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Roland Graham Hume - War biographies, 2004

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  • Description

    Contains photocopied material. Folder 1 -- Cedric Graham: biographical notes, photographs and official records outlining Graham's military career. Also included are 2 letters from his father (one undated; the second 13 August 1914) and 2 letters to his family (16 June 1916; 21 May 1916[?]), extracts from printed material such as newspaper clippings relating to his death, and official published sources on the battle of the Somme. (31 leaves)

    Folder 2 -- Captain Henry Roy Hume: biographical notes, correspondence, photographs and official records outlining Hume's military career, with some details also of the Hume family. Also included are extracts from printed material such as newspaper clippings relating to his death, wedding invitations from his marriage to Ailsa Maud Howard, as well as official published sources on the NZ Field Artillery during the Libyan campaign. (70 leaves)

    Folder 3 -- 2ndLt L.H. 'Jock' Hume: biographical notes, correspondence, photographs and official records outlining Hume's military career, with some details also of the Hume family. Included is a typed copy of his last letter to his family (dated 4 May 1941), and a letter written to his parents from his brother Keith Hume (dated 30 May 1941), telling them of the circumstances of his brother's death. Also included are extracts from printed material such as newspaper clippings relating to his death, official published sources on the Crete campaign, and a seminar written by Terry Hume (nephew) entitled 'Finding Jock', where he retraces his uncle's footsteps back to Crete. (160 leaves)

  • Other Id

    3459 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2004-25 (Reference Number)

    42571 (DBTextworks system ID)

    2004/25 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Roland Graham Hume - War biographies, 2004
  • Primary Maker

     Roland Hume

  • Date
    2004
  • Physical Description

    3 folders each containing 1 x spiral-bound photocopied typescript volume

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Public Access Text

    Second Lieutenant Cedric Kenny Onslow Graham, of the 15th Durham Light Infantry, was killed in action on 16 September 1916, at Flers, France.

    Captain Henry Roy Hume, 5th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery, 2NZEF, was killed in action on 1 December 1941, in Libya.

    Second Lieutenant Lloyd Hamilton ('Jock') Hume, 5th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery, 2NZEF, was killed in action on 21 May 1941, in Crete.

    See also:

    (1) - Cenotaph database records.

    (2) - Filer, David. "Kiwis in khaki : a pictorial history of the New Zealand soldier in World War II", David Bateman, Auckland, 1989. [Call No. D743.2Fil]

    (3) - Murphy, Walter Edward. "Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery", Department of Internal Affairs, Historical Publications Branch, Wellington, 1966. [Call No. D743Mur]

  • Credit Line
    Donated by Roland Graham Hume in 2004.
  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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