Street scenes show gharry carts, nurses, local people, and donkeys. Mosques, churches, Saladin Citadel, King Farouk Palace, various gardens, and the Great Sphinx of Giza, also feature. Contains images of the military camp, including Agnes's tent, the mess where the nurses ate, and other details of daily life such as practicing fitting gas masks and a garden party held for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). Further images of Libya [possibly taken by Ron J Moore?] show military life, images of towns (mosques, locals, and animals), and geographical features (salt lake, oases, and rocky outcrops), and the aftermath of conflict. Transportation is featured with vehicles moving through the desert and convoys that have been attacked; the burnt out truck in which Captain Beech was killed and his grave are photographed. Also shows the Ford of Murzuk, Italian prisoners of war, soldiers' camps in the desert. Also contains a copy of a poem 'If' and a newspaper clipping of a photograph showing Moore and T M Hutchinson (both in wheelchairs) with Buckley at the New Zealand hospital following the men receiving bravery awards from General Bernard Freyberg (not pictured). Inscriptions: Front cover reads 'Photos from Cairo' check PAColl-10087 for missing prints Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Scrapbook album with blue card covers and pastoral illustration printed on the front cover

Date: 1912-[ca 1946]

By: Godfrey, Agnes Mary, 1903-1944

Reference: MS-Group-2184

Description: Collection comprises letters with typed transcripts of them from Sister Anges Mary Buckley to her family written while serving with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service in Egypt and Italy during World War Two. Also includes scroll commemorating Buckley's military service, booklet entitled `The Untold story', a diary and birthday book, two published volumes and a folder comprising photocopies of Buckley's war record. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 10 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.11 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00833.