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postal service and World War I

Find out more about the postal service during the First World War.

stamps and postal service

These adhesive, non-perforated stamps for prepaid postage were the famous ‘Chalon Head’ design, showing Queen Victoria in her coronation robes.

postal service, WW1, timeline, and World War I

Key events in the Post and Telegraph Department before, during and after the First World War.

stamps and postal service

These adhesive, non-perforated stamps for the prepayment of postage were the famous 'Full Face' or 'Chalon Head' design showing Queen Victoria in her coronation robes.

postal service, WW1, roll of honour, and World War I

This Roll of Honour lists 234 men from the Post and Telegraph Department who died in the First World War.

gallipoli campaign, postal service, and World War I

Whether it was signallers conveying orders to the front line or mail services being provided for soldiers, men from the Post and Telegraph Department played a vital role during the First World War.

postal service, WW1 home front, and World War I

In the early 20th century, the Post and Telegraph Department's reach extended throughout the Dominion, and it was to stretch even further after war broke out in August 1914.

postal service and World War I

In mid-1918, the Post and Telegraph (P & T) Department had to cut services to the public because it had lost so many experienced staff to the army. When the war came to an unexpectedly quick end that November, the process of reintegrating men into civilian life — including, for many, a return to their old jobs — got under way.

postal service, sinai campaign, palestine campaign, and World War I

In early 1916 the Mounted Brigade Signal Troop, which had served on Gallipoli, joined the rest of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in a new Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division. This division was part of the British army's Egyptian Expeditionary Force, formed to take the fight to the Ottoman Turks in Sinai and Palestine (part of the...

postal service, WW1, western front, sinai campaign, palestine campaign, and World War I

In April 1916, the recently formed New Zealand Division was transported by troopship across the Mediterranean from the Egyptian port of Alexandria to Marseille in the south of France. For the remaining 2½ years of the war, the division was to be one of more than 50 in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front

postal service, WW1 home front, WW1, and World War I

These obituaries were published in the journal of the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association, The Katipo, between 1916 and 1919. We've listed them in alphabetical order, with each man's full name, a link to his record on Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database, and a transcript of the obituary notice. Note that Peter Clarke is not listed on the Po...

stamps and postal service

These adhesive, non-perforated stamps for prepaid postage were the famous ‘Chalon Head’ design, showing Queen Victoria in her coronation robes.

crime, postal service, ponsonby, and famous firsts

In what may have been a world first for a capital crime, the conviction of Dennis Gunn was based almost entirely on fingerprint evidence.

postal service, WW1, timeline, and World War I

Key events in the Post and Telegraph Department before, during and after the First World War.

postal service, WW1, nzef units, and World War I

The New Zealand Postal Corps section managed postal services for New Zealand military personnel from the outset of the war, and maintained field postal officers at divisional and brigade headquarters. From mid-1916 it had one section attached to the NZEF’s London headquarters, and another attached to the New Zealand administrative headquarters i...