World War, 1939-1945 - New Zealand

Date: 1942-1943

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-259

Description: Most of the photographs relate to the remedial treatment camp set up in Rotorua. On the first page, the photographs are flanked by newspaper cuttings about another camp set up for the same purpose at Papakura, Auckland. The photographs on this page may relate to the Papakura camp. Most of the photographs are of groups of men doing various forms of excersise, and playing sport. There are group photographs of men in military uniform and others of groups posing with tennis raquets and medicine balls. Other photographs record the launch of "Bonds for Bombers" campaign in Rotorua, March 1942, and the ANZAC parade 1942 (also Rotorua). There are seven original cartoon drawings of military personnel by Stenberg. These were used in the Rotorua camp's newspaper. The photographs are supported by many newspaper cuttings about the camps and their purpose. There is a photograph relating to the camp newspaper "The Arawa Guerilla" and two copies of the paper are pasted onto the same page. Other newspaper cuttings and two programmes relate to a very successful entertainment developed by the men in the Rotorua camp. This was "Splitzkreig Army Review" which from September 1942 to March 1943 toured the upper North Island and raised 2,000 pounds for the Patriotic Fund. Remedial treatment camps were set up for men who had been judged by the military medical authorities as unfit for military service, but whoes ailments were considered curable. Examples of the sorts of conditions treated are knee problems, flat feet, \"underdevelopment,\" nervous conditions, and chronic backache. The Rotorua camp occupied Arawa Park, and the racecourse. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.48998

Description: Hand-coloured diazo print of a topographic manuscript map of the Kaimanawa Range. Gives the locations of Desert Road and Roto Aira Road along with the location of rivers, swamps, lakes and camps. A grid on the top left provides a list of additions and corrections with associated dates and signatures. Waihohoru Hut, Boyd's Hut, Golden Hills Hut, Te Apunga Hut, and Peter's Hut are highlighted in red ink. Inscriptions: Signature P L B Williams located on the reverse side of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print,coloured, scale [1:63360] 54 x 74 cm

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: PAColl-4161-01-023

Description: War effort on the home front. Soldiers helping with harvesting linen flax, tobacco, oats, wheat and managing pigs Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

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

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-031-12

Description: Mainly photographs of military officers probably involved in recruitment and selection of troops Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: PAColl-4161-01-025

Description: Two photographs of people on the back of a truck campaigning for suport for a forty million dollar victory loan, and a photograph of packages of aplication forms Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

Date: 1940-1945

By: King, Russell David, 1896-1970

Reference: PAColl-3179

Description: Because the photographer was one of the commanding officers of the Field Ambulance many of the photographs are snaps of officers and visiting commanders and officials. Other photographs show the Field Ambulance in operation in various theatres of the war, on leave and playing sport. The largest group of photographs are of a tourist type showing historical sites, architecture, places of scenic interest and the native populations Arrangement: Negatives at F66732-1/4 - F66784-1/4 Quantity: 53 b&w original negative(s). 625 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0247, Russell David King papers.

Date: 1995-2002

From: Fry, Alexander Sydney, 1926-2006: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8493-1

Description: `When can you start?', an autobiography of Fry's life up until the 1960s describing his childhood, education, war service and employment as a journalist for the Southern Cross newspaper and the New Zealand Listener and editorial work for A H & A W Reed. Chapter 1 begins with Fry arriving in Wellington from Christchurch in 1948 and he describes his experiences working as a journalist for the Southern Cross newspaper and gives his impressions of Wellington, including being a student at Victoria University College in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He then reverts back to his childhood, describing growing up in Wallsend and Christchurch, attending Papanui Technical College and being apprenticed as an electrician. Chapter 10 ends in 1944 when Fry enrolled in the Royal Navy 21st Fleet Airm draft to be trained in England. Names referred to in the text are entered in the name index. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

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: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-029-2

Description: Medical examination of recruits Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [between 1942 and 1943]

By: Parsons family

Reference: PAColl-9172

Description: Photographs of Fiji taken while Maurice Alonzo Parsons was serving in the 8th New Zealand Infantry Brigate in the Pacific (part of the 2nd NZEF Pacific, also the 3rd New Zealand Division). Includes photographs relating to Fiji landscapes, scenaries and plants; native Fijians, Chinese and Indian residents; portraits and group photographs that relates to army life in Fiji. Some buildings in Fiji are included. Collection also contains some photographs of the army in Egypt and the surrounding scenaries. PAColl-9172-033 to PAColl-9172-036 form a panoramic view of the Suva Harbour. Most photographs are annotated and include names of individuals in the photographs. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Collection arranged by themes presented among the photographs: Fiji landscapes and scenaries, native Fijians, Chinese and Indian residents, buildings, ships, portraits and photographs relating to army life in Fiji, and further photographs relating to Egypt. Quantity: 128 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: Purchase, 2007 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-8883 : Parsons family: Papers relating to the Second World War.

Date: 1938-[1939]

From: Bieder family : Papers

Reference: MSX-4254

Description: Hull writes a journal rather than a diary, and describes his thoughts, feelings and activities and particularly his relationships with friends, especially his women friends Quantity: 1 volume(s) (case folder).

