From the Depression to the Ammunition Factory : teenage years in the 1930s and 1940s
Introduction
Locality
Homelife
Homelife during the Depression
Homelife
Education
Entertainment and Socialising
Employment
Awareness of Issues
Introduction
Born 15 December 1923. Had three brothers and two sisters. Father was a Marine Engineer, mother was a housewife. Born in Thames, lived in Tauranga for three years, came to Hamilton just before turning five, lived in Claudelands.