New Zealand. Army. NZEF. New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade

Date: 1915 - 1916

From: Bell, William Frederick, 1896-1920 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the First World War. 1914-1916]

By: Bell, William Frederick, 1895-1920

Reference: A-222-002

Description: A disconsolate-looking soldier peering over the tops of sandbags from a trench. An original drawing for the British publication 'Shell shocks' (London, Jarrold, 1916) Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Title in pencil; also alternative title in indelible pencil and pencil below work; on verso W F Bell, 3rd Bugle Workshop, N. Z. R. B. in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 213 x 208 mm (irregular)

Date: 1913-1918, 1941-1942

By: Macfarlane family

Reference: MS-Papers-3871

Description: Diaries of Walter Angus Macfarlane while on active service in Palestine with the NZ Mounted Rifles and Canterbury Mounted Rifles (1917-1918); diaries of James Vernon Macfarlane while serving in the Pacific (1941-1942); letter from Gilbert Mair to Mr Macfarlane (1913); two letters to Robert Hughes, commander of 7th Regiment, Wanganui (1915 and 1917); an undated letter from Lord Birdwood to Hon Sec; and Company orders, 10th Reinforcements, Marton Racecourse (1915). Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1914-1919, 1921, 1926 (ca 1976)

By: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-5553

Description: The letters were edited by the author to delete references to family matters. What remains is a detailed description of the conduct of the War as seen from Rogers' perspective. His duties involved managing traffic to and from the front and collecting intelligence. This kept him in close contact with the New Zealand Army during the various campaigns it was involved in in France. Rogers pays particular attention to his dealings with both Corps and regimental officers and men. Relationship complexity - Further photographs by Stanley are in the photographic collection of James Henderson, Photographs, chiefly relating to Stanley Dick Rogers, a Captain in New Zealand Mounted Rifles during World I, PACOLL-8637 Rogers worked at the Railway Workshops in Petone. He joined the Volunteers in 1902 and was frequently seconded to the Defence Department. In Aug 1914 he was appointed Assistant Commandant on Somes Island. In February 1916 he left New Zealand aboard the `Rangiotu' with the 3rd Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade for Egypt and subsequently landed in France in May 1916. In August 1916 he was seconded as a field officer, II ANZAC Army Corp (later Headquarters XXII Corps) and appointed Road and Traffic supervisor. He served in this capacity until the end of hostilities. Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Provenance: The typescripts were given to the donor's father, a friend of the author Contains numerous photographs interspersed throughout the typescript

Date: 1897-1996

By: Macdonald family

Reference: MS-Group-1690

Description: The first folder comprises papers and correspondence relating to Colin Campbell Macdonald, in particular to his service in World War I, to his wife, Olivia Rosalind, to the Macdonald family in general, and to the related Sanford family. Includes results of genealogical research, family trees, reports of the voyage to New Zealand on the NZSC vessel Waimate and other papers. The second folder contain papers related to John James Macdonald, his dealing in antiques, his service in World War II, including a number of short sketches made on envelopes, and his death. Includes a letter from Eric Lee-Johnson, his brother-in-law. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, photographs and printed matter Provenance: From estate of Elizabeth Lee-Johnson, daughter of Colin and sister of John Macdonald Transfers: A large collection of photographs relating to the Macdonald family have been transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: 1915-1918

By: Watkins, Allan, 1880-1981

Reference: MS-2354-2358

Description: Daily entries describe his activities 1916-1918; enclosure in 1916 diary includes photographs and receipts. Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: MS-2354-2358 are boxed together Watkins left New Zealand in Dec 1914 and fought with the Mounted Rifles at Gallipoli until Jul 1915 when due to illness he was evacuated. Went to France with New Zealand Artillery in 1916 where he remained for rest of war except for brief period in England. Quantity: 4 volume(s). 1 folder(s) (26 items). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and photographs (red hinged box) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs L Potter, Tuakau, 1984 Photographs with MS-2358 Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. The four volumes in this collection have been digitised.

Date: 1915 - 1916

From: Bell, William Frederick, 1896-1920 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the First World War. 1914-1916]

By: Bell, William Frederick, 1895-1920

Reference: A-222-007

Description: A profile view of Sir Andrew Russell. He is wearing his Army uniform and is seated in a cane chair, on grass, reading a magazine or newspaper An original drawing for the British publication 'Shell shocks' (London, Jarrold, 1916) Other Titles - General Officer Commanding , Aide de Camp Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title in ink; also additional title in ink and pencil below work and signature in crayon, lower right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon & Chinese white, 311 x 230 mm

Date: 1887-1920 (transcribed 1975)

