Jordan, William Joseph, 1879-1959

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: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-295

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are named, are not individually listed above. Images include a consignment of 3000 cases of apples arriving at the New Zealand Forces Club in Egypt; YMCA secretaries of the NZEF in Crete before the blitz; NZ pilots at advanced RAF training school in England; King George II of Greece inspecting troops in the Middle East, being entertained by members of the Maori Battalion, and presenting medals to the platoon acting as his bodyguard on the Greek royal family's evacuation from Crete to Egypt (p 6-11). American aid to the ANZACs, showing a function in New York celebrating the presentation of over 100 ambulances to the fighting forces in Egypt, with (on p 12-15) views in Egypt of the ambulances & mobile surgical unit; the General Hospital at Helwan, with views inside wards, and life of convalescents including a swimming carnival, picnics and yachting (p 16-20); nurses' life at the General Hospital (p 139-141). Arrival of a mobile canteen for the YMCA (p 20-21); NZ soldiers on leave in Cairo; NZ cricket team at the Gezira Sporting Club (p 23-24); Parades of NZ units reviewed by general Freyberg; A YMCA canteen service van in Crete; opening of the Lowry Hut (p 8, p 28-30, p 34-35); Rowing races between a NZ team and Cairo representative team at the Cairo River Club (p 30-31, p 67). PM Peter Fraser's tour of NZ activities in Britain; broadcasts to NZ through the BBC's New Zealand programme (p 32-33, 92-93, 124-125); the New Zealand Forces Club (p 35-39, 44); ENSA Concert Party (p 40-42); staff at NZ House in London sorting parcels from NZ for NZ personnel. Attack on Crete (p 44-53), views taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete, including Junkers transport carriers, Axis destroyers and wrecked German planes at Maleme airport; transport ship Glengyle after the evacuation from Crete. HMS Leander (p 55-61, p 79, p 84-85), includes group of sailors & NZ officers, all identified. Maori Battalion training in the Middle East; incidents during route march; two views of the official Netherlands Indies Women's organisation in wartime who looked after NZ airmen passing through batavia (Djakarta) (P 66, 68); sports meeting at the Prince Farouk Stadium Cairo (p 68-73, 83); artillery callibrating guns (p 73-79); field ordnance worlshops; Mobile Surgical Unit; copies of paintings by war artist peter McIntyre (p 87-91); Bomber Command Operational Training Unit. Postal unit (p 94-101); wireless operator air gunners after training at the WAG course at Mountain View Air Station in Canada (all named, p 96-97); investiture conferring Greek decorations on NZ officers (p 101-102, 110-111); Kiwi Concert Party (p 103-110); manouevres in the desert; fire brigade at NZ Base Camp (p 118-122); 2nd Echelon Office keeping personal records (p 120, 122-123); camp laundry in Egypt (p 128-130); work of a Light Aid Detachment in the field; the original ANZAC Club, Singapore (p 144); training under active service conditions in desert (p 145-149); visit by NZ soldiers to a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis raising Arab horses. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 782-1226. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: [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: PA1-q-290

Description: Official photographs from World War II, many of which have captions. Most of the men named are listed above, but where there are large groups, some of the names are noted below. Only pages 1-30 have photographs attached; page 31 contains a number of loose captions which have no photographs attached; and pages 32-149 are empty. Photographs linked with New Zealand airmen training in Canada include photographs of a Christmas party given for English and Polish refugee children and 100 ANZAC pilots in Canada (p 8); some of the men on leave in New York (p 15-16); three New Zealand airmen in North Western Alaska (Stan N Askew, Robert B Graham and Len Burgess); wireless operators in the Canadian Wireless School; group of New Zealand Sergeant Pilots who have received their "Wings" at a Canadian Flying Training School (P E Mason (Herne Bay), C G Suckling (New Lynn), E K Buchanan (Takapuna), K Irwin (Tuawai), V S Roberts (New Lyncc), D J T Hills (Whakatane), W A Kalka (Grey Lynn), and J H Moore (Auckland)). The New Zealand High Commissioner in London visited NZ personnel at an RAF station; Winston Churchill is seen on a visit to the Western Desert paying silent tribute at a small temporary cemetery marked by crosses bordered by tin cans; burnt out and crashed Nazi planes from the Libyan campaign; and weapon inspection before going out on night patrols. Pages 19-21 show the Kiwi Concert Party at various sites, including scenes of their camping en route. There are views of patients and medical officers at the 2nd NZ General Hospital at Kantara (p 25-26); and several views of Montgomery presenting awards to New Zealand troops (p 28-30). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 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: PA1-q-294

