AUDIO
Interview with Veronica Kelland
- Date
- 16 September 2011 - 16 Sep 2011
- By
- Alexander Turnbull Library; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; Kelland, Veronica, 1921-
- Reference
- OHColl-1113-1
- Description
Interview with Veronica Kelland (nee Rooney) by Megan Hutching, conducted 16 September 2011. Kelland came to New Zealand in 1946 as a war bride, on board the 'bride ship', Athlone Castle. She had written to Jack Kelland while he was a prisoner of war in Stalag 18A in Austria. When he was liberated at the end of the Second World War, he went to England and travelled to St Helens to meet Veronica, and the couple were married soon after. Jack Kelland returned to New Zealand in September 1945, Veronica following him and arriving in Wellington in April 1946.
The interview covers Veronica's childhood in St Helens, Lancashire, her work during the war in the Royal Ordnance Factory in Kirkby, and how she met and married Jack Kelland. Her voyage to New Zealand on the Athlone Castle and the couple's early married life in Taumarunui is also covered.
Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching
Arrangement: Digital files have been arranged as OHDL-002149 to OHDL-002151
Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration.
Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Image files - Tiff
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstract(s) to come.
Search dates: 1941 - 2011
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires written permission of the interviewee and the Alexander Turnbull Library Copyright: Copyright held by the Alexander Turnbull Library
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Format
- 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s), 1 Electronic document(s), 3 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s), 1 interview(s), 4 Hours Duration, Oral histories, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Sound files - wave files; Image files - Tiff
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Interview with Veronica Kelland, project report
Date: 16 September 2011
From: Interview with Veronica Kelland
Reference: OHA-7782
Description: Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Interview with Veronica Kelland, digital photographs
Date: 16 September 2011
From: Interview with Veronica Kelland
Reference: OHDL-002151
Description: Two photographs of Veronica Kelland taken in 2011 at age 90, and one scan of a certificate from the Royal Ordnance Factory Kirkby from 1945. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 3 digital photograph(s).
Interview with Veronica Kelland, digital sound recording
Date: 16 September 2011
From: Interview with Veronica Kelland
Reference: OHDL-002149
Description: Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s).
Interview with Veronica Kelland, digital form
Date: 16 September 2011
From: Interview with Veronica Kelland
Reference: OHDL-002150
Description: Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).