St Patrick’s College, Wellington 1948
Polish boys at St Patrick's College, Wellington, 1948 Back (l-r): Władysław Wojtowicz, Antoni Wodzicki, Stanisław Manterys, Taduesz Burak, Stanisław Brejnakowski, Jan Nowotarski, Stanisław Skwarko, Jan Dawiec Middle (l-r): Wacław Juchnowicz, Jan Lasota, Henryk Rudnicki, Józef Sokalski, Michał Zagwojski, Stanisław Kilian, Mieczysław Głowacki, Lech Lubas, Aleksander Basałaj, Wacław Sumicz, Zdzisław Kaczorowski Front (l-r): Julian Nowak, Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Jan Kołodziński, Rudolf Szymczycha, Bronisław Urbanowicz, Paweł Wójcik, Roman Kołodziński, Adam Banaś, Witold Rudnicki
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Wellington
Some of the Youngest Boys – Pahiatua
A sea of smiling faces with some clutching prized toys. Maria Węgrzyn (back left) and Stanisława Lewandowska (back right) look over a group of their youngest charges. (l-r): Antoni Juchnowicz, Bronisław Witaszek, Zygmunt Szadkowski, Edward Wała, Julian Ośko, Czesław Nawrocki, Stanisław Banaś, Witold Pleciak, Franciszek Szpetner, Bronisław Węgrzyn, Bronisław Pietkiewicz, Eugeniusz Sarnecki, Michał Guc, Andrzej Dobrowolski, Bronisław Dudek, Jan Lepionka, Ryszard Tymicki (partially hidden), Ryszard Gołębiewski
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
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City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Group of Boys – Pahiatua – 1945
Photo taken by Camp Commandant Major Foxley, December 1945 (l-r): Polikarp Kilczewski, Witold Domański, Władysław Miliszewski, Leon Sondej
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Entrance to Block C – Pahiatua
At the entrance to Block C, bedrooms C1 and C2, during the Christmas holidays at the camp, 1948-1949 (l-r): Jan Kania, Michał Zagwojski, Bolesław Żygadło, Józef Zawada, Jan Dawiec
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Class Group of some of the Youngest Boys
Teacher: Stanisława Lewandowska Back (l-r): Michał Guc, Eugeniusz Sarnecki, Witold Pleciak, Ryszard Gołębiewski, Bronisław Dudek, Edward Wała, Ryszard Tymicki Middle (l-r): Tadeusz Tietze, Zygmunt Szadkowski, Bronisław Węgrzyn, Bronisław Pietkiewicz, Antoni Juchnowicz, Andrzej Dobrowolski, Stanisław Banaś Front (l-r): Czesław Nawrocki, Julian Ośko, Franciszek Szpetner, Marek Powierza, Jan Lepionka, Bronisław Witaszek
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Camp Commandant with Kindergarten Children
Camp Commandant Major Foxley amuses the kindergarten children with a "disappearing sixpence" trick. (l-r): Major Foxley, Bronisław Pietkiewicz, Edward Wała, Franciszek Szpetner, Stanisław Banaś, Eugeniusz Sarnecki, Michał Guc, Bronisław Węgrzyn, Ryszard Gołębiewski, Kazimierz Dudek, Ryszard Tymicki, Witold Pleciak, Bronisław Witaszek, Jan Lepionka
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Boys with Hammer – Pahiatua
(l-r): Ryszard Żołnowski, Zbigniew Markowski, Stanisław Dygas, Bolesław Banasiak
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Boys Outside Barn – Pahiatua
Back (l-r): Stanisław Jaśkiewicz, Mieczysław Dziobak, Bronisław Martul, Marceli Jamrozy, Sergeant Major Bourne-Webb Front (l-r): Zbigniew Awdziej, Ludwik Gomulski, Tadeusz Reder, Jan Pąk
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Boys holding a picture of the Pope
(l-r): Stefan Waniuk, Ludwik Gomulski, Mieczysław Dziobak
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Boys at Pahiatua
(l-r): Michał Smal, Władysław Tinald, Jan Banaś
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Boys at Pahiatua Camp
