Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Davis and Topp - photographs
Primary Maker
Date
1930-1940s
Level of Current Record
Parent
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Ruth Mary Davis (donor's mother)
Colin Bethridge Topp (donor's father)
Egbert Bethridge Topp (donor's grandfather)
Robert George Davis (Ruth's brother who died in Crete)
John Lowe Davis (Ruth and Robert's father who served British Army in India).
Content
1. Colin B. Topp, Gisborne. New Zealand, photograph album
2. Ruth Davis, photograph album
3. Bobby [portrait of Robert George Davis], photograph
4. Bobby [portrait of Robert George Davis], photograph
5. Some of-the gallery. Athletic meeting of the second Echelon, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, at Trentham on Wednesday afternoon (Evening Post, 26 April 1940), unknown, photographer, print
6. Bobby [Robert George Davis], print
7. The workshop sections at our billets in Kent. This was taken with my camera and enlarged, print (copy)
8. [Portrait of Robert George Davis], NZ Freelancer, June 18, 1941, print (copy)
9. Larry Heath, Catalina Radio Operator, print
10. John Lowe Davis, Blanch Helen (Howell) Davis, Dennis, Robert and Ruth, print (copy)
11. [Portrait of two soldiers - one possibly Egbert Bethridge Topp], print (postcard)
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Ruth Mary Topp (nee Davis) (1918-1991). Air Force. Service no. WWII W3316. World War II
Colin Bethridge Topp (1921-2012). Flight Sergeant, Royal New Zealand Airforce. Service no. NZ39437. World War II.
Copyright
Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
Credit Line
Donated by Carolyn Wilton, 2018
Last Update
11 May 2023
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