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"Priory in New Zealand"

Letters, notes, and papers concerning the creation and formation of the Commandery of New Zealand and concerning nomination of members of the St John Ambulance Brigade, Commandery, and Order for membership of the Order. Also included are typed Regulations for the Commandery in New Zealand, procedures for attending meetings of the Commandery Chapter, income and expenditure accounts for the Commandery of New Zealand, and newspaper cuttings reporting on the work of the St John Ambulance Brigade and the Red Cross Society in New Zealand and key individuals within St John.

Correspondents include Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson (Secretary-General of The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem), Charles S. Falconer (Commandery Secretary), St John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, Captain A. N. Cahusac (Chief Secretary of the St John Ambulance Association), Colonel Sir R. Heaton-Rhodes (Director of Ambulance for the St John Ambulance Brigade in the Dominion of New Zealand), Lieutenant Colonel G. Barclay (Chief Commander for the St John Ambulance Brigade in New Zealand), Colonel James L. Sleeman, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Thomas Woolrych Perowne (Honorary Secretary of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem).

Reference: STJ/SJO/9/4/6/12
Level of description: File
Date: 27 December 1924 - 29 January 1936
Extent and medium: 87 items - Extent
Creator: Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson
Charles S. Falconer
St John Ambulance Brigade Overseas
Captain A. N. Cahusac
Colonel Sir R. Heaton-Rhodes
Lieutenant Colonel G. Barclay
Colonel Sir James L. Sleeman
Lieutenant-Colonel John Thomas Woolrych Perowne
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