Herbert Alley
Production date
05 Aug 1940
Description
Serviceman Herbert (Bert) Forbes Alley.
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Object detail
Artist/Maker
Production role
Photographer
Production date
05 Aug 1940
Production place
Production period
Subject person
Classification
Collection
Credit line
'Swainson/Woods
Collection,
Puke
Ariki
and
District
Libraries'
Accession number
SW1940.0070
Collection type
Public comments
With respect to the radio recordings, there should be a couple around that time. One he did on the Long March (I recall 2 or 3 sides of a castette he had) & one on the sinking of the Jantzen (Jason) POW ship he was on where they swam ashore to Italy & were saved by the German engineer onboard who refused to abandon ship with the POWs locked away onboard, running aground instead of sinking after being torpedoed. Was cousin to Rewi Alley.
- J Bert Middleton posted 3 years ago.
There is a 1985 radio interview with Bert Alley about his experiences as a prisoner of war, in the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. You can hear it online here https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=214621
- Sarah Johnston posted 4 years ago.
Herbert Forbes Alley (know as Bert)
- Dianne Blackbourn posted 9 years ago.