World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects

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Interview with Cyril Crosland

Date: 1 Dec 2000

From: Second World War oral history project - Crete

By: Crosland, Cyril Bythesea, 1915-2008

Reference: OHInt-0729-03

Description: Cyril Bythsea Crossland born Makarewa, Southland 1915. Recalls enlisting for World War II, going to Burnham Camp October 1939, and leaving New Zealand, February 1940. Describes enlistment process and gives reasons for going into Army Service Corps. Describes travelling to Egypt on the `Sobieski' and arrival at Maadi Camp. Refers to DRs [Despatch Riders]. Talks about going to Greece, attacks by German air force and evacuation from Greece and going to Crete. Recalls German invasion, 20 May 1941 and withdrawal to Galatas. Briefly mentions being captured by Germans in Sfakia (Sphakia) and mentions location of prison camp and food available. Refers to German control of Maleme aerodrome. Discusses experiences during escape, being caught and going to Stalag VIIIB in Germany. Describes living standards of Cretan people. Recalls seeing trainloads of Jews going to concentration camps. Talks about liberation by Americans and arrival in England. Recalls meeting future wife, Ailsa Hanson, marriage at Eketahuna in 1946 and return to Invercargill to work on future wife's farm. Refers to nightmares on return. Talks about membership of RSA [Returned Services Association]. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Completed questionnaire attached to abstract + photocopied sheets from Tiki News Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009437-009439 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) (+ partial transcript). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3059, OHDL-001144. Search dates: 2000

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Interview with Chick O'Brien

Date: 31 Oct 1994

From: 'Our chaps are dying' - Interviews with J-Force Veterans

By: O'Brien, Chick, active 1945-1994

Reference: OHInt-0327-10

Description: Chick O'Brien talks about joining the army aged 18 and forging his mother's signature in order to go overseas to fight aged 19. Describes early experiences of war in the infantry in Italy and compares with later experiences as a member of J-Force in Japan. Talks about being part of the Fifth Engineers in Japan, posted to Ozuki to build and run a boiler house. Describes relations between soldiers and the Japanese, organising Japanese labour and using an interpreter. Mentions friend Johnny McNeil. Recalls pet dog which belonged to the Engineers and mentions Bill Potaka and his dog Zapper. Talks about visiting Hiroshima, describes effects of the bombing and compares with bombing in Italy. Discusses incidence of cancer amongst J-Force Veterans, mentions effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam and recalls a friend being held prisioner in Nagasaki at the time of the bomb blast. Talks about life after the army, further exposure to radiation at Ohakea, problems from an old wound. Describes need for help to be available for soldiers returning home, and talks about the attitude of the RSA to J-Force Veterans. Chick's wife joins the interview and discusses the effects of war on Chick, and Chick describes the reasons why he prefers not to talk about the war with his family. Interviewer(s) - Halina Ogonowska-Coates Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012849b ; OHC-012853 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-4572.

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Interview with Dulcie Stocker

Date: 30 Jun 1996

From: CORSO 50th anniversary oral history project

By: Stocker, Dulcie, 1921-1999

Reference: OHInt-0504/22

Description: Dulcie Stocker (nee Watson) born Christchurch 1921. Describes parents, father's work as a cabinet maker, the depression and decline of cabinet making. Recalls doing commercial course at Digby's College, maternity training at Essex Maternity Home and practical training at Waikari and Rangiora. Undertook brief district nursing course and was sent to Kaitaia and describes life as a district nurse and being informed about protocol. Refers to lack of training in cultural practices. Compares differences between Maori/Pakeha relations in Kaitaia and Tologa Bay where she later did district nursing. Recalls being shocked when war was declared and talks about emotion of people coming back from War [World War II]. Refers to American soldiers. Recalls sailing for Britain ca 1949 and describes nursing experience in London, including brief period looking after father of Kathleen Ferrier. Recalls meeting future husband, grandson of Archdeacon Stocker from Invercargill. Details feelings about pacifism and alcohol. Refers to adoption of two children. Discusses support for CORSO and being involved in clothing drive and Vietnam and Springbok protests. Mentions visit of Bishop Tutu; GATT ; Taitua project; Rogernomics; growth of multinationals and involvement with Amnesty International. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Cecily McNeill Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011246-011248 ; OHC-005528-005530 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3927. 5 coloured photographs: 3 of [Dulcie Stocker, 1996?] and one of Dulcie and Peter Stocker with grandchildren, Aug '65 and one Jan '86.

