Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, is presumed t...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Gallipoli
Date: July 1, 1915
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The stories about the lives of service personnel named on war memorials have often been lost in time. Their stories lived in the memories of their relatives, who are often no ...
Creator: Dorothy Pilkington
Place: Manawatū
Date: November 9, 2024
During World War One Manawaroa Te Awe Awe offered the Government the use of part of his farm for a training camp, to replace the camp at Trentham (Wellington) which had been evacuated. Samuel Jickell, Palmerston North Borough Council Civil Enginee...
Creator: F. B. H.
Place: Rangiotu, Manawatu
Date: 1915 to 1916
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, was sent from...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Egypt
Date: April 30, 1915
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Margaret Tennant
p. 5 To bridge or not to bridge...? / Jill White
p. 17 Money for my boy: the story of Katherine Wilson's will / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 25 The final battle / Simon Johnson
p. 35 An indeterminate sente...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2016
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Television Production Centre, Massey University
Date: June 20, 1994
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
Two unidentified members of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles, on horseback, at an encampment, possibly the Hokowhitu Rifle Range.
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1891 to 1893
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Mystery surrounds an unsigned painting donated to Manawatu Museum in 1986. It came with memorabilia from the old Collinson and Cunninghame department store. The paintin...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1, 2010
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 April 1961 "Brigadier G.P. Cade, D.S.O., accompanied by Lieutenant Grimsdale, Major E.C. Burgess and Major Bighouse inspecting troops at Linton Camp today. The parade...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Camp, Linton, Palmerston North
Date: April 11, 1961
The Māori Battalion trained at the Palmerston North Showgrounds during World War Two. This is one of a set of images showing their final parade from the Showgrounds, with this one being taken in The Square. Images from the Newth family album. The ...
Creator: Newth family
Place: Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date: 1940
The Māori Battalion trained at the Palmerston North Showgrounds during World War Two. This is one of a set of images showing their final parade from the Showgrounds, with this one being taken in Cuba Street. It appears to be taken from the top of ...
Creator: Newth family
Place: Cuba Street
Date: 1940
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Two World War 1 soldiers from Bunnythorpe, Len and Pat Argyle, wrote letters home to their parents from the war front.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: April 24, 2021
This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 22nd February 1963. [Portrait of military officer, Mr B. G. B. Coulam, in uniform]
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Date: 1963-02-22T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15th January, 1963. "Lieutenant W.B. Higgins carefully removes a mine while the soldiers behind take evasive action."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: 1963-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15th January, 1963. "The 2nd Squadron of the Engineers' Regiment are seen carrying out a minesweeping exercise at the Linton Military Camp. Six soldiers probe for anti-t...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: 1963-01-13T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 April 1961 "Brigadier G.P. Cade, D.S.O., presenting long-service and good-conduct medals to W.O. II F.F. Dorrington, W.O. II H.A. Edwards and Staff-Sergeant G. Reid. ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp, Linton, Palmerston North
Date: April 11, 1961
Leonard Roy Amey from Rongotea and George Wilson at Ancona, Italy.
Creator: Unknown
Date: September 21, 1945
Training of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade was carried out at Rangiotu Camp and the Hokowhitu Rifle Range, prior to service in World War One.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1915
This statement of appreciation was presented by the local branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association to the council and citizens of Palmerston North. It marked the twenty-first anniversary of the foundation of the RSA and expressed t...
Creator: New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association
Place: New Zealand
Date: April 28, 1937
This memorial and reserve behind it commemorates local soldiers who lost their lives during World War Two. The memorial is located on Lawton Road, behind the old school on Milson Line between Feilding and Palmerston North.
The plaque rea...
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Te Arakura
Date: May 15, 2021
Peace with Germany was announced 8 May 1945 and official celebrations took place in Palmerston North the following day. Church services were held at 10am, followed by general celebrations. The procession marched round The Square to the Band Rotunda
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: May 9, 1945
Elliot Quarters, at Linton Army Camp, were officially opened on 14 April, 1980. The Quarters are named after the Reverend Keith Elliot VC, who won his Victoria Cross for acts of courage in the Western Desert in 1942.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Camp, Palmerston North
Date: April 14, 1980
An unidentified group of army personnel. The uniformed gentleman far left is a Warrant Officer.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1940s