Employees at building site, Hawkes Bay
Unknown building site, with large number of employees posed as a group. Huia Mackrell is seated in the front row centre, with cloth cap and white shirt sleeves, directly behind shovel.
Unknown building site, with large number of employees posed as a group. Huia Mackrell is seated in the front row centre, with cloth cap and white shirt sleeves, directly behind shovel.
An autograph book used as a photograph album. Photographs document Huia Mackrell's service overseas during World War One, including shipboard life, Egypt and Gallipoli. Signed, inside front cover; "Some snaps during my travels, H H Mackrell".
Huia Heslop Mackrell in uniform, on service overseas during World War One. Said to be taken prior to Gallipoli so may be in Egypt. Huia Mackrell (1893 - 1958) was an engineer who worked for Councils and private businesses, including the Palmererston North City Council as a building inspector 1936 - 1946. He also served in World War Two.
Marriage certificate for Huia Heslop Mackrell and Doris Myrtle Cammock, who married at the Presbyterian Church, Woodville, 25 February 1921.
Four men in World War One New Zealand uniform jackets over tennis 'whites', perhaps during WWI. Huia Mackrell is seated at left. The names of the four players are signed on the photograph but are hard to distinguish. On the back is written "Read from top to bottom. Is there a war on? Snowy. 8/6/18"
Woodlands School is near Woodville, in the Tararua District. Photograph is of the pupils who attended school between 1901 - 1910. Back row: Unknown; Bert ?; Arthur Walker; Stuart Oxenham; Unknown; Unknown; ? Frazer; ? Frazer. Middle row: Herbert Hammond; Sid Warboys; Les Rendle; Unknown, Daisy Beaumont; Mavis Perfect; Winnie Beaumont; Arnold Garry. Front row: Unknown; Ada Brightwell; Hetty Brightwell; Rose Salmons; Jessie Brighwell; Doris Cammock; Unknown; Ida Perfect; Hilda Barnett.
Graduates of an officer's training course held in Oxford, England during World War One. Huia Mackrell is seated in the 2nd row from front, 5th from right.
Presumed to a Hawkes Bay Rugby team, in uniform. Huia Mackrell is standing 4th from left, back row. Huia Mackrell was an engineer. He worked for the Palmerston North City Council as a building inspector 1936 - 1946.
Huia Mackrell in Napier with his "girl friend", believed to be his wife Doris. Huia Mackrell was an engineer. He served with the Palmerston North City Council as a building inspector 1936 - 1946. This image is believed to be just prior to that time.
Photograph of four New Zealand World War One soldiers on board ship, said to be after Gallipoli. Huia Mackrell, who served in WWI is standing 3rd from left, with bandaged arm and leg.
This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. They came to be in possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). They were sent by Doris' brother Frank while he was serving in the European campaign during WW1. He was killed at Passchendaele in 1917. The postcards in this series are all hand-embroidered, some of them have writing on the reverse, while others contain smaller decorated cards in the silk pouch on the front.
This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. This and others, came to be in the possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). The postcard was sent by Private Frank Harold Cammock, France, during World War One, to his sister Doris. At the time he was in a convalescent camp after a gunshot wound in the arm. After returning to the front, he was killed in action 14 October 1917. Frank Cammock was a labourer in Woodville when he joined the NZEF "B" Company, 3rd Battalion. He died at 23 years of age and is buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery in Belgium. The postcards in this series are all hand-embroidered, some of them have writing on the reverse, while others contain smaller decorated cards in the silk pouch on the front.
This portrait is of Frank Cammock, Woodville resident and a labourer in the Kiwi Bacon Factory. He served in World War One. His service record lists him as being "Killed in Action in the field Belgium 14 October 1917". This portrait was passed to the Ian Matheson City Archives as part of the H.H. Mackrell Collection. Frank was H.H. Mackrell's brother-in-law.
This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. They came to be in possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). They were sent by Doris' brother Frank while he was serving in the European campaign during WW1. He was killed at Passchendaele in 1917. The postcards in this series are all hand-embroidered, some of them have writing on the reverse, while others contain smaller decorated cards in the silk pouch on the front.
This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. They came to be in possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). They were sent by Doris' brother Frank while he was serving in the European campaign during WW1. He was killed at Passchendaele in 1917. The postcards in this series are all hand-embroidered, some of them have writing on the reverse, while others contain smaller decorated cards in the silk pouch on the front.
This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. They came to be in possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). They were sent by Doris' brother Frank while he was serving in the European campaign during WW1. He was killed at Passchendaele in 1917. The postcards in this series are all hand-embroidered, some of them have writing on the reverse, while others contain smaller decorated cards in the silk pouch on the front.
Francis (Frank) Cammock (1862-1926) was born in Ireland and came to New Zealand in 1866 as a child.
A group of soldiers, ministers and others at a Catholic Seminary in England, during World War One. Huia Mackrell served in the New Zealand army during WWI. He is shown 3rd from right, back row. Handwritten names identify others in the photograph but the writing is unclear. It may include "Ledger", "Father Plater", "Burns", "Parsons" and "Scully Souchon". The image was used as a postcard.
John Mackrell (c. 1861 - 1897) is the husband of Annie Elenor Heslop, and the father of Huia Heslop Mackrell. He died 18 June 1895 at 35 years of age. The gravesite is in Taradale
Employees of an unknown building site in Hawkes Bay. Huia Mackrell is standing in the middle row, 2nd from right, in suit and tie.
Elizabeth Ann (nee Stevens and her husband, Frank (Francis) Cammock. They were the parents of Doris Mackrell, nee Cammock, of Woodville.
Huia Heslop Mackrell (18 - 1958) was the husband of Doris (need Cammock) Mackrell. He was an engineer who worked for the Palmerston North City Council as a building inspector 1936 - 1946.
Troopship HMNZT 21 (SS Willochra) was used to take New Zealand troops to serve in World War One. This image shows it "camouflaged". The image was held by Huia Heslop Mackrell, who travelled to Egypt in the Willochra to serve in Worlld War One.
Doris Mackrell, nee Cammock, (1898-1976) was married to Huia Mackrell.
This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. They came to be in possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). They were sent by Doris' brother Frank while he was serving in the European campaign during WW1. He was killed at Passchendaele in 1917. The postcards in this series are all hand-embroidered, some of them have writing on the reverse, while others contain smaller decorated cards in the silk pouch on the front.