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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 12, 2018 14:13:21 GMT 12
The Nelson Provincial Museum has a collection of photos online that were taken by a local Nelson studio during WWII and there are well over 1000 photos that come up when you search "Air Force". These are terrific records of the airmen and WAAF's who worked at or passed through RNZAF Station Nelson. I have recognised a small number of them but you may find people you know too. collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects?query=%22Air+Force%22&limit=21 |
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rodm
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Post by rodm on Aug 14, 2018 9:04:20 GMT 12
Hi Dave, thanks for the link to this fascinating collection. I note that the Nelson studio also did copy work, i.e. photographing original photos to make duplicates. See: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/112740Sqn Ldr Valentine Allport DFC, who died in the UK in March 1944. The "tell" for such photo prints duplicated onto negative is the roughed-up baseplate the photos sit on during the process. I've noticed a few duplicated photos in the collection showing this baseplate. Cheers Rod |
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rodm
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Post by rodm on Aug 14, 2018 10:05:05 GMT 12
...and a few more pics of general interest... Duplicate photos, possibly of Plt Off Stanley John Lester 41434 RAF, Nelson man KAO 4 July 1940: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/119348collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/119349collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/119350Duplicate photo, possibly of Sgt Norman John Rowe NZ414344 RNZAF , Nelson man KAO 10 September 1942: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/118137Duplicate photos, possibly Flt Lt Keith Peter Starnes NZ413141 RNZAF, worked in Nelson before joining up, KAO 18 September 1944: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/120745collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/115791Duplicate photo, possibly Plt Off Edmond Jack Goodyer NZ424451 RNZAF, wife lived in Nelson, KAO 16 June 1944: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/115444Duplicate photo, possibly Plt Off Ernest Stanley Robinson NZ417138 RNZAF, Nelson man KAO 6 September 1943: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/116319Duplicate photo, possibly Fg Off Jack Stewart Thomson NZ425776 RNZAF, Nelson man KAO 21 April 1944: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/114389Duplicate photo, possibly F/Sgt Andrew James McEwin NZ417077 RNZAF and his bomber crew, KAO 23 June 1943: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/123425Duplicate photo, possibly Fg Off David Polglase NZ415714, KAO 11 April 1943: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/112598collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/112597Duplicate photo, possibly Flt Lt Francis Edwin Eustace DFC 40613 RAF, parents in Nelson, KAO 27 June 1941: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/107775There are other duplicate photos that could be of wartime casualties, but there is no clear link to identification. For example, the following man (Robinson, in Air Force uniform 1940) looks familiar, but I cannot place him: collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/114986Among other things, I'm working on the basis that the most-likely reason for someone getting a photograph duplicated either during or shortly after the war was to preserve the image of a relative or loved one who died. Cheers Rod |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 14, 2018 10:29:23 GMT 12
Yes, probably so other family members each could have a copy.
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