AUDIO
Interview with George Clark
- Date
- 20 Jan 2006
- By
- Clark, Frederick George, 1922-
- Reference
- OHInt-0827-02
- Description
Interview with George Clark (Frederick George), born Frankton, Hamilton, 8 March 1922. Talks about his family background and growing up on the family farm. Mentions being sent away to attend Mt Albert Grammar School. Recalls when electricity and radio reached the farm in the 1930s and the family talking about politics. Discusses why his father did not fight in World War I and why he would not have volunteered for World War II. Talks about joining the Home Guard with his father and brother, training and exercises, and uncles taking pig dogs on exercises. Describes officers, weapons, uniforms, signalling practice, and drill. Discusses the role of the Home Guard and plans to evacuate children if the Japanese invaded. Comments on his attitude towards the Japanese and reaction after hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Recalls how the Home Guard wound down as the war progressed, and a party in the local hall when the war ended. Mentions his brother was sick with hepatitis when he returned from the Pacific. Discusses rationing and why it did not affect farm work as they could apply for extra petrol coupons. Comments that labour was short on the farm during the war. Talks about inheriting his grandfather's farm with his brother in 1942, and his brother buying a rehab farm later. Mentions that his mother introduced him to his wife Margaret MacMurray in 1946 and marrying in 1949. Refers to not attending Anzac Day ceremonies, and not joining the RSA even though Home Guard men have recently been invited to join.
Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching
Accompanying material - questionnaire filled in by George Clark; handwritten notes: Home Guard Days - what I can remember (5 p.)
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015227, OHC-015228
Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5519; partial transcript also available.
Accompanied by photocopies of photographs of George and Margaret Clark dated 1948 and 1949
Search dates: 1922 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945
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- Public use requires the written permission of the donor Copyright: Copyright is held by the Ministry for Culture & Heritage
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- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Requires written permission of the donor
- Part of
- Second World War oral history project: Home Front
- Format
- 1 printed abstract(s), 2 C60 cassette(s), 1 interview(s), 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Illustration: Accompanied by photocopies of photographs of George and Margaret Clark dated 1948 and 1949
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All Rights ReservedInterview with George Clark, printed abstract
Date: 20 Jan 2006
From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front
Reference: OHA-5519
Description: Contents: Accompanied by: photocopies of photographs of George and Margaret Clark dated 1948 and 1949; printed transcript; questionnaire filled in by George Clark; handwritten notes: Home Guard Days - what I can remember (5 p.) Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).
Interview with George Clark, tape two
Date: 20 Jan 2006
From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front
Reference: OHC-015228
Description: Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape sequence - 2 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with George Clark, tape one
Date: 20 Jan 2006
From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front
Reference: OHC-015227
Description: Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).