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in Greece, Crete, the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This album includes a number of official photographs taken for the British official records. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are identified are not listed above. Many views show aspects of military training in the desert, including machine guns, rifles, manoeuvres, Bren guns, range practice, and anti-tank guns. New Zealand Divisional Cavalry. In England military training and preparation includes scenes of the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, William Joseph Jordan, watching New Zealand lumberjacks from the New Zealand Forestry Corps in a Gloucester forest felling trees for war purposes. Also related to England are scenes of the Duke of Gloucester inspecting troops, and King George VI at an investiture at Buckingham Palace investing Flight-Sergeant Williams with his Distinguished Flying Medal for gallantry in air operations. Long Range Desert patrols and expeditions into enemy territory showing the difficult terrain they had to negotiate. Views of a formation of five American-built Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the RAF Coastal Command carrying out an action patrol near Borkum, Heligoland and the Danish Coast. They are the first released photographs taken while under fire from German anti-aircraft ships, flying only 200 ft above the sea because of the weather (p 15-21). One image shows a wireless operator checking one of H.M. the King's homing pigeons, presented to the RAF to carry messages in case of a forced landing & breakdown of wireless. Arrival of NZ airmen & pilots for duty with the RAF in 1941. Gift of fruit and vegetables presented to NZ troops stationed in Fiji, transported 60 miles by boat from Kandavu, formally accepted by Brigadier Cunningham. (A number of images of Cunningham are dotted throughout the album). Views of the sinking of the Italian raider Ramb I, by HMS Leander in February 1941 (p 33-37). Scenes of a huge field bakery run by Egyptian bakers which can supply 3500 loaves each day. Also the "Waiwera Hotel - the 'ouse on the 'ill" cookhouse in the desert; and other scenes of food preparation. Relaxation organised by the YMCA, and the opening of the Lowry Hut run by the YMCA. Shipboard life on a transport ship, including games, relaxation and officers censoring mail. Floods after heavy rain in the Western Desert along the Mediterranean fringe (p 61-64). The Oranje leaving Amsterdam on her maiden voyage; used as hospital ship for Australian and New Zealand forces. Groups at the Royal Canadian Air Force Bombing and Gunnery School, all of whom are named (p 67-69). Prime Minister Peter Fraser's visit to the Middle East (p 69-72), his visit to Greece (p 93-105), and inspecting the hospital ship Maunganui (p110-111).) The No. 1 General Hospital in Greece. War damage to New Zealand House in London (p 105-106). Italian prisoners of war in a soccer match "NZ vs Italy" in Egypt (p 79-81); German parachute troops wounded and taken prisoner in Crete; captured swastikas used to hoodwink the enemy into dropping supplies. Fighting and evacuation of Crete. Evacuation of the Greek Royal party by a bodyguard of New Zealand soldiers, with views of a reception given by His Majesty the King of Greece, showing Lieutenant W H Ryan, Princess Marie, lady Palairet, Prince George, Prince Peter, and British military attache Colonel J S Blunt. Group portrait of New Zealanders in Britain training for the Fleet Air Arm (members named). Members of the New Zealand Bomber Squadron of the RAF who have been part of the raids on Germany, particularly on Berlin. (Several group portraits, some of which are named). Several photographs of unidentified men who escaped from Crete in barges. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 398-791 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1926-1947

