Fort Jervois (Ripapa Island)

Historic Photos

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Description: Photo of Fort Jervois during World War One

Reference: Auckland War Memorial Museum: Count Felix von Luckner, Fort Jervois, Ripa Island, 1916,Unknown, photographer,PH-ALB-546-p32-7 (https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-90234)

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Description: Photo of Fort Jervois during World War One

Reference: Auckland War Memorial Museum: Fort Jervois [Ripapa], Unknown, photographer, PH-ALB-546-p32-6 (https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-90233)

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Description: Mock battle at Fort Jervois, 1931

Reference: Personal collection.

The newspaper article that relates to this photo can be found here: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19311208.2.95.1&srpos=1&e=-------10--1----0fort+jervois-ILLUSTRATION-]

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Description: Photo of Fort Jervois, showing the outside of the fort, circa 1945

Reference: Personal collection

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Description: Photo of Fort Jervois, showing the main gallery near the entrance, circa 1945

Reference: Personal collection

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Description: Photo of Fort Jervois, showing the 6-inch disappearing gun that was used during World War Two, circa 1945

Reference: Personal collection

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Description: Fort Jervois, 1945 

Reference: Papers Past - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19450928.2.33.1?phrase=2&query=fort+jervois&snippet=true&type=ILLUSTRATION

Copyright status: CC BY-NC-SA

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Check https://canterburystories.nz/ for many more photos of the fort from the 1940s-1970s.