Honouring our fathers’ war: The story that can now be told

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Filling in the gaps

In this Friends of the Turnbull event, Carolyn Adams will talk about how her source material for her book about Chauncey Adams’ wartime service became part of the library's collection.

Returned soldiers were reluctant to talk about their wartime experiences and news coverage of the war was heavily censored. Carolyn's research for her book, The Stink and Other WW2 Stories of a Wellington Soldier, starts with her father’s personal records and fills in the gaps with official documents.

Her talk will focus on the experiences of her father and other soldiers of the 25th Wellington Battalion, including the little known, Battle of Sidi Rezegh.

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A Friends of the Turnbull Library event

The Friends of the Turnbull Library, Ngā Hoa o te Whare Pukapuka Turnbull, offer a monthly programme of public talks that are free to all. These talks are held in the National Library in Wellington and on Zoom. The public programme highlights the work of researchers who draw on Turnbull material for their projects, and staff who care for and research the collections.

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About the speaker

Carolyn Adams spent her early years in New Plymouth but moved to Wellington in the late 1960s. After teaching and raising a family, she became a social policy analyst in the public sector with a special interest in housing policy and is now a researcher and writer, enjoying retired life in Wellington. As well as The Stink she has produced a family history called History: One Family at a Time.