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-187

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1926-1947. Peter Fraser - Labour candidate for Wellington Central (1931); several of Prime Minister Fraser during the war years; with Sister Nepia (Wairoa District Nurse) and A T Carroll, May 1947; with WAAFs S H Boyd & M C Bullard, 1944; receiving Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law at Cambridge University, 1944; with Miss Jean McKenzie, General Freyberg & Mrs Harold Kemp on arrival in London when he was made a Companion of Honour; gathering at Ruatoki where Fraser addressed the gathering, 1947; Hirini Heremaia performing a powhiri to the official party at the opening of Northland College, Kaikohe by Rt Hon Peter Fraser, 1947 Walter Nash - During the war years when he was Minister of Finance; as President of International Labour Conference at Philadelphia, 1944; Mr & Mrs Nash, 1938; Mr & Mrs Nash with F G L Bertram (deputy-director of Civil Aviation in British Air Ministry) on board Aorangi, 1936; Mr & Mrs Nash in their lounge with their two sons, 1936. W J Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London - MP for Manukau (1931); Mr & Mrs Jordan laying a wreath, May 1938; Mr & Mrs Jordan and family, 1936 & 1939; with his mother, Sep 1936; during the war years. Includes list of photographs Quantity: 63 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

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

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-202

Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; includes letters from [?] Trevor Withers who described himself as `Your affectionate son'; a list of suppliers of clothing and services in London for the Tolhurst family 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

Reference: PA1-q-296

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and England during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Includes photographs of New Zealand fighter and bomber pilots serving with the Royal Air Force, and several British Official photographs relating to New Zealand fighter pilot with the RAF, James Allen Ward, who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Most individuals identified in the album are listed above. Scenes include a visit by NZ soldiers to stables run by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis; a NZ military band on tour in Palestine as part of a recruiting campaign; the arrival of the first party of Women's War Service Auxiliary in Egypt, and scenes of their life in the Welfare Section and at the New Zealand Forces Club (p 7, p 146-149); and RNZAF trainees at the Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. Life, military training and manouevres in the Western desert; ordnance workshops; the advance in the Western Desert; a NZ medical unit, a mobile surgical unit; hospital scenes (p 100, 103-105, 111). Sporting and entertainments include a wood-chopping "Axemen's Carnival" in South England; rugby matches in the Western Desert (p 29, 37-38, 82-83, 85, 93, 101-103, 107, 109); swimming (probably at Baggush; p 38-40, 44); and Christmas celebrations in the desert, including the Kiwi Concert Party (p 122-129); and a view of the YMCA Hostle at Alexandria. Inspection of NZ reinforcements in Egypt by William J Jordan (NZ High Commissioner in London); General Auchinleck presenting decorations to NZ soldiers, and reviewing NZ troops on the eve of the Libyan Campaign (p 49-57, 111-115); the Western Desert Battle, NZers bringing in German Prisoners of War; German General von Ravenstein captured by NZ troops, and scenes of various captured German vehicles, gas masks, a Nazi whip, and weapons; the Libyan advance (p 63-72); and the Railway Construction Unit in the Western Desert. Scenes of a New Zealand fighter squadron in Malaya (p 80-81, 87-89). NZers in Tobruk (p 96-99); one view of NZers at a Prisoner of War Camp in Germany (Stalag VI B) taken by Lieutenant Rangi (p 108); NZers arriving back at Base Camp after 5 weeks of imprisonment at Bardia, some of whom are named (p 117-121); four NZ soldiers who walked from Benghazi to west of Gazala (listed above); manouevres after the Libyan Campaign. Presentation of decorations by General Freyberg to members of the 2nd NZEF in hospital; views of a NZ Spitfire Squadron operating with the RAF Fighter Command, the planes subscribed for by the people of NZ (p 138-141); reproductions of paintings by war artist Peter McIntyre (p 133-138). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 1227-1668. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 4 Apr 1940

From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain

By: Sport and General Press Agency

Reference: PA1-q-757-77

Description: New Zealand High Commissioner in London, W J Jordan, with Edgar James Kain, New Zealand House, London, England, 4 April 1940. Sport and General photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.3 x 24.5 cm, on album page

