Mark Oswald Norris World War I memorabilia
Scope and Contents
The World War I memorabilia of Mark Oswald Norris includes journals, a menu card, order of service and extracts from an address.
The journals are The Tahiti times, troopship no. 4, 1914, and, The Masseydonian stretcher : the official monthly journal of the No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Cairo, May 1916. The menu card is for Christmas dinner at Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, 1914. This card has been autographed by O.M. Norris and other soldiers.
The order of service is for a Gallipoli memorial service in Christchurch Cathedral, Anzac Day, 1916, being the first annual commemoration of that campaign. The extracts from an address, by J. Wyn Irwin, are about the Bridge of Remembrance, the Christchurch War Memorial, on Armistice Day, November 11, 1924.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1924
Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Shelf TU G 2d, Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives
Arch 444-450 in one box
Existence and Location of Copies
Some items from this collection have been digitised. See the external documents area for links to digitised records.
This collection was featured as part of the DigitalNZ Coming Home project in 2008.
Former identifier
Formerly Ms 250
Source
- Norris, Oswald Mark (Person)
- Title
- Mark Oswald Norris World War I memorabilia
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Collection Repository
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand
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