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The magazine of the Sixth Reinforcements New Zealand Expeditionary Force

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Magazine of the Sixth Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. (Alternate title)

  • Place
    [place of publication not identified]
  • Other Id

    81937 (Presto content ID)

    D526.2 WIL (Library of Congress Call Number)

    891 (Cat ID)

    S 1073 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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    Catalogue

    • Object Type

      serial

    • Name/Title
      The magazine of the Sixth Reinforcements New Zealand Expeditionary Force
    • Other Name

      Magazine of the Sixth Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. (Alternate title)

    • Primary Maker

       1NZEF : 6th Reinforcements (Issuing body)

    • Contributor/Publisher
      Magazine Committee, Sixth Reinforcements; printed at the "Dominion" Office, Wellington, NZ
    • Place
      [place of publication not identified]
    • Date
      1913-1915
    • Physical Description

      26 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

      3 online resources (26, 10, 10 pages : illustrations)

    • Serial Holdings
      Current Holdings: No1-2 (1915); 1st-2nd edition (August 1913, September 1915)
    • Language
      English
    • Level of Current Record
      Bib record
    • Subject Category

      Willochra (Ship)--Periodicals

      World War, 1914-1918--Humour, caricatures, etc.--Periodicals

      World War, 1914-1918--Poetry--Periodicals

      World War, 1914-1918--Anecdotes--Periodicals

      New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force--Military life--Periodicals

    • Content
      Magazine No.1: Introduction / Major Morrison -- Editorial and explanation -- Engineer's chorus -- The home letter / "B" Company -- Selected verse / "A" Company -- 'Tween Decks / "D" Company -- Answer your names -- R.I.P. / "C" Company -- Owed (?) to Corporal Church, "A" Company -- Medical Corps jottings -- Censored! -- "Believe Me, or Believe Me Not" / P. Urdon
      Magazine No.2: Editorial -- The C.P.N. -- Tropic Topics / N.Z.E. -- The Aucklanders / "A" Company -- Odds and Ends / "D" Company -- Soldier's Alphabet / "B" Company -- A Concert (?) / "Critic" -- The Willochra Racing Club -- Divisional Signallers: the orphans -- The Mighty Midgets / "C" Company -- Father Neptune -- Jottings / "B" Company -- Farewell New Zealand -- Alleged Poetry -- The Library -- Thirteen Stars -- The Girls We Remember Back Home -- The Morning Plunge.
      Illustrations & Cartoons: "Inspection" Cartoon -- Sun in Tropics (Showing the "Tofua") -- "Gargle Parade" -- "Tofua" in Rough Sea -- At Aden (Natives Selling Articles) -- Group of Officers -- Crossing the Line -- Football Team -- Drill on board.
    • Public Access Text

      Magazines No.1 and No.2 printed and bound together. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 27, 'Willochra.' As transport no.27 the "Willochra", together with the "Tofua" no.28, carried the Sixth Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 14 August 1915 and arriving at Suez 19 September 1915. O.C. Troops was Major S.S. Allen and Ship's Master R. Neville.

      Library holds hardcopy and pdf copy of Magazine printed in Wellington "comprising two editions, published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915" and pdf copies of 1st and 2nd editions of Magazine published and printed at sea, 1913 and 1915. Joint digitisation project by Auckland War Memorial Museum and Dunedin Public Libraries of DPL's hardcopy version.

    • Associated Notes
      Digitised copies available to view online in pdf format
    • Collection Type
      New Zealand Serials
    • Copyright
      All rights reserved
    • Last Update
      05 Dec 2024

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