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Interview with Mary Dixon

Date: 6 Nov 1992 - 06 Nov 1992

From: Women in World War II Part III

By: Dixon, Barbara Mary, 1909-2006; Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017

Reference: OHInt-0072/05

Description: Mary Dixon was born on 28 March 1909 in Birmingham, England and during her childhood lived in West Horsley Place, Surrey, an inherited property now a classified ancient monument owned by the Duchess of Roxburgh. Talks about her family's role as an example to the community. Recalls learning piano for many years, leaving school, being at home and being very involved in drama. Describes meeting George Dixon, their courtship and marrying him in 1935. Talks about sailing for New Zealand where George was employed to manage a dairy farm near Nelson. This farm, which they later bought, was part of the Dixon Investment Company, a family company which invested in land mortgages in Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Talks about the basic facilities in the house they moved into and adapting to Nelson society. Talks about the outbreak of war and George Dixon helping set up the local Home Guard before being called up to the Army. Notes that he served overseas for over three years during which time Mary Dixon managed the farm and brought up the family of four (later six) children. Describes land girls working on the farm. Talks about her husband returning from overseas service suffering from post trauma stress syndrome and his recovery. Notes his involvement in community work over the years. Talks about putting his war letters into a book `One man's war'. Comments on the way in which women coped and supported one another in the absence of husbands. Recalls returning to England and visiting the old family home West Horsley Place. Describes her involvement in Women's Division Federated Farmers, religious belief and strong interest in writing. Venue - Nelson : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Venue - Nelson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005772-005774; OHLC-006978-006980 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1205. photograph of Mary dixon about 1940; photograph of Mary Dixon about 1990

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Interview with Marion McCullough

Date: 30 Dec 1991

From: Women in World War II Part I

By: McCullough, Marion, 1920-

Reference: OHInt-0060/05

Description: Marion McCullough was born in Timaru in 1920. Describes her early childhood on a farm near Timaru before the family moved to Christchurch. Talks about her choice of becoming a dental nurse and describes life at the School Dental Clinic Training School in Wellington. Talks about her pre-war awareness of Jewish refugees. Describes the effect on her mother of her brother's enlistment in World War II. Comments on her father's World War I experiences. Describes how she met husband to be Bill McCullough and describes his World War II experiences, his return and their reunion. Talks about her life as a dental nurse at Mayfield and then Darfield. Describes travelling to Windwhistle and Hororata from Darfield as the dental nurse. Talks about life in Darfield during the war including the dances which marked farewells and returns. Venue - Christchurch : 1991 Interviewer(s) - Brita McVeigh Venue - 7 Stirling Street, Christchurch Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004687; OHC-004688 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 824.

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Interview with Mavis Botting

Date: 16 Jun 1992

From: Women in World War II Part II

By: Botting, Mavis Alice, 1914-2001

Reference: OHInt-0064/13

Description: Mavis Botting was born in Dunedin on 31 October 1914. Gives details of her family background, childhood and education. Talks about the family business, the Dunedin Coffee Stall, which was a large caravan pulled by a horse to its location in the Exchange. Describes cooking for the business in the 1930s. Recalls the beginning of World War II and volunteering to be a St John's Ambulance orderly. Notes that this required her to have a heavy traffic licence. Describes some of her work as an orderly. Talks about being manpowered to Seacliff Mental Hospital. Describes the building and the traumatic nature of starting work there. Talks about working with some of the patients, patients escaping, training and patient treatment. Comments that seeing returned servicemen at Seacliff brought home the horror of war. Talks about returning to work in the family business after the war and later working in a shoe store. Describes marrying Charles Botting and bringing up her niece. Comments on the independence that World War II brought to women. Venue - Dunedin : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Venue - North East Valley, Dunedin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004771; OHC-004772; OHC-004773 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 852. Photographs of Mavis Botting about 1944 and about 1992; photocopies of photos of the Women's Division, St. John's Ambulance, early 1940s, exchange pie cart (Dunedin Coffee Stall) and a marching competition which includes the St John's Ambulance

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Interview with Muriel Gordon