By: Smith, Ralph, 1887-1976

Reference: qMS-1829

Description: Covers his childhood in Napier, including memories of Te Kooti and William Colenso; employment as a horse-driver; work on Greenmeadows Fruit Farm; coachdriver at Manaia, then in Dannevirke; service with 4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade on Western Front and convalescence at Brockenhurst and Hornchurch Hospitals in England. Mention of James Ellis' escape following his murder of Leonard Collinson, and capture by police. He was tried and executed in Feb 1905 Source of title - Front cover Smith had a varied career as a farm-worker, driver and shepherd in the Hawkes Bay region and served in France, during the First World War and was wounded. He retired to Wanganui as an engineer. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (88 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; ¼ red morocco, green patterned boards)

Date: 1916

From: Bell, William Frederick, 1896-1920 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the First World War. 1914-1916]

By: Bell, William Frederick, 1895-1920

Reference: A-222-009

Description: Two soldiers looking out from under a thatched barn roof at a passing soldier trudging through the rain with tools, his rifle and an enormous pack on his back. An original drawing for the British publication 'Shell shocks' (London, Jarrold, 1916) Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Title in pencil; also W F Bell, (N. Z. R. B), France /16. crayon lower right. On the verso, two slightly different versions of a conversation between the men under shelter and the laden man in the rain Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon, 312 x 245 mm (irregular)

Date: 1914-1921

By: Russell family

Reference: MS-Papers-1695

Description: Letters and photographs of John Lothian Russell and George Vernon Russell serving in France; papers relating to death in action of John Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s) (34 pieces). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts and photographs

Date: [1914-1918]

From: Duckett, Graeme :World War I scrapbook

By: Pepperell, Leslie Robert (Corporal), 1883-1963

Reference: PA1-o-414

Description: Photographs relating to World War I, chiefly taken by L R Pepperell. The album also contains additional material relating to the war, including postcards; a New Zealand Expeditionary Forces Certificate of Discharge in Corporal Pepperell's name; a New Zealand Railways Returned Soldiers' 2nd-class railway ticket; a Certificate of Leave in Lieu of Discharge in the name of Private Herbert Longstaff (of 'D' Company, 38th Reinforcement NZEF, in Feb. 1918 when he was aged 29); postcards taken from German prisoners; three satirical postcards; newspaper cuttings; and seven French postcards embroidered in silk. Photographs include scenes at camp including a haircut, which may be Pepperell having his haircut. Also included in the album is a photocopy of Pepperell's Demobilization Certificate, the original item now being kept in Ephemera (at Ephemera B. World W. I : Demob). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 111 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Scrapbook, in and Olympic blank-paged school excercise book. Cover decorated with grey, black and red vertical stripes. Entitled "1st World War, 1914-18" written in blue ball-point pen in top right-hand corner; 25 x 20 cm

Date: 7 Nov 1918

By: Hart, Herbert Ernest (Sir), 1882-1968

Reference: MS-Papers-2945

Description: Presenting to General Hart, Commander in Chief of the NZ Rifle Brigade, the first French flag flown over the city following the capture of Le Quesnoy from the Germans Accompanying material - Typed translation Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated, Sir Herbert Hart, 1955

Date: [ca 1917-1919]

By: Watson, Edward George, 1895-

Reference: PA1-o-1392

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand Mounted Rifles in Palestine ca 1917-1919, possibly compiled by Trooper Edward George Watson. Includes photographs of Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Bethany, Jericho, Jordan Valley, Jordan River (including Australian soldiers fording the River), Es-Salt road, Suweilah, Hedjaz Railway, Jewish colonies at Ekron and Deiran, Ludd, Richon-es-Sion, Surafend and Gaza. Also shown are Turkish military posts, personnel, equipment and aircraft; a Circassian officer, horse racing, and a damaged tank; Australian graves for Sergeant Brook and Trooper Radburn; and New Zealand Brigade on trek. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top left - [Inside front cover] E. G Watson Accompanying material - Printout of nominal roll entry for E G Watson Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan cloth covered album 21.2 x 16.5 cm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2008

Date: 7 June - 17 Aug 1989

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Potts, Bertram, 1895-1994

Reference: OHInt-0006/65

Description: Gives details of family background in England, emigration to New Zealand in 1911. Describes voyage out, recollections of Wellington, positions with the New Zealand Times. Recalls enlistment in 1915 with New Zealand Rifle Brigade, medical examination for enlistment, parents' attitute to war, German boarder and his treatment in New Zealand during the war. Describes training at Trentham, voyage and ports of call on way to England with 14th Reinforcements, training at Sling Camp and Etaples, action at Fleurbaix, Ploegsteert Wood, Battle of Messines. Describes his job as a runner, the trenches. Refers to Pat Lawlor. Gives details of his injury - shell concussion (shell shock), the symptoms, hospitalised at Arques and then sent to Walton-on-Thames - Oakland Park Hotel (converted into hospital). Recalls conditions in France, lice, divisional baths, drinking, the estaminets. On return to New Zealand went to inspect rehabilitation land at Whangamomona in Taranaki. Recalls visit to America in 1920s, working as copywriter for Ilott Advertising, and his involvement with Esperanto. Gives his views on the RSA. Venue - Lower Hutt; Taita Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Aroha Home, Taita, Lower Hutt and the home of Nicholas Boyack, Lower Hutt Accompanying material - Newspaper article '70 years of married bliss celebrated', Indrea Alexander, Evening Post, June 1, 1990 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002734 - OHC-002738 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s) in five sessions. 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 507, OHDL-000345. Black and white photograph of Bertram Potts, 1989 Search dates: 1989

