This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 November 1960 "Former local man to study art in Florence. A Palmerston North man who has been in London since 1957, Mr. Pat Hanly, the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Date: 1960-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
This letter was written by Mr Tom A. Grammer to his son Ronald Grammer when he was a prisoner of war in Italy, 1942. The second page contains a reply from Ron.
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contai...
Creator: Thomas (Tom) Grammer
Place: Bainesse
Date: 1942
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Cupra Marittima, Italy
Date: September 1945
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contains family information from 1868. Ron Grammer was the son of Tom Grammer and the family lived in Bainesse, close to Palmerston North. Private Ron Grammer served ...
Place: Italy
This brass friendship bracelet is a model of a friendship ring, and created as a symbol of Polish - New Zealand friendship. The inside of the bracelet is inscribed, "To everlasting friendship New Zealand 1941". It also has a silver metal plaque in...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Poland
Date: 1946?
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contains family information from 1868. Ron Grammer was the son of Tom Grammer and the family lived in Bainesse, close to Palmerston North. Private Ron Grammer served i...
Creator: Ronald Grammer
Place: Bardia, Italy
Date: 1942
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contains family information from 1868. Ron Grammer was the son of Tom Grammer and the family lived in Bainesse, close to Palmerston North. Private Ron Grammer served i...
Creator:
Place: Italy
A paperweight, with Monte Cassino in relief in white metal, and a canon shell. On the paperweight is inscribed " 1940 to 1945", "Monte Cassino 1944" and "Workshop Platoon". The base also has a plaque, "For our friends in New Zealand from Work Shop...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: 1946?
A sentry of the 3rd Carpathian Division with a view over the destroyed monastry of Monte Cassino. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North, developed a relationship with Polish soldiers through befriending the soldiers. They corresponde...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1945?
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
Image of inscription on Polish memorial at Monte Cassino, Italy. Reads, " For our Freedom and yours we soldiers of Poland gave our soul to God, our life to the soil of Italy, our Hearts to Poland". The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston Nor...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1945?
This cross was made inside a bottle, with the words, "Poland's Trust is in God". It is one of the gifts made by Polish soldiers to send to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of the Polish children...
Creator: Polish soldier
Place: Italy
Date: 1946?
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contains family information from 1868. Ron Grammer was the son of Tom Grammer and the family lived in Bainesse, close to Palmerston North. Private Ron Grammer served i...
Creator: Ron Grammer
Place: Tuturana Prisoner of War Camp, Southern Italy
Date: 1942
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contains family information from 1868. Ron Grammer was the son of Tom Grammer and the family lived in Bainesse, close to Palmerston North. Private Ron Grammer served i...
Creator: Ronald Grammer
Place: No. 1 Labour Camp, Italy
Date: 1943
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contains family information from 1868. Ron Grammer was the son of Tom Grammer and the family lived in Bainesse, close to Palmerston North. Private Ron Grammer served i...
Creator: Ronald Grammer
Place: Tutarana, Italy
Date: 1943
This paper weight shows a Polish eagle sitting on a globe, looking towards New Zealand. It is made of wood, aluminium and steel. On the base is written, "For our New Zealand friends with greetings from 2nd Polish Carp. Rifle Bn". On the shield is ...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Poland
Date: 1946?
The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North, developed a relationship with Polish soldiers through befriending the soldiers. They corresponded with them and sent parcels. The Polish soldiers reciprocated with gifts, to acknowledge their ap...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1945?
The Grammer family were early Ashhurst residents and the Grammer Family archive contains family information from 1868. Ron Grammer was the son of Tom Grammer and the family lived in Bainesse, close to Palmerston North. Private Ron Grammer served i...
Creator: Ronald Grammer
Place: Italy
Date: 1940s
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
General Wladyslaw Anders was the Commander in Chief of the Polish Army in the Middle East during World War Two. This image was sent to the Polish Army League along with others of the Polish army in Italy. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmer...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1943
A display of the gifts to be sent to New Zealand. this image shows paintings by Siedlanowski and Panas. The gifts were displayed at Cupra Marittima, Italy, during World War Two, before despatch. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to Ne...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
Image of grave with Monte Cassino, Italy, in the background. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North, developed a relationship with Polish soldiers through befriending the soldiers. They corresponded with them and sent parcels. The Pol...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1945?
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. This image shows some of the paintings and cartoons by Kuczynski. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expr...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945