The Danish Association of N.Z.

The Danish Association of N.Z. (Inc.)

5th October 1943
Announcement of ceremony to hand over the ambulance.

5th October 1943
Registration of attendees wanting a discounted ticket to Wellington on NZ Rail for the handing over ceremony of the Ambulance.

5th October 1943
Danish Association in NZ invitation to attend the Ambulance handover ceremony in Wellington on Sunday the 10th October 1943

5th October 1943
The Danish Association (in NZ)
Request the pleasure of the
presence of
... invited person ...
at the Presentation of an Ambulance to
the R.N.Z.A.F., at Parlianentary
Grounds, Wellington, on
Sunday, 10th October, 1943, at Three o‘clock.

6th October 1943
Gift from Danes
Ambulance for R.N.Z.A.F.
Newspaper article.

9th October 1943
Danes Ambulance Gift
Newspaper article.

10th October 1943
Handover ceremony
Otto Hadrup speaking on behalf of the Danish Association.

10th October 1943
Christoffer Langkilde presenting the handover of the Ambulance.

10th October 1943
Mr Fred Jones, Minister of Defence, speaking at the ambulance handover.

10th October 1943
Air Vice Marshall Isatt speaking at the ambulance handover.

10th October 1943
Air Vice Marshall Isatt and Minister of Defence Mr. Fred Jones.

10th October 1943
Mr. Fred Jones, Minister of Defence surrounded by (from left) Mr. Langkilde, Mrs Hadrup, Mrs Andrews and Mr Hadrup.

10th October 1943
Mrs Hadrup, Air Vice Marshall I. M. Isitt
Mrs Andersen, Mr Otto Hadrup

10th October 1943
Representatives of Danes in service in New Zealand in front of the ambulance.
From left: Mr. Peter Hansen, Mr. Kaj Mortensen, Mr. Knud Graae, Mr. Arne Møller, ambulance drivers Mrs. Andersen, and Mrs. Audrey Hadrup.

Peter Hansen, or rather Thorkild Peter Niels Enevoldsen Hansen, arrived in New Zealand in 1916 and was naturalized in 1924. He enlisted in the RNZAF in March 1943.

Kaj Olaf Mortensen arrived in New Zealand in late 1941 as a mess-boy onboard the four-masted barque Pamir. He seems to have enlisted in the RNZAF in 1943 (NZ4311434).

Knud Graae had lived in New Zealand since 1929 and was naturalised in 1938. He volunteered for the RNZAF in 1943 and served in New Zealand and the New Hebrides.

Arne Leth Møller (1903-1976) was a Pilot Officer in the RNZAF at the time. He had lived in New Zealand since his early teens, and had enlisted in 1942. He was promoted to Flying Officer in November 1943.

Audrey Nina Hadrup was the daughter of Otto N. Hadrup, who was member of the executive committee of the Danish Association in N.Z. She was born in New Zealand, and had volunteered for the WAAF (W2019) in October 1941.

10th October 1943
Otto Hadrup, Mrs Hadrup, Mrs Bodil Dahl, E Dahl.

10th October 1943
Driver Audrey Hadrup

10th October 1943
Insignia on the ambulance.
Presented to the Royal N.Z. Air Force
From the Danish Association in N.Z.

10th October 1943
Hewspaper Article
Speach by Otto Hadrup at the presentation of the Ambulance.

10th October 1943

10th October 1943
The Dominion Hewspaper Article
Speach by Otto Hadrup at the presentation of the Ambulance.

11th October 1943
The Dominion Hewspaper Article
Speach by Otto Hadrup at the presentation of the Ambulance.

11th October 1943

11th October 1943
Evening Post Newspaper
Gift From Danes
Air Force Ambulance

12th October 1943
NZ Herald Newspaper
Presentation From Danes
Air Force Ambulance

20th October 1943
NZ Truth Newspaper Article.

12th December 1943
Auckland Star article.

13th December 1943
News in Brief
N.Z.E.F Times Cairo
Writeup from the troops in Egypt.

14th December 1943
Letter to Danes in New Zealand
from General William Signius Knudsen
Washington.
Mine bedste Hilsner og Tak for Emblemet
jeg er stoldt af at være fodt Danmark og haaber som DE at gamle Danmark vil komme over sine sørger og være frit igen snart....

13th March 1944
1ZB Radio Message
Announcement by Mr. Kenneth Melvin
Drive for War Funds
Otto Hadrup message to NZ radio listeners.

25th April 1944
Invitation to the Auckland Returned Services Association for ANZAC Day

25th April 1944
Wreath presented at the ANZAC parade

25th April 1944
Auckland Returned Services Association ANZAC Day Ceremony.

1944
Card enclosed with clothing from the Danish Sewing Circle.

3rd August 1944
Auckland Star
A successful gift afternoon was held yesterday by the ladies sewing circle of the Danish Association.

1945
Danish float at victory celebrations

1945
Stamps printed in Denmark after the war recognising victory over the Germans with help from overseas groups.

March 1945
Danish freedom stamp recognising the contribution of the Danish Association in New Zealand.

9th June 1945
Joyful Danes
Wellington Meeting

12th June 1945
Danish Gathering
Evening celebrations at the Lyceum Club, Wellington when Danes and friends gathered to celebrate the liberation of Denmark.

20th July 1945
News of Danes
More Clothing Wanted.

20th July 1945
Danish Gathering

5th September 1945
Danish Politics
Letter to the NZ Herald correcting an article regarding the persons participating in German reperation talks.

6th March 1946
Auckland Star
Clothes Reach Denmark
With Love From N.Z.
Description of arrival of clothes from Danish “Lottes”.

26th December 1946
Consul Awards Medal.
Mr. K. Esklund, Consul-General for Denmark in New Zealand, congratulates Mr. E. Andrew Dahl, after awarding him the Danish Liberation Medal yesterday. Mr. Dahl, who lives in Kilburnie was organizer of the Danish war effort in New Zealand.

26th December 1946
Services to Denmark Recognized
“I did what my heart told me to do,” said Mr. E. Andrew Dahl, as he sat up in bed to have the Danish Liberation Medal pinned to his chest by Consul-General for Denmark.

26th December 1946
Awards of Danish Medal of Liberation
Awards to:
Mr. Johannes C. Andersen, M.B.E., F.R.S.N.Z.
Mr. Oscar Monrad, (grandson of Bishop Monrad.)
Mr. G. C. Petersen
Mrs. Marie Caroline Jensen
Mr. Christoffer Langkilde
Mrs. Ingeborg Langkilde
Mr. Otto Hadrup.