Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 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: 1945

By: Mead, Betty, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-3401

Description: Waiting for motorcade to come into view; Monty standing in car Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprints approx. 62 x 87mm

Date: 1940-1945

By: King, Russell David, 1896-1970

Reference: PAColl-3179

Description: Because the photographer was one of the commanding officers of the Field Ambulance many of the photographs are snaps of officers and visiting commanders and officials. Other photographs show the Field Ambulance in operation in various theatres of the war, on leave and playing sport. The largest group of photographs are of a tourist type showing historical sites, architecture, places of scenic interest and the native populations Arrangement: Negatives at F66732-1/4 - F66784-1/4 Quantity: 53 b&w original negative(s). 625 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0247, Russell David King papers.

Date: 1940s

From: Jackson, E R C (Lieutenant), 1907- :Photographs taken in the Middle East during World War II

Reference: PA1-q-327

Description: Album compiled by Lieutenant E R C Jackson, which includes commercial views of the Middle East, India and Sydney; one section shows war photographs.. The first group consists of postcards of Egypt (some coloured), particularly of Cairo and the pyramids, and the Suez Canal. Pages 33-47 are in numbered sequences of 20 scenes, each one with a small index inserted at the beginning. They include views of Lebanon and Syria, in particular Aleppo (now Halab), Hama (or Hamah), Homs (or Hims), and Damascus. Pages 48-50 are commercial views of Greece, particularly Athens. Pages 57-73 are chiefly scenes of war in the Middle East, including one of a dead parachutist, a German war cemetery, a German prisoner and a series of attacks on Italian shipping. Some show groups of soldiers in the desert, and two are of Montgomery of Alamein. A further series of commercial scenes are of Cairo, Nazareth, Tiberias, and Haifa, finishing with views of Sydney. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leatherette loose-bound abum, entitled `Photographs'; 27 x 35 cm

Date: [ca 4 Feb 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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02882-F

Description: Prime Minister of Great Britain, Mr Winston Churchill, after his arrival at Castel Benito near Tripoli, Libya, with the Commander of the 8th Army General Bernard Montgomery. Shown on the morning of Churchill's visit to the NZ Division. Photograph taken circa 4 February 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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: PAColl-4161-01-076

Description: Some photographs include captions. Images of the 8th Army offensive of El Alamein showing: members of 28 Maori Battalion (Lt G Marsden, Lt J Aperahama, Capt J C Henare, Capt W Porter; C P Clarke of Kawakawa, T Bryers of Okaihau, W H Cooper of Kawakawa); Axis prisoners marching to Alexandria; heavy machine gun in action during an air raid; "Honey" tanks lined up (Lt I T van Asch of Blenheim); NZ Divisional Cavalry training; Crusader tanks; destroyed German 88mm anti-tank gun. Lt Gen B L Montgomery's visit to NZ Division to present decorations; taking salute during march past of 5th Brigade; General Freyberg with Winston Churchill; General Freyberg directing operations from his Stuart (Honey) tank during advance of Matruh; Rt Hon R G Casey's (British Minister of State in Middle East) visit to battle area and being introduced to Lt Gen Sir B Freyberg (with back to camera is Lt Gen Sir Leslie Morshead); NZ Field Ambulance bogged down in heavy rain inland from Fuka, Nov 1942; rocky machine gun post; medical orderly attending to minor injury; firing at Stuka pilots; Battle HQ NZ Division; truck drivers of NZ `B' Echelon watching stores dump burning; mess in the field, Jul 1942; troops training; POW. Convoys on the move near Sollum; Maori members of AA Battery; laying desert railway track; wreckage of Luftwaffe; burial of members of the crew of an anti-aircraft gun on Alamein front. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1943

