Photographs of family

1934 to 1935

Page 9 of photograph album. Members of the Walsh family and the Richmond Misson building. [Top left] Four people standing beside a vehicle before driving to Port Levy. Caption: Setting off for Port Levy. [Top right] Exterior view of the Richmond Mission building on North Avon Road, with a motorcycle parked on the side of the road. Caption: Richmond Mission 1934. [Bottom left] Colin Walsh standing in the backyard of the family home in Vogel Street, with a bicycle. Caption: Colin again. [Bottom centre] Portrait image of Ernest and Weira Walsh. Caption: Mr & Mrs E. C. Walsh. [Bottom right] Tom Walsh, with dog, Ross. Caption: Tom & Ross 1935.

Contributors note: "The photographs in the album were taken by my father, Edward (Eddie) Walsh. He was one of ten children. His father, George Senior, died due to workplace poisoning when Eddie was 16, and to compensate the family for their loss, my father was offered a position at George's place of work, Bunting and Co. The family was very religious, and during World War II, was a conscientious objector. He was imprisoned at the detention camp at Balmoral, in the Hurunui. As he was very mechanically minded, my father worked on the forestry blocks fixing the trucks, which meant he had some freedom from the detention camp. At the time of his imprisonment, he was married, with a son. My mother had relocated to the area and was helping a family with six children under five – a set of triplets, twins and a singleton. Before moving to the Hurunui, she and her son lived with her mother-in-law in Vogel Street. Having a husband as a conscientious object was very difficult for her when meeting other women whose husbands were fighting in the war."

Creator: Eddie Walsh

Contributor: Walsh Family

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2010

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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