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| 3482 | HARKER, Jack. HMNZS Achilles. 264p., bibliog., illus., index. Auckland: Collins, 1980. ISBN: 0002169614.
A biography of the cruiser which won fame at the River Plate, but also had a full war in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The author is a former crew member. |
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| 3483 | HARKER, Jack. HMNZS Gambia.280p., illus. Tauranga: Moana, 1989. ISBN: 0908705581
A full operational biography of the cruiser. |
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| 3484 | HARKER, Jack. The Rockies: New Zealand Minesweepers at War. 240p., illus., index. Wellington: Silver Owl, 2000. ISBN: 0959797998.
Naval Reservists, known as "Rockies" were at the core of the minesweeping effort which say the usual periods of action as well as spells of boredom. |
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| 3485 | HARKER, Jack. Soldier, Sailor, Priest. Biography of the Reverend George Trevor Robson, OBE MC RNZN, 1887–1979. 184p., illus. Auckland: Challenge Communications Foundation, 1992. ISBN: 0473015552.
Robson was a much loved Armed Forces Chaplain who served at the Auckland base in WW2. |
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| 3486 | HARKER, Jack. Wayfarer & Warrior: the Monowai Story. 136p., bibliog., illus. Wellington: Kotuku Media, 2005. ISBN: 0908967039.
After a very brief account of the first of name, the book focuses on the second of name and her wartime role as troopship and Armed Merchant Cruiser. |
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| 3487 | HARKER, Jack. Well Done Leander.316p., illus. Auckland: Collins, 1971. ISBN: 0002119447.
The story of Leander told by a wireless operator who served on her. Although historically accurate, it is a very personal account. |
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| 3488 | HAROLD, Jack N. HMNZS Moa: Royal New Zealand Navy. 19p., illus. [Auckland: author, 1991].
The story of a gallant small minesweeper which helped sink a Japanese submarine but was sunk by a bomb at Tulagi in April 1943. An expanded second edition was published in 1993 under the title Big Bird, Little Ship. |
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| 3489 | HINTZ, Orton Sutherland. HMNZS Philomel: A History of the Training and Depot Ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy. 38p., illus. Auckland: Wilson & Horton, 1944.
Only the last four pages cover her wartime role. |
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| 3490 | HOPKINS, G. F. Tales from Sea: The Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War. 96p., illus. Auckland: Royal New Zealand Navy, 1995. ISBN: 047701738X.
Extracts from the oral history records of the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum, illuminate a history of the RNZN at war. |
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| 3491 | HOWARD, Grant. Happy in the Service. An Illustrated History of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service, 1942-1977. 98p., illus. Auckland: New Zealand ex-Wrens Association, 1985.
In the 35-year existence of the WRNZNS, only some 1655 women served, approximately 700 in WW2. Much of the book records their activities. |
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| 3492 | HOWARD, Grant. The Navy in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. vi, 170p., illus., index. Wellington: Reed, 1981. ISBN: 0589013556.
A well-illustrated popular history covering well-worn ground. One-third concerns WWII. |
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| 3493 | HOWARD, Grant. Portrait of the Royal New Zealand Navy: A Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration. viii, 152p., bibliog., illus., index. Wellington, Grantham House, 1991. ISBN: 1869340272.
Although this is a general history there is a rich seam of contemporary photographs and paintings by Colin C. Wynn, illustrating the war effort. |
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| 3494 | JOHNSON, David & DENNERLY, Peter. eds. Half a World Away: Seventeen Papers Presented to a Maritime Heritage Conference in Auckland, New Zealand, 1997. iii, 213p., bibliog., illus., index. Auckland: Royal New Zealand Navy Museum, 1998. ISBN: 0477018467.
A general conference but with good relevant papers on the merchant trade and naval intelligence. |
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| 3495 | JOHNSTON, James Ian. Face With Fortitude.192p.,illus. Auckland: Ianswork, 2005. ISBN: 0473100118.
A fairly bland autobiography which is a mixture of diary and reminiscence. A member of the RNZNVR, he was called up as a Petty Officer in 1939. He sailed for the UK and joined Alynbank for eighteen months of convoy work based at Scapa. A transfer to the new minesweeper Inchkeith brought a welcome change as she returned for service in New Zealand Waters. He quickly returned to the UK for training at King Alfred and spent the rest of the war in motor minesweepers in the Mediterranean. |
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| 3496 | MACKY, Peter (ed.) Wartime correspondence from Peter Russell Hay Allen to his Mother During the Early Years of WWII. 323p., illus. Auckland: Livadia, 2007. ISBN: 9780473119881.
A compilation of his letters. Son of a distinguished New Zealander, he volunteered for special entry in 1939 and in 1941 volunteered for submarines. He was lost with Upholder. A clear view of the wartime world of a bright and cheery twenty year old. |
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| 3497 | McDOUGALL, R.J. New Zealand Naval Vessels. x, 186p., bibliog., illus., index. Wellington: GP Books, 1989. ISBN: 0477013996.
A comprehensive guide to the ships of the RNZN. Includes leading details and brief career details. |
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| 3498 | McEWAN, John. Auckland Rockies: A History of Auckland's Naval Reserves 1858-1955. xiv, 455p., bibliog., illus., index. Auckland, Pyramid, 1992. ISBN: 0959787127.
Although the war is briefly covered there is interesting detail on the reserves and their activities. |
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| 3499 | POWELL, Paul. Green Sailor, Green Sea. xiii, 226p., bibliog., illus., index. Dunedin: Shag Point Press, [2000]. ISBN: 0473069989.
The life and times of a New Zealander serving on the destroyer Harvester. |
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| 3500 | SPENCE, Miles. War & Pieces. 262p., illus. Christchurch: Hazard Press, 2004. ISBN: 1877270652
A semi-autobiographical novel. Spence volunteered in 1941 and uses fiction to describe his training, service in the Solomons and with the BPF on Victorious. |
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| 3501 | STOUT, T. Duncan M. Medical Services in New Zealand and the Pacific: In Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force and with Prisoners of War (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45). xiv, 449p., illus., index. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, 1958.
Includes a fairly general section on the RNZN and hospital ships. |
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