Pat Argyle (189o-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One.
This letter from Pat to his parents is from Trentham Trainin...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Trentham, Upper Hutt
Date: January 21, 1915
A display of poppies made of flax and woven by the community for ANZAC Day 2016 in The Square, Palmerston North.
Creator: Steph
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 22, 2016
A complete list of all the people named on the Palmerston North War Memorial Cenotaph in The Square, in two parts. The first part is the original WWI names from the 1926 Memorial opening, transcribed in 1990. The second part is a list of names fou...
Creator: PNCC and War Research Group
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1990
The Awapuni Racecourse was used as an army camp during the First World War. Note the men in military uniform among the group on the left.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
This photograph shows Bert Malcolm on a motorcycle - the markings on the bike indicate that it is a Rudge Multi. Shortly after this picture was taken, he left for war service in Egypt and Palestine with the Wellington Mounted Rifles. After the war...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1916
This image, showing an unidentified Captain, comes from a collection of unidentified negatives taken by H M Griffiths in the early 1900s, probably 1910-1920. Many of these negatives are labelled as having been taken in Tokomaru, but many have no i...
Creator: H M Griffiths
Date: 1910 to 1920
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
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
Will Chapman in army kit (centre, nearest camera) during family farewells on the day that he boarded the troopship SS Willochra bound for Suez. From September 1916 onward he served on the Western Front as a Driver in the Divisional ...
Creator: Unknown
Date: March 3, 1916
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
Gilbert Edison Rose's parents were early settlers to the Rangiwahia district. Gilbert served with the 27th New Zealand Mounted Rifles during World War One. His military service began on 28 October 1916 and ended 17 June 1919. After train...
Date: 1916 to 1919
Gilbert Edison Rose with wife Mary Constance Cecile Hinkley (m. 1916). Gilbert Rose's parents were early settlers to the Rangiwahia district. Gilbert served with the 27th New Zealand Mounted Rifles during World War One. His military ser...
Wellington Mounted Rifles, B Squadron
Creator: Whalley and Co, Crown Studios
Date: 1914 to 1919
Colour enhanced print of Memorial Park, looking down from Napier Road side. The War Memorial at right, was dedicated to those who died in World War I and World War II, was opened in 1952 at what was then called Fitzroy Park. It was renamed Memoria...
Creator: Errol Schroder
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
The event celebrated the restoration of North Slesvig from Germany to Denmark following voting by its inhabitants. The Palmerston North event attracted around 400 Danish settlers and descendants of Danes from around New Zealand. See the 15 April 1...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 14, 1920
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
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
Note the wreaths commemorating Anzac Day. Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 80.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Aokautere School, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date: 1950s
The Patriotic Society's fund raising procession entering Coleman Place from The Square. The Patriotic Society was created in 1916, during World War One, for fund raising and welfare purposes.
Creator: Charles Allen
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1918
A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
This mounted photograph shows the 27th New Zealand Mounted Rifles at Featherston M.C. Gilbert Edison Rose is shown third from left in the second to back row.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Featherston Camp
Date: March 1917
This photograph is captioned, "Winner of £50 prize for best decorated motorcar Palmerston North." While the occasion is not listed, this float can be seen in another photograph of a <a href="https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/242e6075-561d...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1918
This image comes from a collection of glass negatives found in the attic of 'Lovelock's cottage' by 'Keebles Farm' near Massey University. The people in the images are possibly the Lovelock family, but their identities have not been confirmed.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: 1890 to 1910
This image comes from a collection of glass negatives found in the attic of 'Lovelock's cottage' by 'Keebles Farm' near Massey University. The people in the images are possibly the Lovelock family, but their identities have not been confirmed.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1890 to 1910
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
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
Creator: Palmerston North & Districts Soldiers' Memorial Fund
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1923 to 1924
The event celebrated the restoration of North Slesvig from Germany to Denmark following voting by its inhabitants. The Palmerston North event attracted around 400 Danish settlers and descendants of Danes from around New Zealand. See the 15 April 1...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 1920
Private Stewart was 18 when he was killed at Passchendaele (Belgium) on 12 October 1917. Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 77.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: circa 1917
This is the committee of Danes who organised the dinner at Palmerston North to celebrate the return of Northern Schleswig to Denmark. The Palmerston North event attracted around 400 Danish settlers and descendants of Danes from around New Zealand....
Creator: Anderson Family
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1920