Searchlights - New Zealand - Wellington Region
Interview with Angus Powrie
Date: 5 Mar 1995 - 05 Mar 1995
From: History of the Army in New Zealand during World War II
By: Powrie, Angus Francis Wilson, 1918-
Reference: OHInt-0571/31
Description: Angus Francis Wilson Powrie born Nelson. Recalls joining Regular Force at the age of 20 years, training on engines and searchlights at Fort Dorset before posting to Narrow Neck. Mentions Takapuna and modern Ruston-Hornsby diesels. Refers to YMCA hospitality at Cruising Club etc. Mentions submarine which came ashore between Tiri & Whangaparoa. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Dick Linnell Venue - 66 Rame Road, Greenhithe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008060-008061 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.32 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2218.
Military installations, Point Gordon, Wellington
Date: 1948
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/2-090690-F
Description: View of the searchlight positions, and the road and rocks at Point Gordon. Photographed by the Evening Post in 1948. Published in the Evening Post 7 August 1948 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).