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Interview with Jacob (Jack) Moller
- Date
- 20 Dec 1985
- By
- Moller, Jacob Randrup, 1891-1991
- Reference
- OHInt-0470/18
- Description
Jack Moller was born in Napier in 1891. Describes how his father came out from Denmark in his late teens, worked in the Forty Mile Bush in the Wairarapa and then in Pahiatua and Palmerston North before moving to Taranaki after his marriage. Mentions he lived in Opunake, Otakio and Eltham. Talks about Chu Chong who started dairying in Taranaki. Recalls leaving school at fourteen and driving a five horse team.
Describes departing for World War I on the `Arawa' and heading for Gallipoli. Recalls the landing at Anzac Cove and describes the fighting at Gallipoli in detail. Discusses the high number of casualties. Talks about being shot in both legs, rolling down a bank and being taken to the Australian hospital ship which took the six hundred injured men on board to Alexandria. Comments on the work of the nurses. Recalls some time spent in Egypt before returning to Wellington on the `Tahiti' in 1915. Describes the reception on the train trip home to Hawera, convalescence there and further convalescence at the King George V Hospital in Rotorua. Mentions the Lake House and Palace Hotel and fishing trips.
Describes in some detail his involvement in the filming of the `Mutiny on the Bounty' by an Australian film company who hired some of the convalescing soldiers as extras. Mentions the involvement of Tai Mitchell and Ernie Svensen in roles. Recalls the leading lady was Australian Lottie Lyall. Describes filming at Whakarewarewa and Mokoia Island.
Recalls a tangi at Whakarewarewa and a visit from the Governor-General. Mentions he was discharged from the army in 1916 and has been a member of the RSA since that date.
Interviewer(s) - Don Stafford
Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2866.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: OHLC-004660, OHLC-004661
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use may require the written permission of the donor Copyright: Don Stafford
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Access requires written permission of the Curator
- Part of
- Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford
- Format
- 2 C60 cassette(s), 1 transcript(s), 1 interview(s), 2 Hours Duration, Oral histories
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Interview with Jacob (Jack) Moller, printed transcript
Date: 20 Dec 1985
From: Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford
Reference: OHA-2866
Description: Quantity: 1 transcript(s).
Interview with Jacob (Jack) Moller, tape two
Date: 20 Dec 1985
From: Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford
Reference: OHC-009053
Description: Arrangement: Tape sequence - 2 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Jacob (Jack) Moller, tape one
Date: 20 Dec 1985
From: Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford
Reference: OHC-009052
Description: Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).