Date: 14 May 1992

From: Women in World War II Part II

By: Gordon, Muriel, 1912-2005

Reference: OHInt-0064/06

Description: Muriel Gordon was born in Invercargill in 1912. Describes her family background, childhood and leaving school at the age of fourteen because of her mother's ill health. Talks about her father's involvement in local politics. Gives details of domestic routines, weekends and social life. Recalls meeting husband John (Jack) Gordon, getting married and her fears at the outbreak of World War II. Describes how Invercargill changed during the war with the women taking over many of the traditionally male jobs. Talks about patriotism, rationing and her ineligibility for manpowering. Recalls looking after her two children, her parents and two elderly aunts. Talks about Jack Gordon joining the territorials and being sent to Burnham. Recalls living in Christchurch for some time before he was sent overseas. Describes his being in Egypt for a year before going to Italy. Gives feeling about this time and the position of servicemen's wives. Talks about receiving the telegram telling of Jack's death. Describes keeping in touch with Jack's family after his death and surviving financially as a widow. Talks about working in a bookshop, as a book reviewer, medical receptionist and hospital supervisor. Describes overseas travel including visiting Jack's grave in Italy. Talks about her family and her values as a result of being a solo parent looking after elderly relatives. Venue - Palmerston North : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Venue - Palmerston North Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004750; OHC-004751; OHC-004752 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 845.

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Interview with Ralph Winterbourn

Date: 4 July 1990

From: New Zealand Workers' Educational Association Oral History Project

By: Winterbourn, Ralph (Dr), 1909-2001

Reference: OHInt-0107-01

Description: Ralph Winterbourn describes his family background, his father's work as carpenter at Kaiapoi Woolen Mills and details his schools days. Describes his political views, and his work, first at Blackwell's Shop, Kaiapoi. Details his study at Canterbury University College. Describes Professor Shelley and other university staff. Describes students' social life. Recalls teaching and then working as a lecturer in education and first involvement with WEA. Recalls tutoring problems at WEA, socail life, summer schools. Describes differences between New Zealand and United Kingdom WEA. Recalls work with New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Discusses WEA courses in the 1930s and Christchurch. Recalls effects of World War II, particularly as it effected the WEA and universities. Discusses later educational issues and the highlights in his career. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Maurice Gough Venue - 1/97 Wheturangi Road, Greenlane Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0629. Search dates: 1990

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Interview with Catharina Jongejans

Date: 30 October 1992 - 30 Oct 1992

From: New Zealand Netherlands Foundation oral history project

By: Jongejans, Catharina, 1901-

Reference: OHInt-0132/19

Description: Mrs Catharina Jongejan describes briefly Holland before World War I. Gives some family background. Recalls husbands death in 1951; being evacuated during World War II; damaged caused by Germans in 1944 to a dyke and the consequent flooding of the Betuwe area causing family to flee with all their belongings on a farm carriage. Describes emigrating process and the trip to New Zealand on the `Zuiderkruis'. Gives first impressions of New Zealand and talks about her involvement with the Netherland Society. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Kaiapoi Interviewer(s) - Majo Oorthuys Venue - Giles Road, Kaiapoi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005428-005429; OHLC-001371-001372 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1043. Two photocopies of b&w photographs of Mrs Jongejans with a group of unidentified people

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Interview with Neva McKenna

Date: 8 Dec 1991 - 08 Dec 1991

From: Women in World War II Part I

By: McKenna, Neva Yvonne Clarke, 1920-2015

Reference: OHInt-0060/17

Description: Neva McKenna was born in Gisborne on 20 April 1920. Describes her Gisborne childhood and her grandmother, Eliza Jane Fox, who was a musician, writer and member of the Gisborne Hospital Board. Talks about her enjoyment of school and jobs at the office of a Crown solicitor and then with the Valuation Department and the Department of Maori Affairs. Comments on the public service work ethic. Talks about her father's death. Recalls the Napier earthquake. Mentions playing basketball, running and swimming for Poverty Bay. Describes her engagement to Geoff Chambers and working in Whakatane when she heard that he had been killed in action. Describes the impact of his death and the part that it played in her volunteering to go overseas in the clerical division of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). She went to Italy and served as Officer commanding the Clerical Division of the WAACS. Recalls her three years in Italy in detail. Talks about everyday life in the army, work relationships, ciphering, male-female interrelationship, hitch-hiking round Italy and civilian life in Italy. Comments on American and British troops. Talks about getting engaged to a Scotsman who was killed three weeks later. Describes returning to New Zealand and being invited to work in the Prime Minister's Department. Comments on New Zealand post World War II and the psychological effects of the war. Venue - Mangonui : 1991 Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Venue - Mangonui Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004727; OHC-004728 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 837. Photograph of Neva Clarke McKenna near Bari (Italy) in 1944; photograph of Neva McKenna about 1990

