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  • Red Cross humanitarian support for New Zealand prisoners of war, 1939-1945

    By Judy Owen, Pou Maumahara Volunteer and former Red Cross Nurse, in collaboration with Victoria Passau, Online Cenotaph & Enquiry Services Manager

    This article is the first in a two-part series on Red Cross support for New Zealand prisoners of war during World War II. Part Two looks at medical care in the camps and the work of the New Zealand doctor Dr John Borrie.

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  • Red Cross medical support for Prisoners of War: Dr John Borrie

    By Judy Owen, Pou Maumahara Volunteer and former Red Cross Nurse, in collaboration with Victoria Passau, Online Cenotaph & Enquiry Services Manager

    This article is the second in a two-part series on Red Cross support for New Zealand prisoners of war during World War II. The first explored the power of connection through letters and parcels; this post turns to medical care and the work of New Zealand doctor and POW Dr John Borrie.

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  • Upholding Māoritanga: Stories of Māori Prisoners of War in WWII

    Sophie Elborough
    Collection Technician, Research Support

    While stories of New Zealand’s prisoners of war during WWII are plentiful, there has been little focus on the experiences of Māori POW. Their stories reveal that despite hardship, significant displays of Māoritanga broke through the mundanity and hopelessness of their time as prisoners and demonstrate the importance of their experiences in New Zealand’s history.

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  • Prisoner of War Camps WWII

    By Angus Drumm
    Sheldon Werner Summer Student

    Over this summer, Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomed seven students as part of our inaugural Sheldon Werner Summer Studentship programme. Online Cenotaph welcomed Angus Drumm, who reflects on his experience researching Prisoner of War Camps.

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  • James Herbert Golding Alp

    By Barbara Alp

    Barbara Alp shares fond memories of her father Captain James Herbert Golding Alp (30991) who served in the Infantry Brigade during the Second World War and returned to work at the Serjeant Art Gallery.

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