Nissan Island
(Place)
Mentioned in
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- Chaplains
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- The Pacific
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- War Surgery and Medicine
Image Gallery
.jpg "26 Field Company NZ Engineers forming a road though the jungle of Nissan Island")
.jpg "Embarking on a Landing Craft(Infantry) at Juno beach, Vella Lavella, for NIssan Island")
.jpg "Nissan Island, largest of the Green Islands Group, was an oval of solid coral. Arrows indicate the movement of 14 Brigade Batallions. Divisional Headquarters opened in Pokonian Plantation and then moved to the small bay above Torahatup")
.jpg "Raid by 30 NZ Infantry Battallion on Nissan Island — A mortar crew bombing Japanese barges concealed on the shore")
.jpg "Wounded in the jungle, Nissan Island, January 1944")
.jpg "Wounded of 30 NZ Batallion waiting to be taken off Nissan Island")
Searching
For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Nissan Island as: "Nissan Island". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Nissan Island":
- 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.