Date: 1 Jan - 2 Aug 1938

By: Jordan, Winifred Amy, 1894-1950

Reference: MSX-9365

Description: Diary of Winifred Jordan from January to August 1938. Describes the period leading up to the Second World War and diplomatic life in London, including a range of New Zealand-related events that happened at this time. Manuscript diary entries begin on page 17 for 1 January 1938, with each double spread providing printed spaces for the calendar dates of a single week from Sunday to Saturday. Entries are regular at first and become more sporadic, with the final entry for 2 August 1938 on page 78, marked by a blue silk ribbon bookmark. The souvenir diary itself was published by the British Empire Service League, London, and features a large number of printed photographic illustrations, including portraits of members of the British Royal Family. Also includes photograph of Sir Bill Jordan, as New Zealand High Commissioner, at New Zealand House, on page 12. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other Titles - Lest we forget - Our Empire - Diary 1938 The creator of the diary, Winifred Amy Jordan, nee Bycroft, was the daughter of Louth and Elizabeth Bycroft. She was a draper's assistant before she married William Joseph Jordan in 1917. Sir Bill Jordan, as he is usually known, served as New Zealand High Commissioner in London from 1936 to 1951, and this diary stems from the early period of their stay in London. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed illustrated diary in padded red full leather binding with gold lettering and all edges gilt, 21.5 x 14 cm (196 pages). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Benedict Winter, United Kingdom, Nov 2014 Printed photographs, including portraits and views of palaces.

Date: 1938

From: [New Zealand calendars and blank diaries of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CALENDAR-1938-01

Description: Diary with photographs of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of Kent, the late King George V, Field-Marshal Lord Milne, late Field Marshal Earl Haig, late Admiral Earl Jellicoe, London mayor Sir Harry Edward Twyford and his wife; and various Empire High Commissioners working at their London desks (including J W [ie W J] Jordan of New Zealand). Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1941-1957

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2659

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1940-1943]

From: Mackrell, Brent, fl 2012 : Papers relating to military history

Reference: MSX-8908

Description: Mainly newspaper cuttings relating to New Zealand airmen serving with the Royal Air Force in the European theatre of operations. Includes letter from Walter Nash to Miss V Grant of Auckland re meeting her brother, Reginald Grant in England, 7 Aug 1942 and letter from William Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner in London, to W E Grant re meeting his son, Reginald Grant in England, 2 September 1942. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1942-1943

