Guide to the C.S. Hertz Map Collection
MFC 25
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Hertz, C. S. (Cyril Sidney)
- Title
- C.S. Hertz Map Collection
- Date Range
- 1914 - 1966
- Collection Number
- MFC 25
- Extent
- 82 items in 6 map folders
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Maps)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Map collection of manuscript and published World War I maps of Belgium, France, Anzac Cove, the Dardanelles and Great Britain. The collection includes maps of German aircraft raids in England in 1915–1917, trench maps, mapping of France and Belgium by Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, aerial photographs and a strategic map of Malay published in 1941 by the Sunday Telegraph collected by Cyril Sidney Hertz. Some maps contain manuscript annotations.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6609591).
Conditions Governing Use
Some of the items within this collection, including some that have been made available as digitised images, are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of map item], C.S. Hertz Map Collection, National Library of Australia, [item number]'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The maps were part of the collection presented to the Library in 1981 by the Hertz family.
Related Materials
View the catalogue record for the Papers of C.S. Hertz, 1877-1973, at https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1482929.
Biographical / Historical
Cyril Sidney Hertz was a collector of books, maps and other material on the military and aviation history of World War I and World War II. He was for many years a clerk in the Australian Post Office in Sydney. In his later years he worked as a travel agent, organising tours of China and other Asian countries. He began to collect military books soon after the end of World War II and over 30 years amassed a large collection. He had a particular interest in war aviation and for some time wrote a monthly article, 'Facts and Figures', on World War I aviation. He was the publicity officer of the Australian Society of World War I Historians and wrote occasional articles for its newsletter.
Item Descriptions
Austria and Northern Italy, 1:900,000, c.1917 (Item 1) - Folder 1
Map of Austria and Northern Italy showing main roads, international boundaries, railways, rivers and lakes. Inset shows the Isonzo Front, near the Isonzo River. Twelve Battles of the Isonzo were fought between June 1915 and November 1917. Main map uses Italian place names and inset uses German forms of place names. Verso of map is stamped with "Army telegraphs, AZ 20.VI.1917" and is annotated in pencil. On sheet 45 x 58 cm.
The Daily Telegraph War Map, no. 7: The Dardanelles, The Bosporus, The Marmara Sea and Turkey, c.1914-1918 (Item 2) - Folder 1
Topographic map of Turkey and northern Asia Minor centred on the Sea of Marmara. Insets show the Turkish Empire; Asia Minor; Constantinople; The Narrows; the Black Sea; and the Balkan states. Includes red cover with index to other Daily Telegraph War Maps. On sheet 76 102 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
By Alexander Gross. Published by Geographia, London.
Provenance Note
Cover includes a sticker of "The Anglo-French Library, Booksellers and Stationers, Cairo".
"A" Divisional Sector (Australian Corps Front), 1:10,000, 1918 (Item 3) - Folder 1
Map centred on Villers-Bretonneux showing trenches used or maintained by allies, and trenches used or maintained by enemy. Map is marked with coloured lines to show progress of April 1918 counter attacks by Allies. On sheet 51 x 69 cm.
British Battles during 1918 (8th Aug. to 11th Nov., 1918), 1: 500 000, c.1919 (Item 4) - Folder 1
Map of part of France showing the major battles of the final months of World War I. Locality of battles are marked by colours, and include numbers of numbers of enemy prisoners and guns taken. A text panel provides a brief summary of the battles. On sheet 47 x 37 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Printed by Waterlow & Sons for War Office.Geographical Section, General Staff.
Series Information
GSGS 3718.
ANZAC: 2nd October 1915, 3/4 inch: 100 yards, 1916 (Item 5) - Folder 1
"Photographic view of 'ANZAC' taken from an aeroplane, showing the trenches and zig-zag approaches to them." Map comprises aerial photography images stitched to show trench network on Gallipoli Peninsula. On sheet 42 x 71 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Authorized by The Minister for Defence arranged by the Australian Section Imperial General Staff, Government Printer, Melbourne 1916.
