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Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Building a temporary church at the Mankoya mission station in Northern Rhodesia.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Building a temporary church at the Mankoya mission station in Northern Rhodesia.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image on a canoe on the Zambezi River in Northern Rhodesia.
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An image of the interior of the dormitory at Parow, Cape Town, South Africa.
HMS 'Vanguard', Cape Town Harbour
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An image of HMS 'Vanguard', a British Navy battleship at Cape Town Harbour in South Africa. The ship was used as a royal yacht to transport King George VI and his family to South Africa, the first visit to the country by a reigning British monarch. HMS 'Vanguard' arrived in Cape Town on 17 February, escorted by the South African frigates 'Good Hope', 'Transvaal' and 'Natal' on the last leg of her voyage. The warship departed Cape Town on 22 April 1947.
On Board the 'Dominion Monarch'
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An image captioned 'Dominion Monarch / 1947'. The photograph shows a line-crossing ceremony on the ship, an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. Built in England between 1937 and 1939, the 'Dominion Monarch' was a passenger liner which regularly operated services between Britain and ports in the southern hemisphere (particularly in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand).
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A view of St. Joseph’s Mission in Mankoya in Northern Rhodesia.
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A portrait photograph of Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. (1898-1953), an Irish Capuchin missionary in Northern Rhodesia.
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Bringing supplies to the Irish Capuchin mission station at Mankoya in Northern Rhodesia.
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Catechumens at Mankoya mission in Northern Rhodesia.
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Funeral service at Mankoya mission station. The celebrant is Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.