Egypt - Description and travel

Date: 1915

By: Cunningham, William Henry, 1883-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-1726

Description: Cunningham writes a partly retrospective account of his service with Wellington Infantry Battalion, his training in New Zealand in 1914, the voyage to Alexandria on board TS `Maunganui', training and manoeuvres there, his departure for Lemnos, and Gallipoli in Apr 1915 Source of title - Supplied Cunningham served at Gallipoli and Chunuk Bair as a Wellington Infantry Battalion officer and rose to the rank of Major-General during the Second World War. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (85 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 21 Nov 1943-10 Jun 1944, 2004

By: Stubbs, James Athol, 1922?-1944

Reference: MS-Papers-8101

Description: Transcription by Colin Bassett of diary kept by Gunner James Stubbs in World War Two beginning with an account of his military service from 1940 to 1943 when the diary begins (21 Nov 1943) and finishing 1 Jun 1944, shortly before his death in Wellington 10 Jun 1944 Stubbs describes his enlistment and training from 1940 to 1943 when he left New Zealand on the `Nieuw Amsterdam', arriving in Egypt in Aug 1943; he describes the voyage, places visited, and Cairo, then sailing to Italy and serving there including Cassino. He returned to New Zealand on the `Wanganella' but became ill on board and died on his arrival in Wellington Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr C Bassett, Khandallah, Wellington, Sep 2004

Date: 1877 - 1920

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], d 1934 :[Scrapbook of watercolours, prints and photographs, 1878 and later].

Reference: E-881-f-059

Description: Photograph shows Egyptians and Europeans on the huge stones of a small section of one of the Pyramids at Giza. Other Titles - Gizeh Extended Title - From Gertrude Flora Yarborough's scrapbook of watercolours ... 1878 and after, page 59. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Sepia photograph, 288 x 229 mm.

Date: [1927-1965]

By: Gilberd, Edward Browse, 1904-1991

Reference: MS-Papers-6020

Description: Comprises Q-A-M-R admission ticket to afternoon tea in the officer's mess; menus for 1st Battalion of the Wellington West Coast Regiment (autographed on verso); letters from Colonial Mutual Life Assurance to Gilberd re his achievements in contests within the company (1927-1929); letter from friend with the St John Ambulance, Yorkshire, re operation and family news (1957); letter from Edmund Lodge, St John Ambulance, Yorkshire, re visiting that division (1946) and from St John Ambulance Overseas re trophy given by Gilberd (1946); two letters to Zea Lough written from Verdun and Egypt (nd); St John clippings and menu (1946, nd); testimonial from H Harle, Steward of Wanganui Collegiate for Gilberd (1927); letter, Royal Life-Saving Society re Wanganui City Council by-laws (1931); letters from Gustav Robus, Brotteorde, Germany and photograph of family (1944, 1965); Dewsbury and district short Thanksgiving Service (1946); letter, Jack Hutchison, thanking Gilberd for helping his daughter (1927); receipt for silver cup (1946) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 4 Dec 1944-25 Feb 1945

By: Squires, Alexander Moffett, -1948

Reference: MS-2041

Description: Squires began his journal with his departure from Trentham on 5 December 1944 and made more or less daily entries until arriving back in NZ in February 1945 Squires was a dental officer on board a hospital ship return trip from NZ to Egypt and Italy Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (20cm, black boards in phase box)

Date: 1915-1918

By: Curtis family

Reference: MS-Papers-9234

Description: Collection comprises World War One letters from Michael Curtis in Egypt back to his family in Dannevirke. These letters describe his time in Egypt, visiting the pyramids and Cairo. Comments on fellow soldiers from Dannervirke that he has met including sons from the Allardice family. Describes living conditions at camp, and comments on periods when he has been recovering from battle wounds. Also includes further letters from or to other Curtis family members and ephemera concerning Michael Curtis' death. Source of title - Supplied by Library Papers concern Sergeant Michael Curtis who served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in World War One, dying from wounds in 1917. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & printed matter

Date: 1902-[1920]

