This portrait postcard was produced by Anderson's Studio, Palmerston North, which was established by the Norwegian-born artist and photographer Harold Anderson (1869-1926). Further research is needed to establish the identity of "Bugler Will," alt...
Creator: Anderson's Studio, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915 to 1918
Haldane Napier McEwen (1895-1972) was the son of Andrew Henderson McEwen, brother of David McEwen. Andrew and Haldane farmed at Tiakitahuna. He married Helena McCauley (1899-1983) in 1927 and they had three daughters.
This image is derived from a ...
Date: 1910s
Alfred Henry Bryant attended Fitzherbert East School, Aokautere. He subsequently served in the First World War and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 28 May 1915.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and ...
Date: circa 1914
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 Mrs (Dr) Martin tracing Margery Martin, the wife of Dr Arthur Anderson Martin / Leanne Croon Hickman
p. 14 Fragments of a year in the life of a Palmerston North business /Jill White
p. 22 A growing...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2018
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 A story of music, rumour, and war in Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 11 Anders Hansen Ihle Palmerston North pioneer / Joan Barnes
p. 20 A journalist in World War One: the man who created 'ANZAC'...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2015
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial: Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Flea-houses and picture palaces: cinema life before the Downtown multiplex / Pauline Knuckey
p. 14 Motorists: look before you peep: the fall and rise of Feilding's town clock / Simon Johnson
p. 22...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2014
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 August 1960 "With the members of the New Zealand Medical Corps who were in camp at the Awapuni Racecourse during the First World War holding a reunion in Palmerston N...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1960-08-27T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 August 1960 "At the weekend, 150 members of the Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps, overseas and attached transport units of the 1914-18 War gathered in Palme...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Cuba and George Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1960-08-29T00:00:00+00:00
This image was printed for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 August 1960 "With the members of the New Zealand Medical Corps who were in camp at the Awapuni Racecourse during the First World War holding a reunion in Palmerston...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
This image appeared in a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 August 1960. "With the members of the New Zealand Medical Corps who were in camp at the Awapuni Racecourse during the First World War holding a reunion in Palmerston No...
Creator:
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1914 to 1918
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 August 1960 "With the members of the New Zealand Medical Corps who were in camp at the Awapuni Racecourse during the First World War holding a reunion in Palmerston N...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1960-08-27T00:00:00+00:00
A soldier dressed in a replica uniform of the New Zealand Medical Corps at the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. It was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originall...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
This is the memorial dedicated to the memory of officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps (1914-1918) who were trained the Awapuni Racecourse. It was erected in 1929. The memorial is a stone cairn fountain, inside a pool constructed in the...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, w...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the early work in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Support Battalion of the ...
Creator: Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: September 15, 2014
This plaque tells the story of the death of Harry Thomas Palmer during the First World War. He contracted pneumonia and died on the hospital ship "Gascon" on 15 July 1915 and was buried at sea.
Creator: Leanne Hickman
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 21, 2018
Alex was a flax worker of Waikanae, Shannon and Tokomaru prior to world war one. He was a brother of Bill and Tom Dalzell, well known "flaxies" and millers of the Manawatu. Alex died of influenza in England, 1919.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1913 to circa 1919
Canvas kit bags being manufactured for the Defence Department at Chas. Dahl's factory during the First World War. The man on the right is the factory foreman, Percival A Milverton.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, between The Square and Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1914
On parade is the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps Banner at the rededication of the Awapuni Memorial on 20 October 2016. The memorial was erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps who trained there ...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
Margaret Palmer was the wife of Harry Thomas Palmer who died of pneumonia in the First World War.
Creator: Leanne Hickman
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 8, 1919
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was memorial was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corp...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
A soldier dressed in a replica uniform of the New Zealand Medical Corps at the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. It was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originall...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
This photograph of Joe Marston (left) and George Fitzgerald was probably taken before Joe went off to serve overseas in World War I, in 1915. George also went to war in 1916, and was said to have come back a 'ruined man'.
In this photograph ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Feilding
Date: circa 1915
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: 67 Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: 67 Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The Palmerston North cenotaph, constructed in the centre of The Square to commemorate those who died in World War One, was opened by the then Prime Minister Mr Gordon Coates. It was a replica of one in Folkstone, England. Standing speaking is Gord...
Creator: S R Shailer
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1926
A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows one of the old race course buildings adjacent to the memorial on the day of some of the early work in c...
Creator: Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: September 15, 2014