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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6 November, 1959. "D. Ray, of Takaka, was met at the Palmerston North railway station yesterday by his fiancee and future parents-in-law. He is on leave before going to Malaya with the New Zealand troops. From the left are: D. Ray; his fiancee, Miss Margaret Knowles; T. Knowles, who is also going overseas; Mr F. Knowles, holding Sandra; and Mrs G. Knowles."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
November 6, 1959
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_015342
Format
B&W negative

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
army,
deployment,
family,
malaya,
manawatū evening standard,
railway station,
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