Etaves, Edition 1A (Local). Overprinted with: Target map of the Hindenburg Line from Bellicourt to St. Quentin, 1:40 000, 1918 (Item 6) - Folder 1
Map of the Western Front region from Vendhuile to St. Quentin in northern France, overprinted to show the front line, the Hindenburg Line, and German targets as of September 1918. Includes detailed legend indicating enemy headquarters, billets with accommodation numbers for men and horses, railways, ammunition routes, and various posts and stations. On sheet 58 x 89 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Field Survey by R.E. (4329), 16.9.18.
Mosaic of parts of D & J Squares, Map Sheet 28, c.1917 (Item 7) - Folder 1
Photomosaic of aerial photography centred on the locality of the Romulus and Remus woods near Broodseinde, Belgium. Aerial photography is overlaid with map gridlines, and markings for the British Front Line, concrete structures and dugouts, and contours. The Battle of Broodseinde was fought in October 1917 as part of the larger Battle of Passchendaele. On sheet 60 x 46 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
BIS No. 4 Sqd. RFC. Printed by No. 2 Advanced Section, A.P. & S.S.
Second Army Area (East). Sketch map showing supposed location of Enemy's Forces on 1st July 1916, 1916 (File 8 a-c) - Folder 1
The "Second Army Area (East)" sheet of G.S.G.S 3151 map series, overprinted with German troop dispositions as of 1 July 1916. Covers the area from Langemarck in Belgium to Fromelles in northern France. Map is marked "Secret" and "Not to be taken into the trenches". On sheet 52 x 44 cm.
Also includes a Second Army Summary of Intelligence sheet, for 15 to 30th June 2016.
Statement of Responsibility
Base map: Ordnance Survey 1916. Overlay: 1st Printing Co. R.E. (2) 1151.
Series Information
GSGS 3151.
Set of 3 aerial photographs., 1916-1918 (File 9 a-d) - Folder 1
Aerial photographs of the Western Front. Photograph dated 9.11.16 is of unidentified trenches. Photograph dated 26.12.17 is of unidentified terrain including trenches. Photograph dated 29.8.18 is of area between Somme Swamp and Limberlost Woods. Included with the photographs is a letter dated 14 April 1917 from an Intelligence Officer "Herewith aeroplane photos for your information".
France, Edition 3, B (Local). Overprinted with: Field Artillery Barrage Map, 1:20,000, 1918 (Item 10) - Folder 1
Topographic map centred on Lamotte, France, overlaid with field artillery barrage map showing British trenches in red and enemy trenches in blue. Shows the start line for the 5th and 7th Australian Infantry Brigades, calculations for a protective barrage for their advancement, and first, second and ultimate objectives. Mounted on linen. On sheet 47 x 62 cm.
Series Information
Secret. Copy No. 54.
Statement of Responsibility
Issued under Australian Corps Battle Instructions.
Polygon Wood, Edition 1B & Zandvoorde, Edition 2B, 1:20,000, 1917 (Item 12 a-b) - Folder 1
Both sheets overprinted with Hostile Tactical Map, September 16h.1917. Overprint in green shows enemy's reserves, concentrations and counter attack methods east of Ypres. 2 maps on sheets 51 x 64 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Printed by No.2 Advanced Section.
Series Information
"Part of Sheet 28."
Area of Martinpuich, Part of Sheets 57D S.E. & 57C S.W, 1:20,000, 1916 (Item 15) - Folder 1
Trench map. Mounted on linen. On sheet 37 x 66 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Ordnance Survey.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3236.
[Track map of Menin Road, Hellfire Corner to Zonnebeke], c.1917 (Item 19) - Folder 1
Map showing region around Menin Road to Zonnebeke. Map shows duckboard, proposed duckboard, light railway, mule tracks, divisional and brigade bodies, and footpaths. Some paths have been highlighted with coloured pencil. On sheet 41 x 74 cm.
Series Information
Secret. No. S11/26.
Subgrp 21-24. Maps removed from The German Air Raids on Great Britain, 1914-1918 by Captain Joseph Morris, 1925.
