Vella Lavella
(Place)
Mentioned in
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- Chaplains
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Index
- 390 — Major-General Barrowclough to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
- 391 — Colonel Dove to Lieutenant-General Puttick
- 392 — Memorandum from Major-General Barrowclough to Army Headquarters (Wellington) — 3 NZ Division
- 393 — Major-General Barrowclough to Lieutenant-General Puttick
- 394 — Letter from Major-General Barrowclough to the Prime Minister
- 395 — Headquarters 3rd Division to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
- 398 — Letter from the acting Prime Minister to Major-General Barrowclough
- 403 — The Deputy Prime Minister to Major-General Barrowclough
- 406 — Letter from Major-General Barrowclough to the Prime Minister — Report on Operations—3 NZ Division, August 1943–December 1943
- 429 — Letter from Major-General Barrowclough to the Prime Minister — Report on Operations—3 New Zealand Division, 1 January 1944 to 30 June 1944
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- I: Organisation of 3 NZ Division Medical Units in New Zealand and Functioning in New Caledonia
- II: Guadalcanal
- III: Landing on Vella Lavella
- IV: Treasury Islands
- V: Landing on Nissan Island
- VII: General Medical Survey – 2 NZEF (IP)
- VII: Medical Services in the Pacific
- General Index
- Royal New Zealand Air Force
- MOVE OF NO. 3 SQUADRON TO GUADALCANAL
- EARLY OPERATIONS
- INTERCEPTING THE TOKYO EXPRESS
- FINAL STAGES OF THE CAMPAIGN
- [section]
- FIGHTER OPERATIONS IN JUNE
- BOMBER ESCORT OPERATIONS
- NO. 16 SQUADRON
- COLLAPSE OF JAPANESE IN THE CENTRAL SOLOMONS
- ALLIED AIR OPERATIONS
- OPERATIONS BY NO. 3 SQUADRON
- [section]
- TREASURY LANDINGS
- LANDING ON BOUGAINVILLE
- [section]
- Index
- The Home Front Volume I
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- The Pacific
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- CHAPTER 8 — The Coastwatchers
- V: Training for Combat
- I: Vella Lavella
- II: The Treasuries
- III: The Waiting Period
- IV: The Capture of Green Islands
- IV: The Japanese Move Back
- II: The Air Force Story
- II: Guerrillas in the Jungle
- III: Battalions Move to the Solomons
- Index
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- War Economy
- War Surgery and Medicine
Image Gallery
.jpg "14 Brigade units landing at Vella Lavella from American — barges manned by American Crews")
.jpg "35 NZ Anti-tank Battery at Maravari, Vella Lavella")
.jpg "A native outrigger canoe used for carrying supplies and bringing out wounded, Vella Lavella")
.jpg "Captain R. P. Tuckey (middle, front row) and RAP staff, Vella Lavella")
.jpg "Chapel built by islanders at the Allied Military Cemetery, Maravari, Vella Lavella")
.jpg "CHRISTMAS, 1943, in the Solomons Vella Lavella The Revs. D. L. Francis, G. R. Thompson, and A. H. Voyce took this service")
.jpg "Dedication Service, Maravari, led by Rt. Rev. Bishop G. V. Gerard Vella Lavella")
.jpg "Embarking on a Landing Craft(Infantry) at Juno — beach, Vella Lavella, for NIssan Island")
.jpg "Heading for the shore of Vella Lavella. Kolombangara Island in the background")
.jpg "Loading rations at Gudalcanal for Vella Lavella")
.jpg "On Vella Lavella A signalller Operating in an abandoned Japanese — Camp, Timbala Bay area")
.jpg "RAP and patients arrive at Timbala Bay, Vella Lavella")
.jpg "Ready for Embarkation at Kukum Beach, Guadalcanal — before sailing for Vella Lavella. In the background is a Landing Ship(Tank)")
.jpg "Solid Mahogany — Planks cover a — bridge decked with — coconut logs over Joroveto — River, Vella Lavella. This was the work of 20 field — Company New Zealand — Engineers")
.jpg "The heavily woode island of Vella Lavella, scene of 3 division's — first action in the Solomons. Flat-bottomed landing craft carried — units of 14 Brigade from bay to bay round the coast")
.jpg "This Map shows 3 NZ Division's long — lines of communication in the — Solomons and the dates on which — units of the Division landed on — Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella, Mono — and Nissan")
.jpg "VELLA LAVELLA — 22 Field Ambulance and 1 FSU were established at Gill's Plantation")
.jpg "Wounded men being evacuated by landing craft, Pakoi Bay, Vella Lavella")
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Vella Lavella":
- 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.
