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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 31 July 2018. Bob Lawrence.

Summary: Rugby player at school. Evacuated during World War Two. Guns firing across the English Channel. Dunkirk evacuation. War experience. University (17 when left school, so not National Service). Father was a driver. Conscripted after university. Fleet Air Arm, met. officer.

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Object type
Audio
Date
July 31, 2018
Digitisation ID
COMM1549959521
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"IMCA Digital Archive"

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