4 map sheets, removed from book. Photocopy of each sheet also included.
Statement of Responsibility
From Official Reports prepared by War Office. Reproduced by permission of the Controller, H.M. Stationery Office.
Subgrp 25-27. France, 1:250,000
Map series of France showing railways with stations, roads, rivers, canals, woods, orchards, forts, light houses, and brushwoods.
Statement of Responsibility
Prepared and Printed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2738.
Other sheets in the France 1:250,000 series, and a full series index can be found at MAP G5830 s250
North Western Europe, Sheet 1 & Part of 4, 1:250,000, 1915 (Item 28) - Folder 1
Topographic map sheet of north-west Belgium and part of France. On sheet 73 x 86 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
War Office.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2733.
Other sheets in the Belgium 1:250,000 series, and a full series index can be found at MAP G5720 s250
Subgrp 29-35. Belgium 1:100,000 ; France 1:100,000
Topographic map series of Belgium and north-eastern France. Verso includes map index.
Statement of Responsibility
Publisher noted by various names on each sheet.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2364
Other sheets in the Belgium and France 1:100,000 series, and a full series index can be found at MAP G6010 s100
Dunkerque [ Dunkirk], Sheet 1A, 1915 (Item 29) - Folder 2
Verso is annotated in pencil. Mounted on linen. On sheet 47 x 87 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
War Office.
Tournai, Sheet 5, 2nd Edition, 1916 (Item 30) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. On sheet 72 x 86 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
War Office.
Hazebrouck, Sheet 5A, Edition 2, 1916 (Item 31) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. On sheet 70 x 86 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Ordnance Survey.
Marche, Sheet 9, 1916 (Item 32) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. On sheet 72 x 86 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Drawn at the War Office and Photo=Etched at the Ordnance Survey Office Southampton.
Lens, Sheet 11, 1915 (Item 33) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. On sheet 66 x 90 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
O.S.O.
Subgrp 36-45. Belgium and France 1:40,000
Military map overprinted on base map showing rivers, creeks, roads, tracks, railways, canals, buildings, woods, lines, switches and brigade headquarters. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Verso includes sheet index. On sheets 68 x 90 cm unless otherwise noted.
Statement of Responsibility
Ordnance Survey.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2743.
Other sheets in the series, and a full series index can be found at G5831.S65 s40
Sheet 36A, 1916 (Item 38 (copy 1 & 2)) - Folder 2
2 copies. Copy 1 is annotated in blue pencil, possibly showing battalion locations. Mounted on linen.
Series Information
Edition 6.
Sheet 57C, 1917 (Item 40) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. Verso includes glossary. On sheet 65 x 90 cm.
Series Information
Edition 2.
Sheet 57D, 1916 (Item 41) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. Verso includes glossary.
Series Information
First Edition.
Sheet 62C, 1917 (Item 42) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. Verso includes glossary. On sheet 63 x 90 cm.
Series Information
Edition 1.
Sheet 62D & 66E, 1917-1918 (Item 43) - Folder 2
Sheets 62D and 66E joined together. Mounted on linen. On sheet 113 x 88 cm.
Series Information
First Edition [62D].
Subgrp 46-58. Belgium and France 1:20,000
Topographic trench map series of northern France, Belgium and the southern Netherlands, overprinted with Allied and Central Powers' trench systems. Mounted on linen. On sheets 66 x 91 cm unless otherwise noted.
Statement of Responsibility
Ordnance Survey.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2742.
Other sheets in the series, and a full series index can be found at G5831.S65 s20
Subgrp 59-64. Gallipoli and Dardanelles 1:20,000
Topographic map series of Gallipoli, Turkey, showing transportation, vegetation, water features and populated places. Also shown are rivers, roads, tracks, telegraph buildings (named), batteries and forts. Mounted on linen. Gallipoli sheets 63 x 79 cm. Dardanelles sheets 57 x 76 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Reproduced at the Survey Dept., Egypt.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 4000.
