Cooking for military personnel

Date: 1943-1944

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: Barns-Graham, Allan Barclay, 1906-2006

Reference: PA1-q-303

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Pacific theatre during World War 2, 1943-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. Amongst the official NZ photographs there are a few from the official British war photographs. Signals personnel train at the New Zealand School of Signals in New Caledonia; New Zealanders construct roads on Vella Lavella; the Post office at Vella Lavella; the boot repair section; arrival of Xmas mail in New Caledonia. Works services engaged in construction of the NZ General Hospital No 4; hospital wards; wounded and sick soldiers with nursing staff; and convalescents; Xmas dinner at the Artillery Training Dept; New Year function at the No 4 General Hospital (Boguen Detachment); an ice cream plant amenity provided by the NZ National Patriotic Fund Board. Field maintenance camp in the Solomons. Various sporting activities at a number of sites in the Pacific including boxing championships, race meetings, aquatic sports carnival on Vella Lavella including a Xmas-New Year treasure hunt; native canoes; cricket; rugby games and team portraits; New Year sports meetings; road race; swimming carnival and basketball. Group portraits of officers and staff at the New Zealand Base Reception Depot; the Base Ordnance Dept.; Wharf operating Unit; WAAC personnel at the NZ Convalescent Depot; presentation of awards by H E Barrowclough. Embarkation of NZ troops for a commando raid on Green Islands (known as the Green Island Campaign and as the Nissan Campaign); troops boarding a destroyer by means of nets on the side; soldiers wounded in the raid; men camouflaged with blackened faces; LSTs (Tank Landing Ships); unloading heavy vehicles and equipment form LSTs; fresh water being brought ashore from an LST; LCI (Landing Craft for Infantry) amphibious ships. Parade of various NZ troops welcoming "Fighting French" volunteers home from North Africa; a NZ casualty clearing station at Guadalcanal. Activities of NZ troops at Nissan Island; capture of Japanese antitank guns, army radio sets and medical equipment; group portraits of various personnel on Nissan Island. Dr W W Hallright with assistants giving medical treatment to Nissan Island natives prior to their being evacuated to Guadalcanal, and also giving medical treatment for Pinipel natives. Scenes on Treasury Island include native islanders thatching a roof for a new church at Falamai built by NZ soldiers in memory of NZ and American soldiers, and presented to the nation to replace their church which had been destroyed by fire in the Treasury Islands campaignl; the cemetery at Falamai; a church service at the open air "St James' Theatre"; yacht races; a barbershop. On Nissan Island the No 2 Platoon of a Field Co. engineers constructing Halas Pier and Salipal Pier; a sawmill operated by Field Park Sawmill section; Field Ambulance laboratory; malarial control unit; group portraits of various sections; wood chopping competitions. In New Caledonia there are many scenes of the Kalavere Hospital and the 2nd NZ Convalescent Depot; the opening of the new Kiwi Club built by NZ work services personnel who built it from prefabricated sections made in NZ, with representatives from the NZ National Patriotic Fund Board attending; a dance at the club; dance band; and the Moindah Racing Club meeting. On Mono Island a naval control tower; and Saveke Bridge built by NZ engineers. On Stirling Island scenes of an antitank battery; army and navy personnel meet on Treasury Island; Anzac Day parade in Bourail Camp (New Caeldonia); scenes of members of the Fijian Defence Force with New Zealanders in Bouganville; a native church at the Allied Cemetery in Guadalcanal. Views of the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Pacific showing crew members; the boiler room; engine room; gun crew practice; and depth charge drill. Black and white reproductions of 5 paintings by 3rd NZ Division war artist Lt Allan Barns-Graham: The town of Bourail; a bridge designed and built by NZ engineers designed to carry the heaviest loads; a sketch of a fox-hole near Island Command on Vella Lavella; caped men returning from an engagement on Nissan Island; and the landing at Pokonian Plantation. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, darker blue 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: [1943-1944]

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-302

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Pacific theatre during World War 2, 1943-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. Many scenes show NZers in training exercises in New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, including Bren carriers crossing rivers on raft & trestles erected by military engineers; signals; road construction; thatching and constructing buildings (the Works Construction Unit); amphibious training from invasion barges; unloading and landing supplies; transporting guns and equipment; bridge building; digging fox holes and camping in the jungle; jungle warfare; maintaining wireless communication; organising camouflage; repairing damaged weapons; use of local canoes for transportation; ordnance workshops; and weapon training. Many scenes show parades, and inspections, including the King's Birthday parade in New Caledonia; a church parade; the Hon Mr F Jones visiting NZ troops; visit of Hon W Perry; visit of General Freyberg; visit of Admiral Halsey (US); and visit of the Governor of New Caledonia. Sporting activities, including individual players and group portraits of various teams of rugby players, soccer teams, hockey teams, swimming teams and a carnival, boat races, athletics, jockeys and horse racing, wrestling and boxing; surf clubs including the Engineers' team, Infantry No 2 team, and the Signals' team. Daily scenes including food preparation and coking; an anti-mosquito campaign; a leave centre for pacific troops; a dance sponsored by the American Red Crosss Service Club, and a celebration of New Zealand Day at the club; casting votes for NZ elections and a visit of scrutineers overseeing the voting; NZEF Base Repertory Players and the Kiwi Concert Party; a Base Camp reception at the hospital in New Caledonia; a garden party held by the Officers' School; Xmas parcels for NZ troops in the advanced Pacific Base. Images linked with medical care in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal and Treasury Islands include hospitals; medical personnel including dental surgeons, opticians and nurses; convalescent depot; and evacuation and transportation of the sick and wounded; and scenes of funeral services and graves of NZ soldiers in the Solomon Islands. Transportation of equipment and troops loading and embarking for the north from New Caledonia; landing craft; Liberty ships; New Zealanders in Guadalcanal. The NZ Brigade arriving in Guadalcanal, and the move from Guadalcanal to Vella Lavella on board L.S.Ts (Landing ship, tank); climbing up nets on the side of transports; bulldozer drawing heavy vehicles and equipment from the L.S.T.; New Zealand soldiers with Fijian commandoes; use of outrigger canoes; capture of a Japanese armed coastal barge, a Japanese supply boat and camp equipment left by retreating Japanese. Treasury Islands campaign in which a small group of NZ worked with native guides; two native chiefs who were extremely helpful; a NZ camp at Malsi on Mono Island; Falamai Village; water collection at Saveke River on Mono Island; tree cutting to provide wood for pump bases and flooring; unloading drums of petrol; NZ troops consolidate on Treasury Islands. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue 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: PAColl-4161-01-031-01

Description: Training of infantry, engineers, mechanics, and mounted rifles Quantity: 185 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-051

Description: Photographs relating to defence, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images relating to the army are arranged alphabetically from A to F Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

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-B69A

Description: Three soldiers shown operating field stoves Quantity: 1 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-4161-01-031

Description: Training of infantry, engineers, mechanics, and mounted rifles Quantity: 12 container(s) (boxes).

Date: 7 August 1951

From: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928- :Korean War negatives

Reference: 1/4-130827-F

Description: Soldiers from the expansion draft of K Force peel potatoes on board the 'Wahine' prior to its departure for the Korean War, taken 7 August 1951 by Ian Mackley for the Evening Post newspaper. The men are Bill Wilkie (Invercargill), Stan Cook (Tuatapere), Ed Reynolds (Dunedin), Murray McLean (Oamaru), Bill Direen (Waimatua) Names of men are from Evening Post caption in newspaper. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: l916

From: Martin, W W :World War One albums of Mr Laurie C Mackie

Reference: PA1-o-310-4-2

Description: Stacking bread baked for the troops at Tel El Kebir, Egypt, in 1916. Photograph taken by Laurie C Mackie. See also 1/2-090827 which shows the bread being baked in mud ovens Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The bread being stacked after coming from the mud ovens Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 24 May 1944

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-05967-F

Description: A N Goss (Napier) at work at an improvised fireplace in the hills where a NZ Division Flash-spotting troop keeps a watch on enemy artillery. Photograph taken in the Cassino area, Italy, on 24 May 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 10 Sep 1944]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06628-F

Description: Caption on file print reads: ' These men are known as 'issuers' and are responsible for seeing that all New Zealand units in the forward areas get their supply of bread from NZ Fld Bakery [2 New Zealand Field Bakery].' Photograph taken in Italy circa 10 September 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [between 1916-1917]

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-12-02

Description: Scenes at a dressing station in Dobraveni, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I. Photographs taken between 1916-1917 by an unidentified photographer. Upper photograph shows a mess hut made of petrol tins. Lower photograph shows a cook house made of stones and empty ammunition boxes. Inscriptions: Mount recto - [top of item]Dressing Station Dobraveni [middle of item] Mess Hut (of petrol tins) [Bottom of item] Cook House (of stones and empty ammunition boxes) Dressing Station Dobraveni Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on paper. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, approx 6 x 9 cm (unevenly trimmed), mounted on brown paper 28.3 x 14.6 cm

Date: [ca 10 Sep 1944]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06620-F

Description: Weighing each piece of dough before placing it in the baking tin at the 2 New Zealand Field Bakery in Italy during World War II. Photograph taken circa 10 September 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1944

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: 1/2-044702-F

Description: Soldier next to [a makeshift oven?] in an army camp on Mono Island, Solomon Islands. Taken in 1944. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 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: DA-00543-F

Description: View inside officers mess cookhouse at Maadi military camp showing officers using facilities. Taken in 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Between 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: 1/4-019371-F

Description: A couple of New Zealand World War II soldiers cooking around a small fire in the Western Desert, North Africa. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-00796-F

Description: Cook using a field oven in the Western Desert. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Dec 1941]

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: DA-02326B-F

Description: GOC Bernard Freyberg with the men at Christmas dinner for NZ Division in Egypt, World War II. Taken in December 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 21 Mar 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

By: Wemyss, Stan, active 1945

Reference: DA-02961-F

Description: New Zealand Minister of Defence, Hon Frederick Jones, visits the pie factory in Maadi Camp and speaks to Driver Jones (Thames) and Driver Munro (Auckland). Photograph taken circa 21 March 1943 by S Wemyss. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 25 Dec 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

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04933-F

Description: W T Keighley (Wellington) tastes part of the Christmas dinner prepared for a section of the New Zealand Division in Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken on 25 December 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative