A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine. This item covers locations from nzWellington New Zealand to London (United Kingdom) and environs.

References to photographs taken include:

• sunsets from SS Pt Victor at sea 4 June 1929
  
  
• storm at sea 6 June 1929
  
  
• police men and street scenes, zoo at Montevideo 22 June 1929
  
  
• ketch in distress, its crew and the resupply of stores 5 July 1929
  
  
• 2 dozen photographs of London's docks at work 15 July 1929
  
  
• chimneys from the roof of Royal Northern Hospital (RNH) 3 August 1929
  
  
• panorama showing density of buildings from roof of Holloway post office 10 August 1929
  
  
• dense traffic from London Bridge where 8 roads meet 13 August 1929
  
  

Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

• nzWellington, Grand Hotel, SS Pt Victor 1 June 1929
  
  
• 'crossed the line' 3 June 1929
  
  
• Mollie, 'Steele of the NW Mounted Police' 4 June 1929
  
  
• Harrington nswSydney, 'Nanook of the North' 5 June 1929
  
  
• news clipping Otago Daily Times dated 7 September 1929 'Port Victor's rough voyage,'
  
  
• discussion regarding medical stores 10 June 1929
  
  
• Mollie, Dr Swift, Rev. O'Carrol, tooth extraction 11 June 1929
  
  
• rounded 'the Horn' SS Devon, Bleakley's Australian Aboriginal report, Mr Abbott 16 June 1929
  
  
• Rev. O'Carrol, Ramsay McDonald 17 June 1929
  
  
• tooth extraction, 'Two years before the Mast,' RH Dana 18 May 1929
  
  
• description of engine room and workings of cargo freezer 20 May 1929
  
  
• Montevideo, Grand Hotel, Henderson's, Maceroni 21 June 1929
  
  
• shopping and picture show 22 June 1929
  
  
• Hale White, Aunty Lizzie 26 June 1929
  
  
• tooth exraction 28 June 1929
  
  
• tooth extraction bringing total to 250 in two years 30 June 1929
  
  
• 'crossed the line' 2 July 1929
  
  
• deck tennis tournement, drawings and identification of sailing ships 4 July 1929
  
  
• ketch from Cape Verde Island in distress in need of food and water, deck tennis 5 July 1929
  
  
• 4 pages pencil drawings and notes relating to sailing ships
  
  
• pages 117-118 from 'Sea Breezes, The PSNC Magazine' with illustration hand colored and annotated with identification of sails
  
  
• Dr Swift, tooth extraction 6 July 1929
  
  
• 'Full Sail,' by C Fon Smith 7 July 1929
  
  
• Mr Rhind, Mr Berrall 8 July 1929
  
  
• .Lewis, Wilson and Fletcher, Pt Victor crewmen 9 July 1929
  
  
• discussion relating to position of the sun in the tropics 10 July 1929
  
  
• tooth extraction 12 July 1929
  
  
• arrived London, Hugh .Cairns, Abbotsford Hotel 15 July 1929
  
  
• C and D Offices to sign off, Sedman's Hospital, Dr Fletcher, London Hospital, Hugh .Cairns, cerebral decompression, Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Mollie, Mr Cole, 3 year budget of 1700 pounds estimated for accommodation at the Abbotsford, School of Tropical Medicine 16 July 1929
  
  
• daylight saving, Dr Hugh Roger-Smith 17 July 1929
  
  
• FRCS, Kodak, Bacon's Guide to London, John Flynn 18 July 1929
  
  
• ABC Café, Mr Paul 19 July 1929
  
  
• Tiny and her sister, New Criterion Hotel, Winchester 20 July 1929
  
  
• Dr Delafield 22 July 1929
  
  
• Dr Gray, FRCS, Mr Paul 23 July 1929
  
  
• Royal Northern Hospital (RNH), Prof. Wright, Prof. Samson, Prof. Yates, Alex Dawkins, Alan Lenan, FRCS, Head Surgeon RNH 24 July 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques, Miss Ladds, Dr Wright, Dr Rucker, aeroplanes 25 July 1929
  
  
• Kaleine, TB, Dr Roques 29 July 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques, Dr Lane Roberts, Dr Zamera 30 July 1929
  
  
• Prof. Yates, Mollie, Keith Drawse's 'Bitter Sweet', His Majesty's Theatre, Miss Rontro 31 July 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques 1 August 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques, Dr Lane Roberts 2 August 1929
  
  
• Miss Macdonald, Mollie, 3 August 1929
  
  
• Rex Hylton 4 August 1929
  
  
• Dr Lane Roberts 5 August 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques, Dr Lane Roberts, Dr Dodd 6 August 1929
  
  
• Dr Cordner, Dr Lane Roberts, Rex Hylton, Mollie, 7 August 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques 8 August 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques, Dr Lane Roberts, Dr Gabriel, Miss Ladds 9 August 1929
  
  
• Dr Roques, Abbotsford Hotel, Mollie, 10 August 1929
  
  
• Mrs Kirby 12 August 1929
  
  
• Mrs Kirby, Autostrop razor, Mollie, Maw's, VPK Reflex, Horne's Camera Market 13 August 1929
  
  
• Woolworths 14 August 1929
  
  
• Harrington, Boy Scout jamboree, Liverpool, Lord Baden Powell, Schneider Cup 15 August 1929
  
  
• Horne's Camera, Ernemann press camera, Mollie, 16 August 1929
  
  
• Hampton Park 17 August 1929
  
  
• RNH 18 August 1929
  
  
• Sydney Swift, John Flynn 19 August 1929
  
  
• John Flynn, Presbyterian church 20 August 1929
  
  
• 'All quite on the Western Front', Erich Maria Remarque, John Flynn 21 August 1929
  
  
• Australian Aboriginal report 22 August 1929
  
  
• Boy Scout jamboree, Lord Baden Powell, HL Downing regarding Morobe and Bulolo River and Edie Ck gold, New Guinea, drought, dust storms, Peter Pugh, Mrs CD Bennett, British Commonwealth League, extracts Bleakley and WD Walker Australian Aboriginal report 26 August 1929
  
  
• Australian Aboriginal report, Dr Roques, Dr Lane Roberts, Miss Ladds 30 August 1929
  
  
• FRCS, Limestone tour by bus, St Bart's church, Cleopatra's needle 31 August 1929