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: PA1-q-298

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in North Africa and the Pacific during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many of the group portraits are fully named in the album, many of whom are not listed above. Scenes include various views of the Kiwi Concert Party (with a named group portrait) on tour and in action, in Syria, Alexandria, Tripoli & Malta (p 1-5, 42, 137-138); New Zealanders in the RAF at Middle-Eastern stations (p 6-7, 19-23); casualties and medical officers from the El Alamein battle at a NZ military hospital, including a view of twin brothers E R & E O Riley who painted a mural while convalescing (p 8-9, 23); a group of NZ merchant seamen visited the 2nd NZEF base at Maadi with one of the soldiers at the base (A Currie, E Warner, D Duff (all from Lyttelton) and S Rogers from Wellington), with soldier W E M Cornish (also from Lyttelton). Lieutenant-General Montgomery inspecting troops and presenting awards (p 10-180 and Monty in the desert (p 63); from the Azizia region to Tripoli (p 24-36) including stacks of German bombs abandoned near Azizia, troops on leave in Tripoli, Monty visits, parades, scenes with Winston Churchill and Bernard Montgomery; inspection of troops and awards presented by General Freyberg (p 68-72, 75-76). The Libyan battle and advance to Benghazi; Xmas scenes at Maadi Camp (p 40-41), at the Helwan Hospital (p 53-54) & at Sirte (p 55-56); scenes of flooding in the desert; light naval craft in the harbour of a Western Desert port. Nursing sisters in the Western desert (p 45-49); infantry troops taking an Italian fort "Forte Giudice[?]" (p 50-51). Visit of the NZ Minister of Defence (Hon Frederick Jones (p 52-53, 84-85, 94-97, 125-127); presentation of 2 ambulances by the Hugh Baird family (Hastings) and the Sutherland Ross family (Dunedin). Clearing mines (p57-59); Divisional Signals in the desert (p 60-61); photographs taken on a German camera captured in the Sidi Barrani area (p 64-66); various sporting events including rugby championships in Tripoli (p 67-68) & Alexandria (p 72-74), hockey, tennis (p 149), swimming (p 149), and athletics in Cairo (p 127-129). An ambulance train, diesel drawn train of ambulance carriages operated by NZ engineers (p 79); NZ Spitfire fighters operating from Britain (Fl/Lt Pattison, Squad. Leader R J C Grant (DFC, DFM) & Fl/Lt Baker (DFC)); South Island airmen making a broadcast to NZ from the studios of the Canadian Broadcasting Studios in Halifax. Final phase of fighting in North Africa (p 89-93) and the surrender by General Messe, the German Chief of Staff. Scenes of the "First New Zealand Mule Pack Company" (p 129-131) for transporting ammunition and suppliesl in Tunisia; the marriage of Brigadier Kenneth MacCormick to NZ WAAC Joan Stewart Fenwick at Maadi Camp; reproductions of paintings and portraits by war artist Peter McIntyre (p 100-105, 113-114), including members of the Long Range desert Group, Benghazi, Siwa, Monty, Norman Johnston (NZ Broadcasting Unit) and entry into Tripoli. NZers at Stalag 18A Germany (photo taken by A "Carl" Carlisle); passing through Gabes & Sousse; arrival of men in NZ on home leave from Egypt (p 111-113), and office scenes showing the ballot for home leave (p 139-140); British and NZ forces repatriated from Italy on a hospital ship to Alexandria (p 115-116) and a British Embassy garden party for the troops held in the British Embassy grounds in Cairo (p 121-122, 131). Captured German weapons; the end of the North African Campaign; NZers in Britain; NZ prisoners in an Italian prison camp (photo taken by one who was repatriated (L P Halle from Wanganui); celebration of Empire Day in Cairo; command performance by unites of the Allied Forces for the King of Egypt; a group at Medinine; arrival back at Base Camp of the NZ Division after 2000 mile journey from near Tunis back to Maadi after continuous campaigning for nearly a year. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 2115-2555. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22 cm.

Date: 1941-1942

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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-288

Description: Official photographs from World War II, very few of which have captions. Scenes show activities relating to the New Zealand forces in the Middle East in 1941 and the beginning of 1942, including military training in the desert; social life and daily life in camps, scenes in hospitals, sporting activities and social clubs. Military leaders include General Freyberg, Brigadier Alexander Smith Falconer, Lieutenant-Colonel A S Wilder, Howard Karl Kippenberger and Field-Marshall Auchinleck. The New Zealand High Commissioner in Britain visited the tropps and can be seen inspecting the New Zealand reinforcements at Base Camp, Maadi. Several photographs show Charles Hazlitt Upham (awarded the Victoria Cross), including one portrait painted by war artist Peter McIntyre. Other paintings by Peter McIntyre are reproduced on pages 147-149, portraying the part played by New Zealanders in the Libyan offensive of November-December 1941, which McIntyre made from sketches drawn quickly on the field of battle. They include one of the NZ Infantry going into the attack at Sidi Rezegh; New Zealanders at Fort Capuzzo; the tank battle at Belhamid; New Zealand field workshops in the desert; an anti-tank gun in action at Sidi Rezegh; and tank "cavalry" scouting for Rommel's columns in the desert. The second Libyan campaign is seen in numbers of photographs. These include the advance into Libya after Fort Apuzzo fell to a New Zealand column; New Zealand engineers building a wharf at Tobruk; and German and Italian prisoners of war. Items captured include guns, German gas masks, German motor cycles, tanks, Nazi flags, and a captured whip. Three photographs show a group of four New Zealanders who fled from Benghazi on foot when unable to use vehicles after the road was cut behind them. They took about 11 days to walk 250 miles across the desert, gaining help from Arab groups on the way. (Drivers S G McKinnon (Auckland), A W Blackburn (Auckland), Corporal S Roa (Auckland) and Sergeant T W Gill (Wellington)). On pages 133-136 Middle East scenes show a group of New Zealanders arriving back at the N.Z. Base Camp after 37 days imprisonment in Bardia, Libya. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1940-1945

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-4161-01-064

Description: Photographs relating to 2nd NZEF during their time in England; most include captions and individuals are named. Includes: Maori soldiers on leave outside Buckingham Palace; P N H Shepherd (Dunedin), N C W Nicholass (New Plymouth), R C Meadows (Christchurch) and A G W Brown (Auckland) at Milestone Club, London; groups of soldiers outside the San Remo Hotel, and Norfolk Hotel (Cliftonville); Anti-tank Battery practising and being inspected by Anthony Eden at Aldershot; Christmas presents arriving from NZ; High Commissioner W Jordan presenting Rt Hon Sir Walter Citrine, Gen Sec of the Trades Union Congress with cheque for provision of medical and hospital assistance for Soviet Russia through Help for Russia Fund of National Council of Labour; High Commissioner Jordan with Mr McGuiness, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Northern Ireland, 1943; opening of exhibition of war pictures including Peter McIntyre's `Tank Battle at Bel Hamel'; ANZAC Day in London showing wreath laying at Cenotaph by W J Jordan and Lt Col Bishop G V Gerrard who had just been released from captivity in Italy; Princess Elizabeth at Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, 19 Jun 1945; reception held at NZ Forces Club, Charing Cross following investiture at Buckingham Palace at which NZ heros were decorated (Includes F/O G B Page with Acting High Commissioner R M Campbell); march past on United Nations day; visit of Hon F Jones to Naval Depot, and inspecting Light Coastal Forces base on East coast; Winston Churchill inspecting NZ & Australian troops; voluntary workers at Fernleaf Club being thanked by Divisional Commander (NZ Tuis); reception for Lady Newall, wife of Governor General of NZ at NZ Forces Club; delegates of United Nations signing remembrance book presented to Emperor Haille Selassie; Nurse Shiels and W J Jordan (his WWI nurse); launching of a NZ warship by Lady Jellicoe; reception given by M Antoine Delfosse, Belgian Minister of Justice & Information in honour of the delegation in Great Britain of NZ Press; W J Jordan helping to load wste paper salvaged from NZ government offices in the Strand (NZ's effort for Westminster Waste Paper Week) Group photograph of Fernleaf Club Tuis (all named) Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941 to 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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-297

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and England during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified in the album are listed above. Scenes include physical training at the School of Instruction, Maadi Camp; reproductions of paintings by war artist Peter McIntyre (p 1-2, 93); scenes with His Excellency the Governor-General of NZ, Sir Cyril Newall, visiting Samoa and Fiji in 1942 (p 2-7); New Zealand members of ski units including members of the Maori Battalion at the Ninth Army Ski School in Syria; NZEF and Red Cross distribution of flour to Syrian people; parade through Aleppo. Officers, nursing sisters and Lady Freyberg at Anzac Day service at Maadi Camp in 1942; the visit of the NZ High Commissioner to a "west coast port", William Jordan and officers of NZ ships; arrival of pilots and observers for the RAF; scenes with King George VI & Queen Elizabeth visiting RAF Bomber Command, and the King watching landing exercises in Scotland. New Zealanders after withdrawing from the Libyan engagement; engineers constructing roads, lines of communication and supply in Transjordan; working with Arabs, reconstructing ancient wells; NZers in Amman. Group of NZers at Rouen sent back to Germany when arrangement with German authorities for mutual repatriation of prisoners broke down; NZ medical personnel repatriated from Italy to the Middle East under the Geneva Convention (many named); the Duke of Gloucester visiting the NZ camp at Maadi; locomotives being unlaoded on lighters and NZ engineers in their living quarters on the lighters at a Syrian port. The Pacific War Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House. Entertainment and sport for NZ troops in the Middle East included cricket, racing, bathing in the Dead Sea, boxing and wrestling championships. Campaign against malaria, widening and deepening drains; participation at the Western desert battle front; Visit of a party of NZers to a bandit stronghold in Syra (p 62-64); Sergeant James Allen Ward's VC with illustrations (p 71-72); Winston Churchill visiting NZers in the Western Desert (p 77-80, 82); the Alamein front; the NZ General Hospital at Beirut in Syria housed in former French barracks (p 86-90). A studio party in New York for Unted Servicement; a New York Bond Party; and later, a group of NZers in New York. RNZAF training in Canada (group portrait); NZers in North Western Alaska, and a group of wireless operators in Canada. Recipients of awards (named above); Kiwi Concert Party. Pursuit of the Axis Forces and war material abandoned by Germans and Italians (p 104-125); advance to Tripoli (p 128-138). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22 cm

Date: 1861 - 1949

By: New Zealand. Mines Department

Reference: PAColl-0015

Description: Includes Gabriels Gully jubilee gathering, May 20 1921, at Lawrence, and Hon W J Jordan meeting Squadron Leader Frazer Barron (Mines Dept employee) in London during WW2 Quantity: 381 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 16 Aug 1998

From: New Zealand involvement in the Spanish Civil War

By: McGuire, Isobel, 1913-2008

Reference: OHInt-0442-01

Description: Isobel Dodds was born in Auckland in 1913. Describes her father's work and participation in the trade union movement. Talks about her mother's emigration to New Zealand on the same ship as Peter Fraser and the family's ongoing friendship with him. Recalls her training as a nurse, the early stages of the Spanish Civil War and volunteering to go to Spain as a nurse. Recalls the formation of the Spanish Medical Aid Committee (SMAC). Describes people involved in SMAC including George Jackson, Tom Stanley and Mrs McGowan. Talks about fellow nurses Renee Shadbolt and Millicent Sharples. Discusses why the Red Cross did not send nurses and the reaction of New Zealand's High Commissioner in London, Bill Jordan, to the policy of non-intervention by Britain and France. Describes interrogation by the police before leaving New Zealand, their trip to London and then to Barcelona, Valencia, Albacete and Huete. Describes the hospital at Huete (south east of Madrid), conditions, aspects of their work, learning and speaking Spanish, and patients and staff members. Mentions Catalan anarchists and Moorish prisoners. Talks about the plight of Willi Remmel, a member of the International Brigade, and his relationship with Renee Shadbolt. Discusses their evacuation from the hospital at Huete, her regret at having to leave behind the wounded, crossing the Ebro under fire and nursing at a transit hospital. Describes leave in England, attitudes to Spain and the international situation, and posting to the hospital at Mataro (near Barcelona) and work there. Comments on her discovery of the treatment of wounds with maggots. Recalls Dr Jolly, Dorothy Morris, Una Wilson and Mary Lowson. Describes withdrawal of the International Brigade from Spain, being body searched, her return to New Zealand and a nationwide lecture tour. Talks about marrying John McGuire, being in London during World War II, her husband working as a trade commissioner and returning to Spain. Other - Photos and manuscripts relating to Isobel Dodds are in the Photographic Archive and Manuscripts and Archives sections Interviewer(s) - Michael O'Shaughnessy Accompanying material - Photocopies of photos of the British Hospital, nurses, the Dance Band, International Brigade patients; Isobel Dodds in London in 1937 and Auckland in 2001, the house where she was billeted in Mataro, the International Brigade Hospital in Mataro and souvenirs and paintings from Spain Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete abstract and transcript available - OHA-2917. Search dates: 1913 - 1998