Date: 17 Aug 1989

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: McDonnell, Stephen Joseph, 1897-1995

Reference: OHInt-0006/52

Description: Gives details of family background, his childhood, education near Hawera, his reasons for taking up a teaching career, his reaction to the outbreak of war, and his enlistment. He was selected for special training as a non-commissioned officer, he went into camp with the 33rd Reinforcements and left New Zealand with the 38th. Gives details of his NCO training, the voyage to Liverpool via Panama and reasons for 'dropping a stripe'. Refers to training in England before going to Etaples, also time at the Front and at Le Quesnoy with the Rifle Brigade, and in Germany with the Army of Occupation, then back at Sling Camp before returning to New Zealand to take up his teaching career. Comments on letter censorship, his involvement with the RSA with reference to collecting for the RSA and to the RSA review. Mentions Armistice Day celebrations in 1988 and his uncle Major Michael McDonnell who served in World War I. Briefly mentions his teaching career. Venue - Lower Hutt Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mr McDonnell's home at 8 Fairfield Ave, Lower Hutt Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002692 - OHC-002693 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 494, OHDL-000337. Black and white photograph of Stephen and Annie McDonnell, 1989

Date: 1916

By: Kirkland, Charles Mitchell, 1894-1967

Reference: MSX-9347

Description: The diary of Rifleman C M Kirkland describes training at Rangiotu, near Wanganui, embarkation, battles and trench warfare around Armentieres, his injury, recovery in England at Brockenhurst Hospital and return to New Zealand. The entries are disjointed but give a vivid account of the fighting and the experience of being under bombardment in the frontline trenches. Handwritten label of front cover of diary reads "Dad's diary written during the 1st World War. He was a patient in Brockenhurst Hospital". Three pages, dealing with his training at Rangiotu, were torn, presumably by Kirkland, from the body of the diary and have been placed in the envelope inside the front cover. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - The donor requests a transcript if the diary is deciphered and transcribed. Charles Kirkland served with the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade in France during 1916 and was involved in the fighting around Armentieres. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Michelle Kirkland, Reading, England, in Oct 2014

Date: 1914-1919, [192-?]

By: Cooper, Frank Simpson, 1891-1937

Reference: MS-Papers-1676

Description: Edited diary/reminisce typed up after the war. Much of it appears to have been written up on the Arawa troopship on the way back to New Zealand in 1919.In addition to the typescript there are copies of maps, ephemera and military documents. Also included are extracts from the diary of A N Berry, Source of title - Supplied Salesman from Christchurch. Served at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Serial number 2/123. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and photographs

Date: 1914-1919

By: Ranstead family

Reference: MS-Papers-4139

Description: The collection consists of letters to his family and some correspondence with the Base Records of the Ministry of Defense regarding the exact date of his return to New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied title Ranstead sailed with the main body of the NZEF in Oct 1914. He saw action at Gallipoli and then served as a signaller with the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade at Sinai and Palestine for the remainder of the war. He returned to New Zealand in Sep 1919. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1916

By: Traill, Arthur William, 1884-1976

Reference: MS-Papers-2417

Description: Letters from Traill mainly to his parents covering the period from when he left NZ in Feb until Nov when he was hospitalised in England in which he describes his activities and give a picture of life in the trenches. The letters are numbered 1-35 (nos. 27-32 noted as missing). Source of title - Supplied title Traill served in New Zealand Rifle Brigade in France from Apr-Sep 1916 when he was hospitalised and subsequently discharged Quantity: 1 folder(s) (25 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy)

Date: 1917-Oct 1918

By: Toomath, Roderick William, 1895-1983

Reference: MS-Papers-2301

Description: Toomath recorded daily entries describing his routines and activities and including addresses. The volume for 1917 includes a photograph (of Toomath?) and the one for 1918 has two poems clipped from newspapers, `New Zealand for ever' by Pte A Irwin and `Far away yonder' by A H Bogle. Source of title - Supplied Toomath left New Zealand in June 1916 with reinforcements for the NZ Rifle Brigade. He served as a medical orderly in France until June 1918 when he attended an officer's training course in England Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 volumes). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs

Date: Jul 1917-Mar 1919

By: Cleland, Hugh, 1875-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-2340

Description: The letters to a friend in Taranaki were written from England, France and Germany. They describe Cleland's activity during this period emphasising non-military matters. Source of title - Supplied Cleland left NZ in June 1917. After a period in England he went to France in Feb 1918 and saw action with NZ Rifle Brigade, returning to NZ in 1919. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs