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Interview with Charlie Lawrence
Date: 9 Oct 1989 - 09 Oct 1989
From: World War I Oral History Archive
By: Lawrence, Charles George, 1897-1991
Reference: OHInt-0006/47
Description: Family background, death of father in 1901, life with grandmother on West Coast, how he became shellshocked, work on West Coast, attitude on West Coast to territorials, military. Enlistment, training at Trentham and Featherston, left with 17th Reinforcements in 1916, Sling Camp, attitude to British instructors, impression of United Kingdom, food at Sling Camp and training, Etaples, One Blanket Hill, Messines, Ploegsteert Wood, Passchendaele, experience as a sniper, refusal to kill German, infantry hit by own artillery shelling at Passchendaele, sniping incidents, Nimot, General Godley, Braithwaite, fighting during Second Battle of the Somme, German pill boxes and wounded by shell in 1918. Recalls American hospital at Le Havre, pleurisy, trench feet, Brockenhurst Hospital, convalescent home at Torquay, food in France, views on French, prostitutes, venereal disease, Ettie Rout, entertainment companies, two-up, YMCA, relationship with officers, lice, self inflicted wounds, executions, suicides, conscription, gas attacks, return to New Zealand, war brides, career since war, health, rehabilitation, opinion of RSA, drunkeness, job as a frameworker, territorials, bringing German rifles back to New Zealand, home guard (Fort Dorset during World War II). Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mr Lawrence's home at 45 Britannia street, Petone Accompanying material - Copy of newspaper article 'No regrets - 65 years together', Evening Post, 21/4/1988 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002684 - OHC-002686 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual files Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 489, OHDL-000334. Black and white photograph of Charlie Lawrence, 1989
Interview with Bert Lee
Date: 12 Sep 1988
From: World War I Oral History Archive
By: Lee, Albert Vivian, 1898-1991
Reference: OHInt-0006/49
Description: Describes family background (father a sawmiller), Senior Cadets, enlistment under age, training at Trentham and Featherston, transport to United Kingdom, Sling Camp, Etaples, New Zealand soldiers compared to British soldiers, missed Passchendaele and Messines, Hill 63, Le Quesnoy, describes climbing ladder into village, was a runner attached to Battalion HQ, songs, estaminets, drunkeness, leave in London, desertions, venereal disease, gas masks, lack of celebration on Armistice, Hornchurch Hospital. Recalls returning to New Zealand ca 1919, reception in New Zealand, difficulty in settling down, effect of war, career subsequently in Putaruru and in Rotorua, life at Ranfurly Home, marriage. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Ranfurly War Veterans Home, Mount Roskill, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002689 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 491, OHDL-000336. Black and white photograph of Bert Lee, 1988
Interview with Murray Morriss
Date: 4 Jul 1989 - 04 Jul 1989
From: World War I Oral History Archive
By: Morriss, William Murray, 1897-1992
Reference: OHInt-0006/58
Description: Describes family background, father first settler around Eketahuna, Rongokokako School, details of farm work, Cadets, patriotism, Scandinavian settlers, enlistment under age, reaction of parents, Trentham and Featherston Camps, the 'send-off', dances at Rongo Hall, transport on 'Ararima', Capetown, racism in South Africa, Sierra Leone. Arrival at Sling Camp, English civiliams, prostitution, Les Waterish, training as a signaller, talking to Germans in Ploegsteert Wood, training and living conditions at Sling Camp, Etaples, 21st birthday in Glasgow, Pont de Nieppe, why he missed Passchendaele, trench feet, treatment and later post-war trouble, Wattle Dump, the Second Somme, detailed description of killing, being wounded, dressing station at the Salvation Army, recovery at Walton-on-Thames, bayonetting Germans, sees Nicholas win a Victoria Cross, gas, lice, and rats. Recalls two-up, rum, singing, change in attitude to religion, UK troops, cakes from New Zealand, Private Nimot, shell shock, post war recovery at Hanmer Hospital, executions, English brides, T E Y Seddon, heart ailment, Sling riot, return to New Zealand in 1919, work for farmers near Sling Camp in UK. Describes in detail getting rehabilitation farm and shell shock treatment in 1921, treatment at Hanmer Hospital, condition of farm, formation of RSA in Eketahuna, surviving the 1930s depression, what he told civilians about the war. Venue - Eketahuna Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - At Murray Morriss' home at Rongokokako, R.D.2, Eketahuna Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 500. Black and white photographs:-. Murray Morriss, 1989. Murray Morriss and his sister, undated [Murray in army uniform]