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: PAColl-4161-01-215

Description: Series of photographs taken during Lt Gen B L Montgomery's visit to NZ Division to present decorations awarded for gallantry. Those who received decorations include: Gunner Johnson; Brig W G Gentry; Sgt R J G Mack; Captain W Porter; Cpl Russell; Captain Wilson; Brig C E Weir; Major H M McElroy; Sgt Keith Elliott; Captain Stevens. Lt Gen Montgomery inspecting men of the 5th Brigade, 6th Brigade, Divisional Cavalry, and machine gunners; congratulating the `Left Hook' troops ( NZ and English armoured troops) who took part in the outflanking movement which turned Rommel's Mareth Line defences, 1943; Montgomery dictating terms to the Lieutenant Governor and officials of Tripoli town and Tripolitania at Castel Benito Gate on entering the town; at British Embassy, Cairo talking with repatriated NZ and Australian soldiers from Italy when these men were entertained; Gen Montgomery with NZ GOC and Brigadiers Gentry and Weir. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-211

Description: Contains two frames. The first frame pictures Viscount Montgomery, a kiwi wearing a label reading 'Half of NZers', and Arnold Nordmeyer and Walter Nash exchanging worried looks. The second frame is about an unrelated topic. The title reads 'Americans invite second NZ artist to Antarctic!' It shows the cartoonist shivering while looking at the frost on his potatoes. He is imagining himself in Antarctica, struggling to draw a penguin because he is shivering too much Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: [1940-1960]

From: Rex, Tony, fl 1940-1988 : Papers relating to the Kiwi Concert Party

Reference: MS-Papers-5735

Description: Comprises Tony Rex's `The "Kiwis"; the story of the Kiwi Concert Party, October 1940 to January 1954' (117 leaves); certificate of appreciation re show from senior officer RNVR (1942); certificate from Lord Montgomery re appreciation of show ((1942); letter from Lady Freyberg re invitation to join celebrations re Kiwi Concert Party (1960); reviews of revue (1942-1943, nd); summary of paid admissions to revue (1946-1953); and return of admission payments (11 May 1946) Other Titles - Tripoli Times (newspaper) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Blake, Sara Eugenia, 1886-1973; Byrne, Harold, 1899-1966; Davies, Lewis Roy, 1897-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Goodchild, John Charles, 1898-1980; Hunt, Charles Henry, 1857-1938; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; Mahony, Francis William, 1905-1989; McGrath, Raymond, 1903-1977; McNally, Matthew James, 1874-1943; Miller, Sydney Leon, 1901-1983; Mort, Eirene, 1879-1978?; Pike, Bertram Edgar, 1890-1972; Rees, Lloyd Frederic, 1895-1988; Spence, P F S, active 1907; Wood, Noel, 1912-2001?

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-L/N

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Elizabeth Lane (by E E Brown) F C V Lane (3 bookplates, 1 by Adrian Feint, 1 by an artist with the initials J C N or C N J, 1 by artist unknown, picturing a boat, a lantern and several birds, possibly cormorants) Frank E Lane (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1926) Fred Lane Fred C V Lane (2 bookplates, 1 by Lloyd Rees, 1 by artist unknown) Jean Rosalind Lane Rosamund P A Lane (by Lloyd Rees) Walter Gilbert Langford (by P M Litchfield, possibly Phillip M Litchfield, 1925) Maxwell J Lawson (by E W, 1927. Collector notes on back of bookplate "Auctioneer, connoisseur of objects d'art) B B Levick (by P N Barnett, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) E C Levick (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Norman Lindsay (featuring caricature, possibly of artist) Noel Linton (name of the artist illegible, possibly B E Pike) Reg Linton (by J B G) P Litchfield (owner is also possibly the artist) Charmian London (by L Roy Davies, possibly Lewis Roy Davies) Sydney Long (2 bookplates, both by artist unknown, both feature birds and children) John Lynch (note on back of bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", though it is unclear if he is the artist or a donor. The bookplate features a poem entitled "Ode to a Loaned Book") H M (possibly by T Bond, featuring a face mask, possibly South East Asian) Hartley MacAllister (by R D, possibly Roy Davies) Allan McClure (by W Mahoney, possibly Will Mahony, 1930. Pictured 2 men, 1 on horseback, and 2 windmill, possibly representing Don Quixote and Sancho Panza) Gwen McConnell (by M J MacNally, possibly Matthew James MacNally) Heather MacDonald-Sutherland (by R McGrath, possibly Raymond McGrath) Aeneas J McDonnell (by Adrian Feint, 1926) Alice McEllister (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) Eileen McGrath (possibly by Raymond McGrath) Raymond McGrath (owner is also possibly the artist) Ethel McIlwraith (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) Hugh D McIntosh (by N L, possibly Norman Lindsay) Thomas MacIver, Jr Ioannis Mackenzie (by Crampton, 1942. The bookplate reads "A gift to his successors in the Ministry of the Toorak Presbyterian Church") Lorna McLaughlin (possibly by F W G Mathwin) E B MacLeod (possibly by Eirene Mort) Genevieve McLeod (by P M Litchfield, possibly Phillip M Litchfield, 1924) David McMillan (picturing a Maori carving and the words "toni puka puka") F A Maguire (by Philip Litchfield, possibly Phillip M Litchfield) Lorna Maher (name of the artist illegible, 1928) Will Mahony (by Syd Miller, possibly Sydney Miller, featuring caricature possibly of Will Mahony) Ernest S Marks (note on back of bookplate illegible, gives artist's name as H J Ricknell or possibly H J Recknell, featuring sporting equipment and a picture of a greyhound) Percy J Marks (by J Wolinski, possibly Joseph Wolinski, 1932. The bookplate pictures a man at a desk, presumably Percy J Marks, with books entitled "Law", "Judaiea", "Numismatiea", "Shakespeare" and "Australia", and a view past him through the window of what is probably the Sydney Harbour Bridge) Douglas Mawson (by L Roy Davies, possibly Lewis Roy Davies, 1932. Pictured is a polar scene, with a sailing ship and a man following a dog-drawn sled, possibly depicting Antarctica) Robert G Menzies (by Lionel Lindsay, depicting several items including an ornate chest, a lawyer's or judge's wig, and a manuscript titled "Declaration of War") Meriden (by Gayfield Shaw, 1931. Includes motto "semper fidelis". Pictured is an ornate and imposing doorway over which is written the text "Meriden", though it is not made clear whether this is the name of the owner or possibly the building. Before the steps lie an open book, and a bow with a quiver of arrows) Clyde Meynell (by W S Percy) Syd Miller (featuring caricature, possibly of Syd Miller) Montgomery (Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein G C B, D S O. Bookplate includes picture of Tasmania, Australia, with the words "Gardez bien" Camden Morrisby (2 bookplates, 1 by Lionel Lindsay, the other by G D Perrottet, possibly George D Perrottet) Eirene Mort Harold S Mort Harold Sutcliffe Mort (name of the artist illegible, possibly E Mort, [19] 14) Harrie P Mortlock (2 bookplates, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1933, the other by artist unknown, in a Japanese or Oriental style) Mary E Moss (possibly by Ernest Warner) H B Muir (9 bookplates, 1 by A F, possibly Adrian Feint, 3 possibly by J C Goodchild, 1 possibly by Noel Wood, 2 by G D P and 1 by G P, all 3 possibly George D Perrottet, 1 with name of the artist illegible, possibly Sara Eugenia Blake. Blake was also a bookplate collector and her name on the bookplate possibly refers to her in this role. Bookplate also includes the initials A R A) Barbara Lane Mullins Bessie Lane Mullins (by Albert Hanson) George Lane Mullins Hilda Lane Mullins (by C H Hunt, possibly Charles Henry Hunt) John Francis Lane Mullins (included on the bookplate is the inscription "Turner & Henderson, Sydney) John Lane Mullins (3 bookplates, 1 possibly by Harold Byrne, 1936, 1 by P F S Spence, possibly Percy Frederick Seaton Spence, 1892, 1 by artist unknown) S Elliott Napier (by E M, possibly Eirene Mort, 1934. Amongst the things pictured in the bookplate are a tortoise, a bird, possibly a tern, a map of Cape York peninsula/northern Queensland, Australia and an emblem depicting a hand holding a crescent shaped object with the words "ready aye ready", possibly a reference to the Canadian Navy) Frank Howard Neff (by H E P) The National Art Gallery of NSW (2 bookplates each depicting the same image but on different scales) New South Wales (Public Library of New South Wales) Eileen Nigel-Smith (by Philip M Litchfield) A T Nisbet (initials of the artist illegible, possibly A C or P C or N C) Quantity: 90 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1915-1980

