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Troopship tattoo

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    serial

  • Name/Title
    Troopship tattoo
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Printed and published on H.M.T. 32 for the Ship's Magazine Committee, by Dvrs. J. Cleave, G. Nankivell. Ptes. A. Mallouk, J. Morely and Spr. J. Liddell.
  • Place
    [place of publication not identified]
  • Date
    1941
  • Physical Description

    v. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  • Serial Holdings
    Current Holdings: Vol.1:no.1(Sep.1941)- no.2(Oct.1941)
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Subject Category

    Ship newspapers--New Zealand

    Transports--New Zealand

    New Zealand. Army--Military life--Periodicals

  • Public Access Text

    New Zealand troopship magazine. v1no1 published on board ship September 1941, in newspaper format (47 cm). v1no2, October 1941 was souvenir issue. Subtitle of issue 1 : "being the Official Chronicle of the 7th Reinforcements on board H.M.T. 32." The 7th Reinforcements of 2NZEF (159 officers and 5610 other ranks) embarked at Wellington on 15 September 1941 for the Middle East in "Aquitania" and "Johan van Oldenbarnevelt". They arrived at Port Tewfik on 19-20 October 1941.

    This transport carried Arch. L. Curry, chief announcer at 3YA, Christchurch, who later took over command of the Broadcasting Unit. Curry made regular news reports during the period of the Alamein defensive front, and later from Cassino. On board ship he organized musical concerts for the troops.

  • Collection Type
    New Zealand Serials Outsize
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    14 May 2024
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