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 th...
Creator: Frank Cammock
Date: April 13, 1917
Military parade in connection with the Boer War. Photograph taken near the corner of Main Street and The Square, looking towards Church Street.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1900 to 1901
A dozen rifles fire the traditional salute for the deceased aircrew. The funeral is for the Air Force personnel lost on 25 November 1945 during a routine meteorological flight out of Ohakea. On March 19, 1949 the wreck of the RNZAF Ventura aeropla...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 25, 1949
A photograph of the late Sgt. P. Hill, who served in the Army and Airforce in the Second World War. He mounted a collection of 200 medals and service badges which was presented to the Palmerston North City Council at one of its meeting of the 28 S...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1945
Members of the Women's Service League at work, on Alfred Seifert's Opiki farm, in order to earn money that went into a parcel fund. Those who worked could submit the names of servicemen overseas to receive parcels. From left: Unknown, Peggy McMaho...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940
Major G G Hancox was appointed director of Palmerston North Technical School in 1924 and kept the position until 1938. Major Hancox was in charge of the Technical School Cadet Corps in 1928. Major Hancox is wearing the same uniform here as he di...
Creator: A O'Halloran
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1935
This building was still standing in 1982, at 519 Main Street, Palmerston North, although the façade of the building had been altered. It was occupied by Keith Nicoll Floorings Ltd from 1970 to 1977.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
Members of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade taking a break from training.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1915
Invitation to Charlotte Warburton and Concert Party, to attend a combined Unit and Camp staff Complimentary Dance held at Linton Camp 17 July 1945. Charlotte Warburton (1883-1961) was chairwoman of the Women's War Service Auxiliary in Palmerston N...
Creator:
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1945
Unidentified bride and groom. The groom is dressed in Air Force uniform. Also see 2013G_ELMAR-B6_007307
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 194X
Land girls, watched by a large crowd, marching in Palmerston North, possibly at the Esplanade Gardens. In the first row of three women marching, Mary Stronach Paterson is on the left.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 194X
Arthur Batchelar served in the Manawatu Mounted Rifles in both the Boer War and World War One. The postcard was sent from Zeitoun, which was the New Zealand military training camp outside Cairo, Egypt. The photograph features uniformed soldiers be...
Creator: Arthur Batchelar
Place: Egypt
Date: May 8, 1915
A four man army tent laid out for inspection during World War Two. Also see 2011N_Elmar-2-B10_005236
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1945
A group of unidentified World War Two officers in front of the Memorial, which commemorates members of the Medical Corps who died in World War One.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 194X
Armistice Day celebrates the end of World War I and remembers those members of the armed forces who were killed during the war. Part of the parade is lined up outside the Rongotea Post Office.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: November 11, 1921
Presumed to be a procession to mark the end of World War I (WWI), showing the corner of The Square and Coleman Place. The C M Ross department store is decorated with colours of the Union Jack.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1918
The N.Z. Rifle Brigade ("Dinkums") earlier known as the Earl of Liverpool's Own, trained at Rangiotu for active service in World War One. During World War One Manawaroa Te Awe Awe offered the Government the use of part of his farm for a training c...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1915
A group of soldiers in front of a house. Note the six women in the front row. Their uniforms identify them as being a part of the Women's War Service Auxiliary.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Manawatu
Date: March 1, 1943
Private Remnant fought in World War One. His name is recorded on the War Memorial Roll of Honour in The Square. CWGC lists a Joseph Stanley Remnant, Private of the NZ Expeditionary Forces, as dying 19 March 1915.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1914
This photograph shows an airforce funeral. The men are walking down Church Street - the Opera House is visible on the left hand side, adjacent to that is St Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 194X
A typical war time wedding group, Corporal Johnston stands with his bride and attendants. Photographed are the bride and groom, three sets of bridesmaid and groomsmen, as well as a flowergirl.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 194X
Amongst the members of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles on horseback are Messers Aldrich and Pringle. The Manawatu Mounted Rifle volunteers were formed as part of the Wellington Battalion, Mounted Rifle Volunteers 7 November 1895.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900
This photograph is thought to have been taken at Awapuni.
Creator: Charles Allen
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1914 to 1919
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: 194X
Shown here is the team of Radar operators who calibrated a ring of Radar Stations in the South Pacific during WWII. James (known as Lynn) Fielding, an engineer, is pictured second from right.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1941
Members of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles in the mess tent, during an encampment.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900
People dressed up for the parade to celebrate the end of World War I are passing the Town Hall in Rongotea.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1918
Battered remains of an envelope originally containing John Henry Chapman’s last letter (dated October 1918) to his younger brother Will Chapman, then serving in Northern France. It was returned to sender, arriving just under a year ...
Creator: John Chapman
Date: 1918
This WWII era portrait has the name "Murray Gibson" written on the back in pen. This individual may or may not be from the Palmerston North era.
Creator:
Date: 1939 to 1945
Letter from Major, 2 i/c 2nd Field Regiment, New Zealand Army, to Charlotte Warburton, chairwoman of the Women's War Service Auxiliary, inviting her and other officers of the Auxiliary, to a Regimental Dance at the Coconut Grove in Palmerston Nort...
Creator: Major, 2 i/c 2nd Field Regiment, New Zealand Army
Date: June 23, 1942