Bromley, Thomas

Production date
1993
Description
Oral history recording. Tom was born in Horwick, England, in 1911. He describes his early life in England in a mining community and his emigration to New Zealand in 1929 on the ship M. V. Rangitiki, the emigration having been organised by The Church of England. He started his working life on a farm near Hawera, silage making, dairy farming and sheep shearing. Later Tom worked as a Stock Clerk at the farmers Co-op in Hawera. After serving in the Second World War where he was a POW he returned to New Zealand, married and describes his life in farming.
Recorded: 19 February 1993. Interviewer: Joy Peckham. Transcript and abstract available.

Object detail

Production date

1993

Production period

1930s
1940s
World War II
1950s
1960s

Subject person

Thomas Bromley

Classification

oral history/(for Archives)

Collection

Oral histories-Emigration

Item list

Part 1

Research tape.

Part 2

Master tape.

Part 3

Abstract.

Digital file

WAV format

Accession number

ARC2004-1756

Collection type

My shortlist

Subject place

Hāwera Taranaki New Zealand Polynesia Oceania North Island New Plymouth

Subject

Family activities Entertainment and recreation Farming Agriculture, fishing and forestry World War Two (1939-1945) International conflicts War

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