From Auckland. Married to John McGregor. Mother of Raymond, Jean, Gertie, David and John (Jack) McGregor. Wrote extensively to her son Flight Lieutenant Raymond McGregor during World War Two.
McGregor, Gertrude, active 1940s
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Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall 1901-1971 :New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Nov. 1939 - Ma...
Date: 1939
By: Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; Harry H Tombs Ltd; McGregor, Gertrude, active 1940s
Reference: Eph-C-EXHIBITION-1939-02
Description: Shows female figure (Zealandia?) partially draped in New Zealand flag,before a montage of New Zealand scenes including Maori whare and canoes, sailing ship and steamship in harbour, woodpigeon and tui on pohutukawa, kowhai, with clematis, manuka, and a kiwi in centre foreground. Edges are a frame of Maori carving and patterns. Certifies that G McGregor participated in the centennial celebrations on 18 January 1940. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - L. C. Mitchell Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 245 x 335 mm. Provenance: Purchase, J A Mattson, Porirua, Aug 2013 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2242 - Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there..
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McGregor family : Papers
Date: 1918, 1943-1987
By: McGregor family
Reference: MS-Group-2242
Description: Letters to Flight Sergeant Raymond McGregor from his mother Mrs G McGregor, and his two sisters Gertie and Jean McGregor (married name Jean Brown) during World War Two. Also correspondence with Mrs Anne Inrig, Ray McGregor's brother John (Jack) McGregor and occasionally other family members. Also World War Two ephemera and publications, tourist postcards, diary and a notebook containing poetry and prose. There is also some miscellaneous material relating to the Brown family. Source of title - Supplied by Library Raymond McGregor, son of John and Gertrude McGregor from Auckland, served as a Flight Lieutenant with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 138 Squadron, RAF in World War Two. Quantity: 6 folder(s). 4 volume(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, J A Mattson, Porirua, Aug 2013 Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - One folder of black & white personal and tourist photographs. - To Ephemera Collection - Certificate of attendance, national savings bond, postcard and 2 greeting cards.