More Info →Governor General, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, receiving gift from Polish children

Description

The Governor General of New Zealand receiving a miniature mountain hut, presented by children of the Polish Children's Camp, at the opening of an exhibition of art works gifted to New Zealand. The exhibition was held at the C M Ross department store (now the Palmerston North Central Library). The gifts went sent to the Polish Army League, based in Palmerston North, by the soldiers of the 3rd Carpathian Division. They were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of the Polish children refugees and appreciation of the great friendship shown to the soldiers through the sending of correspondence and parcels, during World War Two.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Polish Army League

Date

March 1946

Digitisation ID

2018Pa_PolishArmyLeagueS5F1_024613

Format

B&W print