This is a common question we get in the Library and the answer is:
If you are on the Madras Street Campus, you go to the Student Finance officein the Rakaia Centre.
If you are on the CPIT Trades Campusin Ensors Road then see Stephen or Aaron in the Student Services building.
If you have your student cardand your eftpos cardyou can top up your student account yourself using one of the docupos machines located in the following areas:
Library at Madras Street (ask a Librarian for assistance)
Main atrium on Madras Street
Student Services Building at CPIT Trades in Ensors Road
For further assistance with printing from your account see a Librarian or phone 9408089 or email library@cpit.ac.nz or check out our “how do I...” guide.
The Gallipoli campaign was one of the bloodiest of the war, and New Zealand and Australian troops bore the brunt of it. Nine names are on our honours board because of this campaign:
Leonard Adcock, who worked as a farmer at Springston, died on board the hospital ship Somali, of wounds recieved in action.
RN Hospital Ship Somali off Cape Helles, 1915 : walking cases coming on board – Oscar Parkes.
Charles Brittenden, who joined the Australian army, died on May 22, 1915. Many New Zealanders joined the armies of other Commonwealth nations and are not included in our WW1 casualty figures. They tended to volunteer for military service in whichever nation they were currently residing as it was difficult to return home to enlist.
Leslie Burns was killed in action “between 25th April and 1st May” – this lack of precision a result of the confusion following the first landings. Leslie’s brother and sister are listed as his next of kin (their parents had died several years earlier).
Ralph Feldwick
George Maber, like William Skelton, was not confirmed as killed in action until January, 1916. He left a widow, Susannah.
Albert Stemmer was killed on August 19, 1915 – a reminder that the campaign continued long after “ANZAC Day”.
George Yeoman died in hospital in Cairo on July 8, 1915, from wounds received in action on May 16.
Also killed during this campaign were Ralph Feldwick, George Lattimore, Edwin Senior, and Harold Trewern.
Gallipoli may be credited with forging New Zealand as a nation – but these young men were the price.
Allied troops at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula, during the Gallipoli campaign, 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Everyone has heard of ANZAC Day, but the 1915-16 Gallipoli campaign was about more than this one day. The fighting stretched from April 1915-January 1916 and ended in a significant Allied defeat.
Aim of the Dardanelles campaign
The campaign actually started as a means to provide assistance to Russia, a vital ally. Secondary aims were to apply pressure on the Ottoman Empire, one of the enemy Central Powers.
Constantinople (Istanbul) would be seized through a naval attack. It was felt that a naval bombardment of the capital followed by an occupation would remove Turkey from the war. An all-weather supply route would be opened to Russia via the Dardanelles and Black Sea.
Key areas during the Gallipoli campaign 1915 (Turkish Ministry of Tourism map)
The Naval Attack
The naval action started with an attempt to force the fortified “Narrows”, the opening of the Dardanelles strait into the Aegean Sea. The naval attack was a fiasco, mines and shore gunnery accounted for several Allied capital ships with heavy loss of life.
After the disastrous failure to force the Narrows it was decided to land troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. They would seize the high ground & eliminate Turkish coastal gunfire to facilitate the passage of a new naval assault.
The land campaign
The land campaign started on the 25th of April with landings at Ari Burnu (ANZAC Cove), Cape Helles and the Asiatic shore of the Dardanelles. Allied troops from Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, India & Newfoundland would eventually become involved.
The campaign proved unsuccessful from the beginning. This was due to Allied material deficiencies, the difficulties of a seaborne attack & an underestimation of Turkish military capabilities.
The landing at Anzac; April 25th, 1915, by Charles Dixon,1915. Alexander Turnbull Library. D-017-010
Through successive costly battles the Allied attempt to force the Turkish from the strategic high ground came to nought. In August a series of well planned & coordinated Allied attacks ended in total failure, from this point on the Allies ended virtually all offensive action.
The campaign smouldered on until November 1915 when a decision was made to withdraw from the area. All Allied forces were successfully removed by the end of January 1916.
The campaign had failed in its objective.
The cost of modern war
The campaign resulted in 187 000 Allied casualties, as well as 167 000 Turkish dead or wounded. New Zealand lost 2 721 dead during the campaign, as well as 5000 wounded. The campaign proved a true baptism of fire for the military forces of our young nation
Chunuk Bair, New Zealand Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. Copyright of Ngaire Ackerley, 2012.
NZ’S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY 2014-2019, the primary site for WW100 commemoration in New Zealand:
There are many events happening all over the world to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great war. Here is a link to poignant installation at the Tower of London in the United Kingdom:
So I googled “what shall I blog about today”, and got lots of results, none of which were particlularly helpful. I do not have a cute pet or ideas on how to use Facebook as a marketing tool, and I do not choose to share my ‘guilty pleasures’, whatever they might be, with the internet.
