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Interview with Janet Studholme
Date: 9 Dec 1991 - 09 Dec 1991
From: Women in World War II Part I
By: Studholme, Janet Helen, 1910-2003
Reference: OHInt-0060/02
Description: Janet Studholme was born in Waimate on 23 August 1910. Describes the arrival of her grandfather, Michael Studholme, as the first European in the Waimate area. Talks about their property `Te Waimate' which he took in 1854 and describes the family's activity in the local community. Recalls leisure activities which included horse riding, camping in the Central Otago lakes district and shooting. Talks about serving with the VAD in Waimate before volunteering as a nurse with the WAAC. Describes training at Trentham before being shipped to Egypt. Gives details of serving in the hospital based at Maadi and also recalls off duty activities including travel to Palestine, Syria and the Turkish border. Describes being shifted to Italy in March 1944 and nursing at the Bari Base Hospital. Comments on the depressed nature of the New Zealand soldiers after Cassino and attempts at raising their morale. Recalls leave in the area. Recalls returning to New Zealand on compassionate leave in 1945 and the difficulty of settling back into civilian life. Describes returning to Britain with the Victory Contingent in 1946. Describes being the National Director of Junior Red Cross for over seventeen years. Comments on the role of the matron in hospitals during the war and the importance of discipline and leadership. Venue - Wellington : 1991 Interviewer(s) - Johanna Woods Venue - Karori, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004678; OHC-004679; OHC-004680 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 821.
World War 2 soldiers on furlough arriving in Wellington
Date: 11 Jul 1943
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001129-F
Description: World War 2 soldiers on furlough arriving in Wellington, 11 July 1943. Shows men on a boat in Wellington Harbour. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Caption - Pascoe caption list reads: "These soldiers on furlough from the War, are landing at New Zealand's capital port. Their expressions tell the story." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative