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Interview with Oscar Glen Reston

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Date

21 Oct 1988

By

Reston, Oscar Glen, 1894-1990

Reference

OHInt-0006/69

Description

Describes family background (grandfather and father warders at Lyttelton Gaol), move to Whangarata, health, education as an engineer, work as farm labourer, Territorials, Ponsonby Naval Cadets, enlistment, family reaction, transport on 'Pakeha' with 24th Reinforcements, account of troop ship, food, Capetown, life and food at Sling Camp, Maori troops, training as signaller, arrival at Etaples in 1917, recalls Etaples mutiny.

Recalls arriving at Ypres after Battle of Passchendaele, frozen mud, Dead Mule Gully, shelling, concussion, fighting over Christmas 1917, Second Battle of the Somme, Bapaume, German pill boxes and dug-outs, being wounded by a shell, casualty clearing station, conditions in Cambridge Hospital, Armistice, Codford, gambling, estaminets, singing, death of brother, effect on family, rats, relations between officers and men, officer shot by own men, field punishment, self-inflicted wounds, morale after Passchendaele, rum rations, Brigadier Braithwaite, Ettie Rout, return to New Zealand on 'Port Melbourne', post-war career.

Venue - Auckland

Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton

Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack

Venue - Mr Reston's daughter's home in Remuera, Auckland

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002744 - OHC-002747

Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 3.45 Hours and minutes Duration.

Physical Description: Textual file

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 511, OHDL-000349.

Black and white photograph of Oscar Reston and wife Margaret, 1988

Additional description

Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.

Alternative form available: Listening copies OHLC-006206 - OHLC-006209

Both printed and digital versions of the abstract are available

Use/Reproduction

Restricted - public use (publication and broadcasting) requires the written permission of the Chief Librarian Copyright: Copyright in the sound recording and abstract is held by Jane Tolerton and Nicholas Boyack

Access restrictions

Partly restricted material

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World War I Oral History Archive

Format

4 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract, 1 interview(s), 3.45 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Textual file, Illustration: Black and white photograph of Oscar Reston and wife Margaret, 1988, Equipment used: Sony WM-D6C

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Interview with Oscar Glen Reston, printed abstract

Date: 21 Oct 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

Reference: OHA-0511

Description: Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).

Other

Interview with Oscar Glen Reston, digital abstract

Date: 21 Oct 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

Reference: OHDL-000349

Description: Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton, Nicholas Boyack Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: This file has been migrated to a different format for purposes of preservation and access.