Date: 1943

Reference: PAColl-2100

Description: Members of the 2nd Marine Division arriving in Wellington in 1943; parading on Anzac Day; attending a church service; camps at Hutt Park and McKay's Crossing, Paekakariki; an exercise at Paraparaumu Beach Prints appear to have been made from negatives belonging to the War History Collection held by Alexander Turnbull Library Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photoprints 300 x 380mm

Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

By: Williams, P L B, active 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.49000

Description: Hand-coloured diazo print of a topographic manuscript map of the southern portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area of Evans Bay and Lyall Bay. Includes legend for contours, tracks, buildings, tramlines and town belt, with annotations relating to grid co-ordinates. Contains areas highlighted in ink relating to the locations of Sacred Heart Convent, Hope Gibbons, Lyall Bay School, Karitane Hospital, Wellington Zoo, Newtown Park, Kilbirnie Stadium, Rongotai College, as well as a nurses home, school, pond and power house. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, coloured, scale [1:5000] 76 x 48 cm

Date: 1939 - 1945

From: Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005: Collection

Reference: PAColl-2060

Description: Photographs of soldiers in various locations. Scenic views include Rotorua. One photograph of Denis Glover. Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca Jul 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-4161-01-022-02

Description: War time industrial production on the home front. Manufacture of Bren Gun Carriers at General Motors plant, Petone. Photographs taken during a Parliamentary visit (including Daniel G Sullivan, Adam Hamilton, and Director of Publicity J T Paul) to the plant circa July 1942. Some taken by Evening Post. Others taken by the Publicity Department. Arrangement: This collection is made up of Photographic prints with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Negatives for some of these prints can be found at F 26860 1/1 - F 26871 1/1 (1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

Date: 1943

By: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MapColl-832.4799hkcrf/A/1943/Acc.13579

Description: Map of civil defence area 15, central Wellington, during the Second World War, being the area of Brooklyn and Mount Cook, bounded by part of Washington Ave, the Wellington Show Building, Dufferin Street, Martin Square and Brooklyn Road. Zones 1, 2 and 4 are shown, with zones 2 and 4 highlighted. Fire alarm boxes and tram routes are marked, as well as streets, public buildings, schools and churches. The defence stores, Prince of Wales Park, Winter Show Building, Basin Reserve, Nairn Street Reserve, St Patrick's College and Mount Cook School, are highlighted. Written on map in pencil: Japanese area, 1943. Area 15. Title from catalogue card and cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 49 x 60 cm.

Date: 1938-[1940]

From: Bieder family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5586-1

Description: Hull wrote frequently about his daily activities as a student and aircraftman and about his and Bieder's relationship; included is one sonnet by him Accompanying material - Article on the accident in which Hull was killed, with photograph (from 920Coll Obituary and biogrpahical notices...) and letters from Mrs Bieder supplying background information to the collection Hull wrote to Bieder while he was at university and in training with the RNZAF until he was killed in an aeroplane crash Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1939]-1940

From: Bieder family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5586-2

Description: Letters from Hull to Bieder while he was training as an RNZAF aircraftman in Taieri and Wigram Hull was killed shortly after the last letter was written Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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

By: New Zealand. National Film Unit; Marriott, (Lieutenant), active 1943

Reference: PA1-q-292

Description: Photographs of military activities and war work in New Zealand during World 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This album contains photographs on pages 1-54 (Pages 55-149 are empty). Activities include training in building of fascines and revetments for protecting trench walls; barbed wire "concertina"; excavation of command posts (part of a defensive trench system); the use of a 2" mortar; anti-tank rifle instruction; instruction in identifying enemy weapons including grenades and land mines and use of an electric mine detector. The cookery wing in action in the open air; artillery school of instruction; signallers establishing communication & erecting a telegraph pole; use of a 25-pounder; bayonet practice; medical training including rescue of wounded, use of an improvised stretcher, improvised raft for a river crossing carrying the stretcher, transfer to an ambulance, and finally a view of an actual open-air operation. The arrival of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, shown with New Zealand dignitaries (p 18). Men and women who have returned on furlough parading through Wellington on their way to a luncheon given in their honour by the RSA (p 19-21, 38-40); the arrival of repatriated Prisoners of War being greeted by friends and family in Wellington (p 33-36) A huge crowd celebrating the victory over the Italians at Liberty Corner, on the intersection of Hunter Street, Featherston Street and Lambton Quay (Friday 3rd September 1943) Ceremonies at an undentified marae including Maori dance, haka, poi dances and speeches by military officers. Pages 28-30 show the visit of a British Military Mission to the Forest & Jungle Warfare Wing of the Army School of Instruction, with demonstrations of jungle training. Women are shown with views of the Women's Land Service (Land Army), and also as Post & Telegraph drivers collecting huge bags of mail from a ship. Infantry students at the Army School, Trentham are shown in a river crossing exercise near Foxton, building rafts big enough to carry people, vehicles and weaponry. Launching a fuel barge built at the Wellington Patent Company's shipyards at Evans Bay, where the ceremony was performed by Managing Director Mr Jamieson. Pages 49-53 show photographs of Polish refugee children arriving and settling into the refugee camp at Pahiatua. Pages 53 and 54 show the official opening of a new Model Kindergarten in Hospital Road, Newtown (Saturday 18th November, 1943), opened by the Prime Minister Peter Fraser. Also present were the Labour MP for Wellington South, Robert Mckeen and his wife Jessie Mckeen, Mrs J A Doctor (President of the Free Kindergarten Association), and Dr Clarence Beeby (Director of Education). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 438-598 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm