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Memories : essays commemorating the centenary of World War I

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  • Description

    "In 2014, as an intiative towards the nationwide commemoration for the Centenary of World War I, members of the Panmure Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists were invited to write an essay on one or more of their WWI soldiers, nurses and their families, with a view that, by 2018, we would publish the resultant essays in a book. Members set about researching the gaps they had in the information about their ancestor and ... there were common themes in the essays.

    As an example, several have made reference to Sling Camp on Salisbury Plain, and Codford Camp a few miles, to the south, both were staging posts for New Zealand forces in the United Kingdom. One essay tells of 'Our soldiers flag' which is held in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It is embroidered in silk with the names of soldiers when their families donated money to the cause ... The writer of the essay has created a database of the soldiers' names and his has been included in the work ..."--Forward.

  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    D640.A2 MEM (Library of Congress Call Number)

    90144 (Cat ID)

    89969 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Memories : essays commemorating the centenary of World War I
  • Primary Maker

     New Zealand Society of Genealogists. Panmure Branch

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Vivienne M. Parker
  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Date
    2018
  • Physical Description

    250 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm.

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780473439934
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    3 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    694948 (1929.332) 'Our Soldiers Flag' - a fundraising flag made by Agnes Keary (great-aunt of Margaret Nash) and donated to the Museum in 1929.
  • Subject Category

    World War, 1914-1918--New Zealand

    Soldiers--New Zealand--History--20th century

  • Content
    Forward / Vivienne M. Parker, Convenor of Panmure Branch NZSG -- Alfred Cuthbert Amyes / Brian Aymes -- Henry Gunther Anderson / A. M. Cannell -- Thoms James Bullen / Martha Goldthorpe -- Clara Edwards Cherry / Gloria L. Kelly -- Leonard Frederick Griffiths Cloake / Margaret Nash -- Ralph Valentine Dynes / Athol S. Munro -- William George Edmunds / Dorothy Edmunds -- Edward Gerald Palmer Fenn / Edward Fenn -- Cecil Gardener / Marge Wilkins -- The Gardner family / Alison Glenie -- John Davidson Herd and Frederick Stuart Herd / Jay Venables -- Agnes Jane Keary nΘe Short / Margaret Nash -- Donald Johnstone McGavin / Margaret McGavin -- William Henry Nankervis / Bruce Tudor -- Eustace Charles Edward Nicholson / Jillian Campbell -- Schmidt Studios / Keith Giles -- The soldiers flag / Margaret Nash -- August Wahlert / Roselyn Janet Harlick nΘe Wahlert -- George William Waters / Pam Garlick -- William Winett Webb and others.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
    General Collection
    History Library
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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