By: New Zealand Red Cross Society

Reference: PAColl-0168

Description: Copying done by M de Raadt in 1779 and 1980 The 11 photographs are all postcards Arrangement: Negatives in 35mm registers at 16051 - 16082. Quantity: 154 b&w copy negative(s). 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Previously NEGColl-69/1

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-182

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1939-1953 A.N.A. Dance (group of men from United Services), undated; Otago Patriotic Council committee at a social and dance at the Town Hall (includes Mayor of Dunedin, A H Allen & Mrs Allen and others, all named on verso), Aug 1940; Lord Montgomery accompanied by Dr J Kennedy Elliot, examines work being done by W Greenbank at Returned Servicemen's Training Centre, Wellington; Patriotic Fund drive for funds at Hamilton, 1940 (parade), and Dunedin, Oct 1940 (archery competition); playhouse built and furnished by an Invercargill firm to be raffled to raise funds for London victims of air-raids, 1940; send-off for Hastings soldiers; fond farewell at Timaru station, Oct 1939; Timaru soldiers led by Municipal Band marching down the main street, Oct 1939; volunteers enlisting at Auckland, Sep 1939; crowd at Wellington Railway Station waving goodbye from the platform, Oct 1939. Special force in training at Trentham; members of Marlborough branch of National Reserve on guard duty at a military depot; civic farewell for Marlborough soldiers at Blenheim, Oct 1939. Dunedin recruits departing from railway station for training for the Special Force; New Plymouth volunteer at railway station before Special Force left town; Canterbury men for Special Force marching; funeral of Lance-Corporal James Thomas Nelson held at Invercargill includes members of the Special Force, Dec 1939. Napier volunteer nurses who won the Collins Cup V.A.D. competition, and Wellington team who were runners-up; Red Cross nurses at Burnham Military Camp, Dec 1939; training of members of Auckland Calliope Sea Scouts Troop which reformed in Oct 1939; painting a merchant ship `battleship-grey' as a war precaution, Sep 1939 Army Stage Recruiting Rally in Featherston Street, Wellington; Mayor of New Plymouth with waste material collection, Sep 1940; washing-up at Camp; wet canteen; outdoor wet canteen at Burnham, Dec 1939; dental tent, Nov 1939. Patriotic Fund related photographs: Boys' war effort at Westport, 1940 - Collecting pine cones, collecting beer bottles, fretwork, chopping firewood; children's `shop' at Terrace end, Palmerston North, 1940; decorated bicycle at Levin, 1940; horse and cart in main road of Gisborne during petrol restrictions, 1939; stock sale at Waipukerau to raise funds, Dec 1940; Home Guard display at Hastings Watty Nelson (singer) photographed at Otaki with brothers Jack and `Hec' Merrylees (formerly of Dannevirke) of third Echelon, Aug 1940 Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1940-1943

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: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-200

Description: Photographs of the paintings done by Peter McIntyre, official New Zealand war artist, during the war in North Africa. Also photographs of the opening of exhibition of NZ official war artists paintings at NZ Forces Club, Cairo. Includes photos of exhibition guests including Sir Miles Lampson, Lady Freyberg, Jean Begg, and Captain Peter McIntyre. Large number of captioned photos of McIntyre's war paintings done in North Africa (multiple copies of many); also portraits of Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell; Miss E M Nutsey; Charles Upham; General Sir Bernard Montgomery; war correspondent Norman Johnston; Gunner Sanders; others (unidentified). Scenes painted at Sollum Pass; near Daba; El Alamein; Minqar Qaim (Jun 1942); Belhamid; Takrouna; North African coast; Corridor of Tobruk; Tobruk; Benghazi; Sidi Rezegh; Tripoli; Capuzzo; Maadi; Siwa; Sidi Barrani. Quantity: 162 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1900-1972