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Interview with Sally Bond

Date: 9 Feb 1992 - 09 Feb 1992

From: Women in World War II Part I

By: Bond, Betty Clare, 1919-2015

Reference: OHInt-0060/18

Description: Sally Bond was born in Greymouth on 8 May 1919. Recalls growing up in Greymouth, shifting to Christchurch with her family about the time she left high school and being a nanny for three years. Describes being manpowered into factory work and deciding to enlist as a WAAF instead. Talks about being sent to Taieri, working in the Motor Transport section and being posted to Harewood. Recalls driving trucks and their social life at Harewood. Comments on sexual activity despite the lack of contraception. Describes having met her future husband, a dental student, in Dunedin. Talks about his posting to the Pacifc as a pilot, the horror of the war there and their marriage in 1943. Notes that he was invalided out of the airforce with tuberculosis in 1944. Talks about the long term effect of the war on him, on his career and on their marriage. Describes the social reaction to her separation, loneliness and bringing up the children with assistance from her parents. Comments on friends in unsatisfactory marriages who stayed together and the influence of some male lawyers. Looks back on the 1950s and 1960s, her remarriage, death of her second husband and the importance of family. Venue - Wellington : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Johanna Woods Venue - Brougham Street, Mt Victoria, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004729; OHC-004730 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 838. Photograph of Sally Bond on her wedding day in 1943

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Interview with John Wilkinson

Date: 23 May 1993

From: YMCA Oral History Project

By: Wilkinson, John Hopkins, 1920-

Reference: OHInt-0126-02

Description: John Hopkins Wilkinson born Scotland. Explains why family came to New Zealand and settled in Wellington. Father worked as an engineer in the Evans Bay ship yards. Recalls the building of Hataitai Tunnel. Talks about his war experiences - joined Navy arriving England 1941, underwent flight training in Canada, commissioned as an officer and posted to Scotland, serving on the Queen Elizabeth which was going to the Middle East. Posted to Naval Squadron. Recalls bombing raids and Path-finding. Recalls being shot down over Menah Matruth, August 1941 and becoming a POW. Explains how Gestapo wanted to know what a naval officer was doing in the area. Was sent to POW camp in Poland then returned to Germany, ending up in camp near Berlin until the end of the war. Explains how he met his wife, a Lithuanian, as the camp offered protection to displaced women to protect them from the Russians. Recalls, after the war, returning to his previous employer, McAlpines as an engineer, later becoming operations manager for Castrol where he remained until retirement. Mentions nightmares as a result of his time as POW. Recalls first contact with YMCA but did not become involved until son grew interested in YMCA camps. Reference to George Adair, Skip Elliot, Graham Glaister and Maurie Rendle. Mentions Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Talks about Camp Adair and Shakespeare House on the Whangarei Peninsula. Discusses the change to YMCA when Peter Darracott retired and the influence of Lomond Steel. Refers to inability to maintain Maori representation on the board and lack of contact with Asian community. Maintains that Churches in Auckland have not supported the YMCA. Describes involvement with National Council and gives his views on what the role of the YMCA should have been on the 1981 Springbok Tour. Refers to RYDUM. Describes herb farm in Motueka which was to help pay for programmes for unemployed. Describes Denis Oliver in Hastings. Describes involvement of YMCA in Fiji / Western Samoa and outlines how he was made a Matai (Chief). Talks about the correct role of the National Council and believes grants like the McKenzie should be issued to National Council rather than individual YMCAs. Describes influence of Pat Magill as president. Discusses role of women in the YMCA and supports their involvement. Would like to see YMCA and YWCA amalgamate. Talks about the meaning of Auckland Metro. Explains that since retirement he has become a councillor, and is now Mt Eden Deputy Mayor. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - 23 Pery Road, Mt Eden Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006433-006435 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1505.

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Interview with Greta Oskam

Date: 4 March 1993 - 04 Mar 1993

From: New Zealand Netherlands Foundation oral history project

By: Oskam, Greta Gesina, 1929-2017

Reference: OHInt-0132/03

Description: Greta Oskam describes family background, religion, schooling, life in Oudewater as a child, customs, World War II and the bombing of Rotterdam life under German occupation, marriage, emigration to New Zealand, life as wife of master builder, building in Dunedin and Mosgiel and retirement. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Mosgiel Interviewer(s) - Gerard Leus Venue - Mosgiel Accompanying material - photocopy of family tree attached to abstract Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005399; OHLC-001337 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) (handwritten). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1030.

