"For a long time you didn't believe that it was real" : living through World War II in Hamilton: Background

"For a long time you didn't believe that it was real" : living through World War II in Hamilton

		Background
		Family
		Education
		Southwell School
		Holidays
		Values
		Social
		Hamilton
		Depression
		Marsden
		Entertainment
		Effect of World War II
		Social
		World War II
		Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Corps

Background

Born 7 January 1919 in Hillcrest, Hamilton, lived there 18 months. Father agricultural instructor, mother did "domestic duties". Five brothers and sisters.