Part of one of the Dormitories
New Zealand Soldiers' Club, (17) Russell Square
The Institute's location at 17 Russell Square on the corner of Bedford Way
was previously occupied by a house which became the New Zealand Soldiers' Club
in London.
"Various clubs were established in England for the New Zealand soldiers.
The one pictured here described itself in the N.Z.E.F. Chronicles as 'Open at
all hours for the reception and accommodation of N.Z. soldiers. Fine billiard-room,
reading and writing rooms, and every convenience and comfort. Beds for 200 men.
Canteen for light refreshments open day and night. Run by N.Z. ladies. Tariff:
dinner, 1s.; bed, breakfast and tea, 8d. each. R. H. Nolan, Hon. Sec.'"1
"In 1916 New Zealand soldiers inhabited as portion of their Soldiers' Club
in London the house in Russell Square in which Governor Hobson's daughter had
lived for many years. She had died a few months before, and her husband, Sir Alexander
Rendell, gladly gave his house to the New Zealanders free of rent." 2
1. See Just
of postcard: the Daniel family at war website
2. See New
Zealand Electronic Texts Centre Reeves, William Pember "The long white
cloud: Ao tea roa"
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