World War, 1914-1918 - Middle East

Date: [1877-1917], nd

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-120

Description: Includes letter from Rev F W Martin re prayer and Hawke's Bay matters and from Major Gerald B Carter with MEF writing from the Dardanelles; and letters from Jessie; WBP of London; part of letter written from `Thorthowald', Napier; and part of one from South Makaretu re fires causing major problems for bush settlers. An undated letter written from Crail has attached a dance programme card for Meta Johnston, Okawa (6 Oct 1905). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1914 - 1918

Reference: PAColl-8528

Description: Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-067412 to 067432 Quantity: 21 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1915-1920

By: Burrowes, Stanley Gadfield Aglionby, 1891-1968

Reference: PA-Group-00863

Description: One photograph album and negatives taken by Stanley Gadfield Aglionby Burrowes between 1915 and about 1920. Most of the images relate to World War I in Egypt and the Middle East where Burrowes served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles. Accompanying negatives are of the Middle East but also of Hawera, where Burrowes lived before enlisting, and moved back to after his return. These include general overviews of the town, the park, rotunda and water tower and photos of his family, including Emma Elizabeth Jones, who he married in 1920. Also includes: one leather bound album with pages containing notes by Burrowes about the negatives (since removed for storage), and a medal (1914-1915 Star) presented posthumously to Edwin Fitzherbert (Bertie) Burrowes. Accompanying information - Donor has digitised some of images which are located at http://www.burrowes.org/FamilyTree/WMR/ Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 101 b&w original negative(s) film. 1 medal (1914-1915 Star). Physical Description: Photograph album and film negatives, and a metal medal Provenance: Donor is the grandson of Stanley G A Burrowes.

Date: [1910s]

From: Prebble, Anne fl 1910-1978 :Photograph of Billy Tubman and album relating to World War I

By: Prebble, Anne, active 1910-1978

Reference: PA1-o-422

Description: Snapshots of men in military uniform, various scenes in and around Baghdad including mosques, camels, a pontoon bridge linking old Baghdad with new Baghdad, mines swept from the Tigris River during the advance, and a caterpillar tractor. Most places are identified. Later in the album there are photographs of the donors family and friends, unidentified in the album, but some names found on a handwritten leaflet inserted inside the front cover. Included in the album is a newspaper cutting of an unidentified young man Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover entitled `Photographs' below illustration of landscape with windmill, all in gold; 14.5 x 10.5 cm

Date: 1914-1918

By: McKie, Myra, active 1983

Reference: PAColl-0161

Description: Scenes in the Middle East and Palestine during World War One, including troops, transport and local people. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1941-1945]

From: McGregor, Elizabeth Isabella Muriel, 1900-1989 : Letters from Grace Hall and James H Young

Reference: MS-Papers-10671-2

Description: Comprises letters from Jim Young, brother of McGregor, describing camp life and other aspects of army service. Young served in the 34th Battalion of the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2NZEF in the Middle East Forces Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1918-1919]

By: Lupton, Roger Deller, 1897-

Reference: PAColl-0401

Description: Photographs of Palestine, Egypt and the Middle East, probably taken by Roger Lupton who was on active service there. As there are captions relating to the AMR, it is assumed that he was with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment. They are mostly of places of interest in the area such as the Monastery of St George at Wadi Qelt; the Crusaders' Tower in Richon; the Mosque of Omar, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem; temple ruins at Luxor; the Agricultural College in Jaffa; the River Jordan; a Roman amphitheatre in Amman; the German Church in Bethlehem; the Church of Lazarus in Bethany; the inside of the Russian Church in Jaffa; and a man and a woman floating in the Dead Sea. However, there are others relating to the campaign: a pontoon bridge over the River Jordan; Kastal Railway Station on the Mecca line with a long goods train being loaded; the remains of the Turkish gun Jericho Jane (Turkish gun used in the Jordan Valley during the First World War so named as its range was long enough to hit Jericho from the opposite side of the vally, twelve miles away. The gun had an eighteen foot barrel); bombed houses in Jaffa; a cemetery; Algerian cavalry in Ismalia; railway lines at Tantah, Egypt; a stone Turkish bridge at Beersheba; the ruins of a Turkish patrol boat next to the Dead Sea; a railway engine destroyed by the retreating Turks; dead horses of the Auckland regiment in the Jordan Valley; a group of soldiers on board a troop ship; and three of men and horses, one showing the camp at Richon. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s) loose prints. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) post cards. 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916, 1994

By: Jesson, Ernest Harold, 1881-1916

Reference: MS-Papers-5117

Description: Diary written by Ernest Jesson covering the period 1 May 1916 to 3 Sept 1916. Entries describe voyage to Egypt including mention of conflict over the food, descriptions of the places they stopped on the way, ship-board life and the weather; camp life at Tel-el-Kebir, including comments on illnesses he experienced there, fights, various people caught for spying or stealing and people shot for desertion, visits into Cairo and a list of the rations received, voyage to England and time in the camp there and then voyage to France. Also includes typescript of the diary. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Provenance: Donor's mother, Mrs Elsie Peters, was Ernest Jesson's niece and she was the person who had originally contacted the library about donating the diary of her uncle. Diary was passed on to Margaret Glasson from her mother to donate to the library. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - One photographic postcard of Ernest Jesson.

Date: 9 Oct 1915-29 Oct 1916, 2005

By: Dale, Daniel Suter, 1894-1963

Reference: MS-Group-1587

Description: Includes transcript of diary in both electronic and paper formats. The diary itself provides an account of the training in New Zealand and the trip to Cairo where his company was based during the War. The diary provides a lot of social commentary and details of what activities the company was involved in on a daily basis. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 210 kilobyte(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. 1 Electronic document(s).

Reference: PAColl-0095

Description: Includes postcards of Timaru buildings taken by Tanner Bros Ltd Quantity: 1 container(s) including 62 prints of the Middle East and other items.

Date: 1915-1918

By: Vickers, N, active 1991

Reference: PAColl-1976

Description: Includes troops, base camps, transport and soldiers' graves Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). 15 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1916-1918

From: Eccles, Martin Ashton :Photographs of Palestine and Gallipoli, 1914-1918

Reference: PAColl-5863-1-13-4

Description: Group of Arabs, three of whom are on horses and armed with guns. Photographed by an unknown photographer sometime betwee 1916 and 1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 7 cms

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-o-812

Description: World war 1914-1918 in Egypt and the Middle East. Personal record of campaigns places and people. Most photos have some identification Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-o-813

Description: This album relates to the British campaign against the Turks in north-eastern Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1917. Charles Powles compiled a detailed record of his experience of these events up to the taking of Jerusalem in albums PA1-q-604, PA1-q-605. This Album should be read in relation to them. They are more of a sequential record of the military campaign; this has a greater focus on people and scenic places. It begins with Cairo, then moves north and finishes in Jaffa. Jaffa was in control of the British forces by November 1917, but British possession of the town was not secured until late December, after the capture of Jerusalem. Because Jerusalem does not appear in this album, the Jaffa pictures were probably taken in November 1917. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).