Other sheets in the series, and a full series index can be found at G7431.S65 s20
Subgrp 65-71. Trench maps, France and Belgium, 1;10,000
Military map series of Belgium and France showing Allied and enemy trenches, enemy's tracks, wire entanglements, cables, airlines, supply dumps, ammunitions, earthworks, dug-outs, huts, works reinforced by concretes, gun emplacements, trench mortars, observation and listening posts, mine craters and fortified, organised shell holes, hedges, ditches with water, conspicuous points, houses, railways, and hutments.
Statement of Responsibility
Ordnance Survey.
Series Information
Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3062.
Other sheets in the series, and a full series index can be found at G5831.S65 s10
Wytschaete, Sheet 23 S.W. 4, 1917 (Item 65) - Folder 4
Top half of sheet only. Mounted on linen. On sheet 32 x 94 cm.
Series Information
Edition 5.A.
Ploegsteert, Sheet 28 S.W. 4, 1917 (Item 66) - Folder 4
Mounted on linen. On sheet 67 x 92 cm.
Series Information
Edition 5.A.
Cagnicourt, Sheet 51B S.E. 3, 1918 (Item 67) - Folder 4
Mounted on linen. On sheet 67 x 92 cm.
Series Information
Edition 1.A.
Bullecourt, Sheet 51B S.W. 4, 1920 (Item 68) - Folder 4
Mounted on linen. On sheet 67 x 92 cm.
Series Information
Edition 2.A.
Queant, Sheet 57C N.E. 1, 1919 (Item 69) - Folder 4
Mounted on linen. On sheet 69 x 94 cm.
Series Information
Edition 1.A.
Axis Expansion 1939-1942 / Allied Counter-attack 1942-1945, 1966 (Item 77) - Folder 5
Two maps on one sheet. Axis expansion map shows Axis victories, expansion and territory in 1939 in the Western and Eastern theatres of war, with index of key events. Allied map shows victories, expansion and nuclear attacks in the Western and Eastern theatres of war, with index of key events. Map sheet is the inside of a double cover for the issue of Purnell's History of the Second World War serial. Verso of map includes the issue cover, a list of writers for the series, and the contents of the first volume. On sheet 60 x 47 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Designed by Philip Thompson / devised by Robert Hunt.Published by Purnell & Sons Ltd.
Series Information
Published in the Purnell's History of the Second World War, Vol. 1, No. 1.
Map of the Western Battle Front: Basle to Trier, 1 inch: 4 miles, c.1940 (Item 78) - Folder 5
Map from north of Trier, Germany to Basle, Switzerland, centred on the contested region of Alsace-Moselle (formerly referred to as Alsace-Lorraine). Alsace-Moselle reverted to French rule following World War I, but was conquered again by Nazi Germany during World War II. The region returned to French rule after World War II. On sheet 105 x 77 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Compiled and published by H.E.C. Robinson Pty. Ltd., Sydney.
Series Information
Map No.1. 1st Edition.
Provenance Note
Map has been embellished with the name and emblem of The Australian Society of World War I [The Australian Society of WW1 Aero Historians Inc.], founded in 1962 .
Sunday Telegraph Strategic Map of Malaya, 18 miles to one inch, 1941 (Item 79) - Folder 5
Illustrated map of Malay Peninsula including Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand and southern Myanmar, showing main crops, tin lode lines, iron ore, roads and railways. Inset maps show distance in miles between Darwin and Singapore and Tokyo and Singapore. Illustrations include depictions of cultural and religions icons, native animals, and naval vessels parked around the Peninsula coastline. On sheet 61 x 42 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Noel Cook.
From Sunday Telegraph Colour Pictorial, June 8, 1941, pp.7-8.
Qantas Souvenir Route Map, c.1934-1967 (Item 80) - Folder 5
Map of eastern and central Australia on inside showing the Sydney to Darwin route. Verso shows map of south-east Asia and continuation of routes from Darwin to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Manila. On sheet 24 x 41 cm.
Statement of Responsibility
Qantas Empire Airways Ltd.