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Interview with Suzanna Hartveld

Date: 16 Apr 1999

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Hartveld, Suzanna, 1910-2007

Reference: OHInt-0427-18

Description: Suzanna Hartveld born Rotterdam, Holland 1910. Gives family background in Holland. Describes: schooling; family home; death of mother and father's re-marriage; nursing training; impact of Depression in Holland; work with Mennonite Mission, Indonesia and work with lepers at Leper Colony in Djatiroto in Central Java. Describes unrest and being rounded up by Japanese and camp at Lampuyongan, 1941-1945. Gives details of conditions in camp, 80 deaths per day, fate of boys who were taken away from parents and slave labour after Allied Forces torpedoed Japanese Red Cross ship. Describes journey to Kandi main camp after the war and treatment required. Spent one year in hospital and several months convalescing before returning to Dutch East Indies in 1948. Backgrounds decision to come to New Zealand, arriving 1952 and nursing at Middlemore. Discusses meeting with Quakers and involvement. Mentions Florence and Flewellyn King, Connie Gill, Hugh Golsbury, Con Famfield, Hanna Munn and Ruth Stone. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Accompanying material - Photocopy of article from Central Leader, 23 April 1985 - Dutch nurse recalls 3 1/2 years of hell.... Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007432-007435 File arranged as OHDL-000806 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 3.03 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1877, OHDL-000806 (partial).

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Interview with Alec and Lois Hendry

Date: 1 Feb 1995 - 01 Feb 1995

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Hendry, Lois Patricia, 1927-; Hendry, Alexander Craig, 1926-2002

Reference: OHInt-0616/22

Description: Alexander Craig Hendry was born at the base of Saddle Hill, East Taieri, 1926 and Lois Patricia Hendry (nee Ryan) born in Abbotsford 1926. Alex gives some family background - father, Thomas Craig Hendry, was manager of cheese factory before moving to Green Island in 1938 where he got work running the boilers at the Public Hospital and later worked at Bayley's Tannery. Father started Green Island Pipe Band. Mentions Depression. Lois, the youngest in a large family, recalls first day at school. Recalls how Community was affected by traumatic period of World War II. Mentions Arthur Umber D.F.C. who was posted missing. Alex recalls involvement as a dispatch rider at Concord and Civil Defence, Home Guard. Alex also recalls how radio news was strictly monitored. Recalls doing sound system for patriotic functions. Discusses rationing and housebuilding restrictions. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Grant Rule Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010100-010101 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3372. Photocopies of 5 b&w photographs: (i) A BTH picnic in the 1950s with Keith Tomkins at centre; (ii) A pipe band display at Miller Park, 1950s; (iii) Main Street Green Island looking south towards Post Office, 1950s; (iv) First day Otago Road Services Bus Service Green Island; (v) Ken Hendry, Drum-major Green Island pipe band with Vic Crimp patron of the band and mayor of Green Island, early 1980s.

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After the war; World War II veterans oral history project.

By: Parr, Alison, 1953-

Reference: OHColl-0114

Description: Men from the Army and Air Force recall the fighting and flying missions, the life and death situations, comradeship, attitudes of the services to one another and their reception on returning to New Zealand. Families recall the personal effects of war on husbands and fathers throughout their lives. Publication - Silent casualties: New Zealand's unspoken legacy of the Second World War. Alison Parr. North Shore, N.Z. Tandem Press, 1995 Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 17.

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Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project

Date: Jan 2007 - May 2008

By: New Zealand. Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage; Parr, Alison, 1953-; Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017

Reference: OHColl-0980

Description: Interviews with 18 people, Maori and Pakeha, about their lives in New Zealand during World War II. It includes men who did not serve overseas and conscientious objectors. Interviews cover family life, rationing and making do, separation from loved ones, the presence of American troops, readjustment problems after the War, the long-term impact of war service, and the grief of loss. Interviewees are Marion Beech, Marjorie Browne, Mae Carson, Ross Cooper, Nancy Earle, Nancy Gillespie, Joyce Harrison, Joyce Hay, Derek Hume, Connie Katae, Dot Kelly, Joyce Maclean, Margaret Prain, Nancy Raymond, Geraldine Sharp, Thora Simpson, Sheila Smith and Riria Utiku. Publication - Home : civilian New Zealanders remember the Second World War, by Alison Parr (Pengiun, 2010) Abstracted by - Alison Parr, Erin Flanigan Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr, Susan Fowke Quantity: 18 printed abstract(s). 46 C60 cassette(s). 18 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.