(l-r): Józef Głowacz, Jan Lasota, Wacław Sumicz, Michał Basałaj, Aleksander Basałaj, Edward Kukiełko, Wacław Juchnowicz, Witold Domański, Wacław Gołębiowski
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
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Afternoon Tea with the Dentist – Pahiatua
The Dentist Janina Budzyna-Dawidowska treats boys to afternoon tea (l-r): Mieczysław Dutkiewicz, Tadeusz Sapiński, Waldemar Dejnakowski, Lech Dobroński, Julian Mazur
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“Bush Primary Champs” 1947
Back (l-r): Piotr Przychodźko, Bronisław Rożniatowski, Piotr Adamczyk Middle: (l-r): Mieczysław Głowacki, Krzysztof Jasiński (Staszczuk), Bolesław Wojtowicz, Czesław Pelc Front: Jerzy Wierzbicki
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
A Rugby Team – 1948
Back (l-r): Andy Nola, Teodor Poszeluk, Ryszard Żołnowski, Kazimierz Krawczyk, Tadeusz Lepionka, Eugeniusz Zajkowski, Kazimierz Niedźwiecki, Bronisław Kasprzyk, Frank Muller Front (l-r): Bronisław Gmyterko, Anatol Karpik, Władysław Leszewicz, Michał Adamczyk, Stanisław Gratkowski, Marian Budny, Tadeusz Wiewiórka, Zdzisław Witkowski
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Rugby Team – 1947
One of several camp rugby teams, 1947 Back (l-r): Kazimierz Krawczyk, Władysław Szulgan, Władysław Nowak, Zdzisław Lepionka, Tadeusz Jankiewicz, Zdzisław Kośnik Middle (l-r): Franciszek Kubiak, Józef Jagiełło, Marian Budny, Antoni Sarniak, Nikifor Piesocki, Mieczysław Grzywa Front (l-r): Waldemar Dejnakowski, Stanisław Januszkiewicz, Zygmunt Zyskowski, Henryk Apanowicz
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Scouts, Guides & Cubs, 1945
Polish and New Zealand Scouts, Guides and Cubs in Pahiatua, 1945. The Poles include: Back (l-r): Aleksander Bednarski (2nd), Mikołaj Gliński (4th), Tadeusz Mazur (5th), Zdzisław Kaczorowski (9th) Middle (l-r): Bogusława Gradzik (1st), Polish Scout Leader Stefania Kozera (6th), Wiktoria Tabisz (7th), Zofia Surynt (8th) Front: Eugeniusz Szadkowski (4th)
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City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Polish Scouts at the Camp
Standing (l-r): Stanisław Wołk, Kazimierz Wiśniewski, Tadeusz Zioło, Julian Borowiec, Kazimierz Walczak Sitting (l-r): Alfred Sapiński, Mieczysław Ptak, Bronisław Rożniatowski, Jerzy Jankiewicz, Stefania Kozera, Czesław Pelc (arm in sling), Lech Lubas, Jan Lasota, Jan Kowalski, Adam Banaś, Krzysztof Jasiński (Staszczuk)
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City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Bush Primary Cup – 1948
The seven-a-side Bush Primary Cup, 1948 Back (l-r): Andy Nola, Teodor Poszeluk, Władysław Orawiec, Kazimierz Niedźwiecki, Frank Muller Front (l-r): Władysław Leszewicz, Michał Adamczyk, Zdzisław Witkowski, Anatol Karpik
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Boys Rugby – 1948
Poles under the posts, 1948. The boys took on rugby with a passion and became "the fear of the northern Wairarapa". The opposition team's management had to lend them rugby boots for the representative team's first game. Standing (l-r): Marian Kępka, Zdzisław Lorenc, Zdzisław Witkowski, Władysław Leszewicz, Anatol Karpik, Bronisław Lemów, Frank Muller, Stanisław Gratkowski, Marian Budny, Jan Niedźwiecki, Alfons Moroz, Bronisław Gmyterko (partly visible), Witold Powierza, Michał Sidoruk, Michał Smal (partly visible), Bolesław Banasiak, Zygmunt Wiśniewski, Zbigniew Tarasiewicz, Eugeniusz Zajkowski (partly visible), Kazimierz Niedźwiecki, Michał Adamczyk, Władysław Orawiec, Stanisław Ościłowski, Piotr Mazur (white shirt), Andy Nola Kneeling (l-r): Jan Holender, Antoni Leparowski, Zygmunt Ratuszny Sitting (l-r): Władysław Nowak, Jerzy Wierzbicki, Roman Kraj, Tadeusz Lepionka, Antoni Dobrowolski, Tadeusz Wiewiórka, Stanisław Dygas, Mieczysław Grzywa, Bronisław Woś, Franciszek Kubiak, Bogusław Januszkiewicz, Edward Krejcisz, Mikołaj Bartniczak, Nikifor Piesocki, Władysław Szulgan, Jerzy Bojarski