From: Jones, Winifred, fl 1950-2004 :Photographs relating to Frederick Jones

Reference: PAColl-7986-1

Description: Photographs relating to the work of Frederick Jones as Minister of Defence and Postmaster General, including images of Jones with military personnel, group portraits of postal employees and managers, people in fancy dress with a float circa 1900, and social functions. Quantity: 18 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-4161-01-220

Description: Assortment of photographs, most with captions, of military and political leaders, and others. Names entered in Name Field. Group photo of 1st Echelon drinking beer in the `Beer Garden' at Burnham Camp, Nov 1939 Quantity: 178 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: [ca 1939-1960]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-200

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, late 1930s-1960 Aerial photographs - Gisborne; Christchurch looking east towards Brighton and with the Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park in the foreground; Christchurch at night; Auckland city centre and Harbour Bridge; Nelson city; Palmerston North; Lake Brunner and waterfall; Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island; New Plymouth and Mount Taranaki from above Pukekura Park; Napier looking south-west; Wellington looking north from above Newtown; Wellington from above Wadestown looking south, showing American supply ships at Aotea Quay, 1947. Government Building at Centennial Exhibition, 1939; ferries tied up in St Mary's Bay with Auckland Harbour Bridge in distance (entitled `The old and the new'); Auckland fishing fleet; seating at High Street end of Albert Park, Auckland; lower Queen Street, Auckland; statue in The Square, Palmerston North; Cape Brett lighthouse; tourist and guide at Dragon's Mouth, Wairakei, 1938; cricket at Auckland Domain; Ocean Beach, Mount Maunganui from The Mount; Orewa; Waiwera; car ferry at Opua; Waitara, 1930s. Arthur's Pass Alpine Village; Lake Te Anau; The Chasm, Fiordland National Park; baches north of Whangarei; boats in tidal estuary at Ngunguru, 1961; Tutukaka, 1961; rural scenes in Makarakeke district, south-east of Waipukurau, 1956; rural scene north of Eketahuna, 1956; Te Whiti River, 1957; farm land in Takapau district; rural scene at Otane, 1957. Woman skier at Coronet Peak; apple packing, Hastings, 1948; official party on the stage at RSA Ball, Blenheim, 1951; Waitomo Caves Hotel; Te Aroha Government Tourist Gardens with game of lawn bowls in progress, 1959; group photograph taken at opening of the Kahungunu War Memorial building at Nuhaka, Sep 1949. Several photographs taken during the construction of the Maori memorial on One Tree Hill, Auckland, 1939-1940; electric car manufactured in England in 1935; Field Marshal Montgomery's visit to Wellington, Jul 1947. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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: 1939-1949

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-4161-01-221

Description: Assortment of official and unofficial photographs, most without captions Includes: NZ YMCA with J-Force (lounge); series of photographs pasted onto card - Signing of the surrender at Toyko Bay; Peter Fraser leaving a Naval Transport Service plane near Pearl Harbour in company with Admiral Chester W Nimitz (USN, Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas) and Vice Admiral Robert L Ghormley (USN Commandant Fourteenth Naval District and Hawaiian Sea Frontier); unidentified underground miners; training in the Kaimai Ranges; Home Guard training; Brigadier General Patrick Hurley (American Minister to NZ) with Hon Peter Fraser, Lord Halifax, Hon Walter Nash, and Cordell Hull, 1942; Winston Churchill and others; village of Ag Demetrios, Greece, 1941; the Admiral Graf Spee sinking after she had been scuttled in the River Plate, Dec 1939; coffins of German sailors killed in the River Plate Battle photographed at Montivideo, Dec 1939; unidentified chaplain. Woman pilot; General Montgomery; Helen Keller and her companion Polly Thompson arriving at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo; Milford Track; Second Mounted Rifles moving past the saluting base at Foxton when they were reviewed by the Inspector-General of Forces, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell; Auckland Gas Company's gasometers in Freeman's Bay; Bill Boyce; unidentified NZ buildings (possibly office of Scientific and Industrial Research); view of Wellington from hills above Tinakori Road looking south. Other unofficial photos from the collections of W E King of Tauranga; E B Hamilton; Sandy Crichton; H Sharples. Some taken in Italy Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s).