Patira Edwards describes the journey from NZ

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Interview between Patira Edwards (25844) and Megan Hutching.

Patira Edwards describes the trip out from New Zealand. Patira sailed for Egypt with the 4th Reinforcements on the Polish liner-turned-troop ship Batory in November 1940.

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Patira Edwards, Ngāpuhi (1919-2005), interviewed by Megan Hutching, 27 November 2000, for the Second World War oral history project - Crete

From the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library Oral History and Sound collection, OHInt-0729-08.   All rights reserved. Permission of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage must be obtained before any re-use of this sound file

Image: Patira Edwards.

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