Date: 17 Aug 1998

From: New Zealand involvement in the Spanish Civil War

By: Trussell, William Charles, 1920-2009

Reference: OHInt-0442-04

Description: Bill Trussell was born in Wanganui in 1920. Describes his family background and childhood, attending Canterbury University College and the role of politics in his family. Mentions his parents were orchestral musicians and had contact with Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who were musicians. Comments on his reaction to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and his hopes for the republican government in Spain. Discusses support for the activities of the Spanish Medical Aid Committee. Describes coverage by the `Workers' Weekly' and `Tomorrow'. Mentions Winston Rhodes, the Left Book Club and the cooperative bookshop in Christchurch. Comments on the policy of non-intervention which in practice meant that British and French navies prevented arms getting to the republicans while the Italians and Germans got arms to Franco. Mentions Bill Jordan. Describes his feelings at the end of the Spanish Civil War and the inevitability of World War II. Describes being at university and Teachers' College simultaneously from 1938 to 1941 and then being manpowered to teach at Taihape during the war. Describes his family's sponsorship of a German refugee, Kate Frank. Discusses her time in Spain, relationships with the Communist Party and Russian secret police, how she came to New Zealand and the origins of his involvement. Explains how he came to work for the Spanish Republican Govenrment in Exile, based in Paris, and its role in assisting Spanish refugees. Mentions he was a music student in France. Discusses Alvarez del Vayo and Prieto, a function attended by Picasso, his dealings with Pau Casals, impressions of El Campesino and the death of Lorca. Recalls the betrayal and capture of Spanish communists in France. Summarises the achievements and failings of the Government in Exile. Comments that his experiences were the result of personal relations as well as his convictions. Interviewer(s) - Michael O'Shaughnessy Accompanying material - Photocopy of photo of Bill Trussell in 1998 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete abstract and transcript available - OHA-2920. Search dates: 1920 - 1998

Date: 1942 - 1945

From: [Ephemera, programmes and menus for visits of state by foreign dignitaries to New Zealand, and by New Zealand politicians overseas. 1900-1949]

By: Jordan, William Joseph, 1879-1959

Reference: Eph-B-STATE-1942-01

Description: Bound collection of programmes, tickets and orders of service, collected by Sir William Jordan during a posting in the United Kingdom: 1942: Funeral of Field-Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle, 23 January 1942. Ticket; and Order of service New Zealand Day celebration. Order of service of Thanksgiving and commemoration held in the Church of St James, Garlickhythe, 6 February 1942 Royal Colonial Institute Lodge. Installation of R W Bro William J Jordan, Past Grand Warden, New Zealand. Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, 20 May 1942. Invitation, programme, luncheon menu; and notice to say the Duke of Kent would attend Form of service in memory of Air Commodore His Royal Highness George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent. Westminster Abbey, 9 September 1942. Plus ticket 1943: Edward Algernon Fitzroy, speaker of the House of Commons 1928-1943. Born 24 July 1869, died 3 March 1943. St Margaret's Westminster, 8 March 1943. Order of service George, Viscount Galway, G.C.M.G. St Mark's North Audley Street, 31 March 1943. Order of [funeral] service St Paul's Cathedral. A service of thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the victory granted to Britain and her allies in North Africa. 19 March 1943. St Paul's Cathedral. Order of service of thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the success granted to the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain and commemoration before God ... 26 September 1943 Westminster Abbey. Order of service at the funeral of Admiral of the Fleet Sir A Dudley P R Pound, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. 26 October 1943. 1944: ANZAC Day service of remembrance . St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. Eric S Loveday, M.A., Vicar. 25 April 1944. Order of service Funeral of Her Late Royal Highness the Princess beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenberg), at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. 3 November 1944. Order of service In memoriam Deneys Reitz, 1882-1944. Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields London, 25 October 1944. Order of service In memory of the Most Reverend and Right Honourable William Temple ... Lord Archbishop of Canterbury ... 1881-1944. Westminster Abbey, Eve of the Festival of All Saints, 31 October 1944. Order of Service 1945: The order of service in memory of The Right Honourable David, Earl Lloyd-George, O.M. Westminster Abbey, 10 April 1945 St Paul's Cathedral, 17 April 1945. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945 [Order of service] The Order of service for the Enthronement of the Most Reverend Father in God, Geoffrey, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England. Cathedral Church of Christ, Canterbury, 19 April 1945 Thanksgiving for Victory. Church of England, Brussels, 13/5/45. Order of service A service of thanksgiving to Almighty God for the victory granted in Europe to Britain and her allies. St Paul's Cathedral, 13 May 1945. Order of service Royal Colonial Institute Lodge. Installation of W Bro Sir George M Boughey. Freemasons' Hall London, 16 May 1945. Order of service Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Programmes bound in hard cover, 250 x 195 mm. Provenance: Previously held in the Parliamentary Library.