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Magazine of H.M. Transport no. 25

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Ake Ake Kia Kaha (Alternate title)

  • Place
    Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Other Id

    890 (Presto content ID)

    D745.2 MAG (Library of Congress Call Number)

    1080 (Cat ID)

    S 1277 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    serial

  • Name/Title
    Magazine of H.M. Transport no. 25
  • Other Name

    Ake Ake Kia Kaha (Alternate title)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    New Zealand. Army. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd. Reinforcements, 5th.
  • Place
    Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Date
    1941?
  • Physical Description

    volume : illustrations ; 25 cm

  • Serial Holdings
    Current Holdings: Souvenir issue (x3)
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Subject Category

    Soldiers' writings, New Zealand--Periodicals

  • Provenance Details
    One copy has 'Miss Wilson, with best wishes from W. A. Reynolds'
    One copy signed ' Pte W.A. Reynolds (no.62942)'
    One copy signed 'F.G. Smith' and also signed by seven others on the front cover. Signatures also over the entire back cover, many with South Island locations.
  • Content
    Includes roll of units aboard Transport 25, which included 5 Battalions and 5th Maori Reinforcements.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--Periodicals; New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd--Military life--Periodicals]

    New Zealand troopship magazine. Cover design 'Ake Ake Kia Kaha' by Lt. P. Taiapa. O.C. Troops, Fifth Reinforcements, 2 NZEF, Col. F.K. Turnbull; Ship's Master Capt. J.D. Snow. The 5th Reinforcements of 2NZEF (222 officers and 6066 other ranks) embarked at Wellington on 7 April 1941 for the Middle East in "Mauretania" and "Nieuw Amsterdam". The troops in the latter ship transferred to "Aquitania" at Singapore on 25 April. They reached Egypt on 13 May 1941.

  • Collection Type
    New Zealand Serials
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    06 Nov 2024
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