Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Arthur Gillespie
7 April 1895–1960
(Person)
Soldier, author, editor, and journalist.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Editor of
- The Gunners: an intimate record of units of the 3rd New Zealand Divisional Artillery in the Pacific from 1940 until 1945
- Pacific Service: the story of the new Zealand Army Service Corps Units with the Third Division in the Pacific
- The Tanks: An Unofficial History of the Activities of the Third New Zealand Division Tank Squadron in the Pacific
- The 35th Battalion
- The 36th Battalion: a record of service of the 36th Battalion with the Third Division in the Pacific
- Headquarters: a brief outline of the activities of headquarters of the third division and the 8th and 14th Brigades during their service in the Pacific
- Pacific Kiwis: being the story of the service in the Pacific of the 30th Battalion, Third Division, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force
- Pacific Pioneers: the story of the engineers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific
- Pacific Saga: the personal chronicle of the 37th Battalion and its part in the Third Division's Campaign
- Shovel Sword and Scalpel: A record of service of medical units of the second New Zealand expeditionary force in the Pacific
- Stepping Stones to the Solomons: the unofficial history of the 29th Battalion with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific.
- Story of the 34th
Mentioned in
- 'Something of Them Is Here Recorded': Official History in New Zealand
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- Design Review: Volume 4, Issue 3 (June-July 1952)
- Forts and Works, number 11 (June 2001)
- Headquarters: a brief outline of the activities of headquarters of the third division and the 8th and 14th Brigades during their service in the Pacific
- The Pacific
- War Economy
Cited in
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.jpg "Officers of Combined Headquarters, B Force, at Borron's House, Suva, in 1941. Left to right. Front rozv: Lieutenant-Commander P. Dearden (Senior Naval Officer); Major G. Kellaway, MC (Q duties); Lieutenant-Colonel J. G. C. Wales, MC (G duties); Brigadier W. H. Cunningham, CBE, DSO, officer commanding in Fiji; Major J. Irving (Training); Lieutenant-Colonel A. McKillop, OBE (Engineers); Lieutenant-Colonel Davie (Senior Medical Officer); Squadron-Leader D. W. Baird (Officer commanding air detachme…")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Arthur Gillespie":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.