Wars and conflicts

This page is an index of items that we have digitised that relate to wars and conflicts.

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Veterans’ Stories, World War II: Six biographies of Canterbury veterans of World War II by Kim Newth.
Portraits, First World War: A collection of portraits of those who served during the First World War.

Arthur Francis Lester Priest : Diary 1915: A diary kept by Arthur Francis Lester Priest (1893-1915) from late 1914 to August 1915. The diary documents his experience in the first World War. The collection includes some memorabilia kept with the diary: a letter, newspaper clippings, postcard and photograph.
Howard Kippenberger: World War II letters and cards, 1940-1945: The letters are written by Howard Kippenberger (Kip) to Glen and May Morgan.
Norman Pierson : Korean War photographs: A collection of photographs, slides and negatives taken by Norman Pierson (207815) in 1951 to 1952 during his time in Korea with 163 Battalion New Zealand Artillery, E Troop. Norman Pierson was the Gun Sergeant in charge of the No. 3 Gun. The photos were taken and sent home to his parents to show what he was up to in a strange country on the other side of the world.
Edward Herbert Aubrey: Soldier’s diary: World War I diary kept by Edward Herbert Aubrey (1891-1963) from May 1917 to November 1917, with brief notes from 1918 and 1919. Some pages were removed and sent to relatives.

We have digitised quite a lot of World War One material so it is on a separate page.

Howard Kippenberger: World War II letters and cards, 1940-1945: The letters are written by Howard Kippenberger (Kip) to Glen and May Morgan.
Norfolk Island diary and other jottings, World War II, 1941-1943.: Notebook diary written by George Whitley, N.Z.E. (Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers), who was posted to Norfolk Island during World War II. Diary begins in September 1942 and ends in April 1943.
Rewai Street : World War II letters, diaries and photographs: A collection of letters, diaries and photographs from Rewai Street, who served in the New Zealand forces in World War II.
The Transport. Z. 6.: A small magazine published during the voyage of the First Echelon, 2nd NZEF to Egypt, on board HMNZ Transport Z.6., M.S. Sobieski.
Veterans’ Stories, World War II: Six biographies of Canterbury veterans of World War II by Kim Newth.
Women against Hitler…: Published by National Executive of the Communist Party of New Zealand, [1943]
World War II Local Defences Trail: The Sumner Redcliffs Historical Society invites you to a self-guided walk of approximately five kilometres, passing places of interest to those who wish to imagine what the area looked like in the years from 1939 to 1945.

Christchurch Militia List 1860: An alphabetical list of all Persons, between the ages of 18 and 60 years, residing within 15 miles from the Land Office, at Christchurch, and liable to serve as Militiamen for the year 1860-61 (ending 31st March, 1861) in the Militia District of Christchurch.
Volunteer encampment and inspection, Christchurch, 15th April 1865: An engraving of the encampment of various Volunteer Corps at Hillsborough from our archives.
Canterbury’s demonstration on the departure of the N.Z. Rough Riders for South Africa, Hagley Park, Saturday Feb. 17, 1900.: The programme and the order of events for the farewell of the Canterbury contingent of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles held in Hagley Park.
A paper advocating the formation of a North Canterbury defence league, 1909: The author’s concern about a war between the British Empire and Germany leads him to propose the formation of a league to defend the port of Lyttelton and Canterbury. 1909.
Norman Pierson : Korean War photographs: A collection of photographs, slides and negatives taken by Norman Pierson (207815) in 1951 to 1952 during his time in Korea with 163 Battalion New Zealand Artillery, E Troop. Norman Pierson was the Gun Sergeant in charge of the No. 3 Gun. The photos were taken and sent home to his parents to show what he was up to in a strange country on the other side of the world.