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Group of Boys – Pahiatua Camp
l-r: Piotr Mazur, Zbigniew Markowski, Kazimierz Markowski
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Group of Boys – Pahiatua
Standing (l-r): Wiesław Kaliński, Marian Tarasiewicz, Tomasz Kaźimierów Kneeling (l-r): Kazimierz Pisarek, Zbigniew Tarasiewicz
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Group of Boys & Girls – Pahiatua Camp
Back (l-r): Jan Wojciechowski, Krzysztof Jasiński (Staszczuk), Lech Lubas, Jan Lasota Front (l-r): Zofia Pacanowska, Irena Banach, Henryka Aulich, Emilia Sondej, Ryszard Białostocki
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
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Marching to Mass
Antoni Kozłowski leads the march at the Pahiatua camp to Sunday Mass
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Rugby Boys
Back (l-r): Andy Nola, Bronisław Kasprzyk, Eugeniusz Zajkowski, Ryszard Żołnowski, Frank Muller Front (l-r): Tadeusz Wiewiórka, Bronisław Gmyterko, Tadeusz Lepionka, Stanisław Gratkowski
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
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City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Washing Dishes – Pahiatua Camp
A dish washing brigade at the camp's kitchen No. 1
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Boys in Vegetable Garden – Pahiatua
Boys in the camp's vegetable garden when an effort was being made to make it as self sufficient as possible, 1945. (l-r): Stanisław Prędki, Artur Gawlik, Wacław Gołębiowski, Aleksander Basałaj, Kazimierz Depczyński, Mieczysław Sadowski, Edward Dąbrowski, Tadeusz Zioło, Tadeusz Budny
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
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City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Gisborne Holiday – January 1946
On holiday in Gisborne with members of the Gisborne Red Cross Transport Corps in Waihirere's Bush Reserve, January 1946
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Gisborne
Gisborne Holiday
On holiday in Gisborne, January 1946 Back (l-r): Stanisław Cieślik, Józef Holender, Jerzy Surynt, Tadeusz Mazur, Stefan Wiśniewski, Władysław Pietkiewicz, Witold Domański, Czesław Iwan Front: Kazimierz Zieliński
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Gisborne
Group of Boys – Pahiatua
(l-r): Władysław Szulgan, Mikołaj Bartniczak, Michał Sidoruk (partly visible), Zygmunt Zyskowski, Mieczysław Grzywa, Andrzej Dajnowski
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Mangatainoka School
One of the last groups of boys (back row) to leave the Polish Children's Camp briefly attended Mangatainoka School before being transferred to Linton Military Camp. Back (l-r): Waldemar Dejnakowski, Henryk Apanowicz, Józef Jagiełło, Marian Sadowski, Tadeusz Rozwadowski, Franciszek Barański, Antoni Rybiński, Zbigniew Dziki, Jan Niedźwiecki, Bronisław Gmyterko, Bogdan Bocian, Jan Makuch, Antoni Sarniak, Krzysztof Dziegieć, Ludwik Głogowski, Wojciech Michalik
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