By: Bowen, Laura C, active 1902-1919

Reference: MSX-5044

Description: Bowen recorded many poems, mostly by well-known poets but also including two by M E Richmond which were read at Kapunatiki in Jan 1908, `The Loom', to E D, and `To Susan' (pp11-12), and `The Battle of the free' also about NZ but writer unknown. She writes of a lecture given by Amundsen in Wellington recording details of accommodation and stores (pp20-21) (1912); gives details of her family's Irish background, especially that of her father, Croasdaile Bowen (pp24-25); describes a visit to Luxor (p52-57); a pen-portrait of Col Buckley of the Leinster regiment with brief notes on anti-air craft gunner tanks and submarines (pp60-61) She gives an account of the Kurna-Amara Railway, problems with flood water, refers to a gunboat (pp66-69); records notes on trench fighting and incidents in the trenches at Gallipoli, the sinking of boat with Dr Wiley in the water, costings of building and furnishing the hospital at Heliopolis, equipment given to the men at Gallipoli, details of evacuation and landing at Suola Bay (probably Suvla Bay), people mentioned include Les Acland, Dr Ryan, Norman, M Spearman, the Canterbury Regiment (pp118-123); describes a Turkish wedding and all the rituals associated with it (pp124-125); records experiences of the Hussars and Worcester Regiment who were taken prisoner, wounded and killed and their treatment by Turks and Bedouins; and a list of the people Miss Bowen is presumed to have met at various times Source of title - Supplied Laura Bowen was the grand-daughter of Sir Charles Bowen; she was given this volume by M H in 1902 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Stride & Son, Chichester, England, Oct 1998

Date: 1914-1916

By: Lawson, Alan Wallace, 1893-1961

Reference: MS-Papers-1450

Description: Mainly newspaper clippings and photographs. Cover training in Auckland, embarkation and voyage, Egypt, the Gallipoli campaign and return of the wounded Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s) (Scrapbook). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs and postcards Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to Photographic Archive (PA1-o-1312) - To Photographic Archive - 1 photograph album.

Date: 1915-1919

By: Holmes, Alan, 1892-1974

Reference: MS-Papers-1447

Description: 4 diaries, 1915-1917, written in New Zealand, on the voyage, in Egypt, in England convalescing after illness and afterwards in Egypt. Paybooks, 1915-1919, photographs, copy of the 'Tahitian Tatler', a shipboard newspaper, 17 Jul 1915 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter, photographs

Date: 30 Mar-21 Apr 1938

From: MacGowan, Mary, fl 1936-1938 : Diary of a trip to New Zealand

Reference: MSX-5919

Description: Diary kept by MacGowan while returning to England on the `Orontes' after her holiday in New Zealand; she describes her stay in Colombo, through the Red Sea, the Suez Canal, Egypt, Naples, Straits of Messina, Naples and Pompei, Villefranche, Nice, Monte Carlo, Toulon, Gibraltar, across the Bay of Biscay to England Quantity: 1 volume(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: 1922, [ca 1941-1946]

By: Bumby family

Reference: PAColl-10301

Description: Photographs relating to the military service of three brothers during World War II, circa 1941-1946, particularly images including Leonard Sugden Bumby (who served in the army in Egypt), but a few relating to George Cyril Bumby (army in New Zealand) and John Bumby (navy). Also includes a photograph of Private William Frank Hankins (Bill). Len, George and John are identified but many images are not. Most are not dated and the photographer(s) are unidentified. Includes images of Len when he worked at the base bakery in Egypt. Includes images from tourist destinations, including the Sphinx, the Pyramids, a dhow and a landscaped garden. Also some scenes with statues of Buddha. Includes many images of soldiers in Egypt drinking beer and socialising, with Len Bumby identified. Also includes one image of George Bumby with a kit bag, near Auckland Railway Station in 1942 and an image of George Bumby participating in a battle reenactment. Two images are taken in 1922 and circa 1922 and show groups of sailors from HMS Chatham. One group identified as taken at Trentham Camp in Upper Hutt and the other group are undertaking coaling work. Also includes a Christmas greeting card addressed to "Serj. Bumpy [sic]" from Lady Barbara Freyberg and a photograph of Sir Bernard and Lady Freyberg. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Leonard Bumby was a baker at Base HQ NZASC in Maadi, Egypt during World War Two. Quantity: 91 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 Christmas card. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photographic ephemera Provenance: Leonard Bumby was the donor's maternal grandmother's first cousin. George and John were Leonard's brothers. Leonard, George, and John, did not have children and upon their death the Public Trust passed their photographs to Mrs B Iverson.