So I thought, I’m a librarian. I shall search our catalogue and see what happens.
Turns out, we have 205 items in our collection about blogs and blogging.
I’m particularly taken with the idea of Blogging for Dummies – that’s about my level of skill.
While the idea of Blogging your way to a six-figure income appeals, the fact that the best I could come up with today was a blog about blogs might not be the best start.
So, if you’d like to share your thoughts with a wider audience than Facebook, or find the 140 characters of Twitter a bit limiting, try a blog. It’s fun, really. Especially if you have a cute pet, or ideas on how to use Facebook as a marketing tool.
Also, if you type ‘blog’ often enough, it stops looking like a real word.
On the 18th of August 1914, the Christchurch Technical College Past and Senior Students’ Association held a farewell assembly for those of their number who were about to depart with the New Zealand Forces.
Seven of the Association’s members were due to leave New Zealand on September 23rd. According to the report in the 1914 Technical College Review, about 30 people attended this “enthusiastic gathering”, at which Lieutenants Skelton and Batchelor were presented with a belt and compass each.
Lieutenant Skelton was the first casualty to be reported in the Technical College Review:
“Lieutenant W.G. Skelton has been called upon to make the supreme sacrifice to his country’s need. We know he went forward at the call of duty with a brave heart…and that he lost his life in doing so is … a tremendous personal loss to his family and friends.” Review, November 1915, p. 4
William Skelton was born in 1893, the second child of William and Emily Skelton. He was an active member of the Student’s Association debating society. Early in 1914 he was part of a side that debated “That Great Britain is in danger of invasion by Germany” – his side argued for the motion, and won by a comfortable margin.
William was employed by the Christchurch Tramway Board at the time of his joining the army. He left New Zealand on October 15, 1914, and arrived in Egypt on December 3rd. As an illustration of just how chaotic this war could be, William’s family were told on May 9th, 1915 that he had been killed in action, but by July 2nd that had been changed to ‘wounded and missing’. It was not until January 16th, 1916 that a Court of Enquiry finally ruled that he had been killed in action the previous April.
In June, 1915, the Technical College unveiled a memorial to William Skelton. The Director, Mr Howell, and the Students’ Association President, Mr Dobbs, unveiled the photograph and plaque (The Press, 7 June 1915, p.6), paying tribute to William’s friendship and courage:
“Greater love has no man than this – that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
On this day in 1914, Britain (and by extension, the British Empire, including New Zealand) declared war on Germany. What followed was a war like nothing that had gone before. Have a look at Jon’s blog for more.
For a good overview of New Zealand’s part in the First World War, try Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. The library also has quite a few books on the subject:
In 1914, CPIT was the Christchurch Technical College. It offered full-time education (known as the Day school) in four departments: Agricultural (for boys), Commercial (for boys and girls), Industrial (for boys), and Domestic (for girls). It also had a thriving Evening school, which had courses in the four main subjects, as well as everything from foreign languages to coachbuilding. In 1913, the College had a roll of 413 in the Day school and over 1000 in the Evening School.
Much of the information in the following stories came from the Technical College Review, which was published annually by the Past and Senior Students’ Association. The Association was primarily a social group, which ran debating and literary societies, and a range of sports teams. The Review contains reports from each group, and from each Day school class, as well as articles of interest from members. During the war, it published details of Old Boys serving overseas, and photographs of many of those who died.
CPIT’s war memorial hangs on the wall of the Rakaia Centre. It commemorates past students of the Christchurch Technical College who died in both world wars.
There are 71 names in the First World War section. 71 young men who travelled to the other side of the world and never came back.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be telling some of their stories – at the College, at work, and in circumstances they could not have imagined.
CPIT Library and Department of Sustainability and Outdoor Education invites staff, students and the public to a screening a powerful film on an important issue.
As the world waits in hope for a new dawn on climate change, 2 Degrees reveals the chaotic failure of the UN negotiations in Copenhagen. It becomes chillingly clear that we cannot wait for governments to lead the way. So if commitment to act won’t come from above, perhaps the voices and actions of communities will bring the revolution that is needed. 2 Degrees takes to the streets of Port Augusta, a small Australian town, and follows the passionate efforts to replace the coal-fired power stations with solar thermal power.
From the award-winning producer of The Burning Season and The Man who Stole my Mother’s Face. 2 Degrees explores climate change through the prism of climate justice.
While An Inconvenient Truth alerted us to the challenge at hand, 2 Degrees is the gripping and vital fight for a solution.
Scriptwriter and co-producer, Ange Palmer, will speak after the screening.
Cost: koha
Where and when:
D Block Lecture Theatre, CPIT, Madras St., 7pm Wednesday 6th August.
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