Date: 1976, 2016

By: Hicks, Edwin Stephen, 1914-2003

Reference: MS-Group-2435

Description: The collection comprises a handwritten account of Edwin Stephen Hicks' service during World War II in North Africa and Italy, written approximately in 1976, and a diary, printed between 2003 and 2016 upon which the account was based. Edwin Stephen Hicks served with the Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps in North Africa and Italy during World War II. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed material

Date: 1944

By: Sadler, Horace Albert, 1910-1945

Reference: MS-Papers-8750

Description: Compries two war diaries of his service with the 21 Battalion 2NZEF in Egypt and then in Italy. Describes voyage on the transport ship to the Middle East, training, life at Maadi and in Egypt in general, and campaigning in Italy. Includes basic Arabic phrases, descriptions of the pyramids and other aspects of life in Egypt. Also includes photograph of Sadler and a photocopy of his war record file from Base Records, New Zealand Defence Department. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Photograph of H A Sadler trasnferred to Photographic Archive Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Transfers: To Photographic Archive - One photograph (portrait of Private Sadler).

Date: 1941-1945

By: Kennedy, John William Alexander, 1911-2006

Reference: MS-Papers-1449

Description: Covers camp at Papakura, the voyage to Egypt, experiences as a gunner with 4th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery, in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia and Italy. Information on living conditions, fighting, recreation. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts

Date: 1843-1847

From: Warburton-Grove family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5909-07

Description: Travel letters to his parents (George and Emma Warburton) and his brother Acton; letters on family land in Ireland and on genealogy to others. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1940-1945

By: Maclean, James Nelson, 1919-1991

Reference: MS-Papers-1453

Description: Describes voyage to Egypt, life in camp and on desert campaigns. Training in Jerusalem as officer cadet Oct 1942; contrast between officer's and private's life. Campaigning in Italy after three month's leave in England Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1914

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MSX-7944

Description: Rough notes by Frederick Revans Chapman, probably for future monographs, on Egypt and on the Battle of the Marne. Also, other notes not connected with either subject, together with some pages in Italian. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1914-1915, 1962

By: Comyns, Claude Lellan, 1894-1915

Reference: MS-Papers-1417

Description: Typescript memorial book compiled from Comyn's letters and diaries; details of voyage to Egypt and life there; account of the Battle of Saros; also postcards, newspaper cuttings, photographs and memorials Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 77-011 for photocopy Comyns served with the Wellington Infantry Battalion NZEF in Egypt and Gallipoli; invalided home Aug 1915 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 items). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescript, printed matter, photographs

Date: 1878 - 2005 - 1879

By: Burnet, Ellen, 1854-1937; Dysart, Fran, active 2013

Reference: MS-Group-2181

Description: Collection comprises original `Diary of a Lady's maid', describing a grand tour of Europe, as a servant. Also photograph album of this tour. Single photographic print of Thomas James and Ellen Burnet. Also published copy of `Diary of a Lady's maid', (2005) and an electronic file `Burnet E-Books - Little Steeping'. Source of title - Supplied by Library Ellen Freeman was a maid to Louisa Boucherett. She accompanied Louisa, Sarah Blissard and Matthew R. Corbet on a seven and a half month "Grand Tour" of France, Italy, Egypt and Germany. Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs F Dysart, Wellington, Apr 2013 Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - 1 photograph album, 1 loose photograph (PA1-q-1154).

Date: 1943

From: Dodd, Winsome, fl 1950 : Correspondence

Reference: MS-Papers-8896-2

Description: Letters written while on active service in North Africa Captain Ray Moncur was the brother of Winsome Dodd. He served with K Section Signals, 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade, 2nd NZEF during World War Two. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript