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Saturday, 27 May 2006
David Davies would like to hear about or to hear from people who were HMNZS Irirangi during the following years.
 
1943 -1950 inclusive. 1973, 1993
 
Also a bit thin on the ground for the following years and would like to hear from more people who were there in:
 
1951, 1955-56, 1963, 1965-67, 1969-72, 1979, 1981, 1991-92
 
There are very few of the Wrens who have responded
 
I would also be grateful to hear from any wives who would be prepared to contribute by telling me what it was like running a home and getting children off to school etc at Irirangi, what they thought of the Married Quarters etc.
 
A "manual database" has been drawn up of those who have told me of the dates when they served at Irirangi and this weekend's job is to draw up a chronology of events over the years.
 
Questions for this week.
 
Exactly where were the Caves?
 
The official History of the RNZN shows a photo of Eggy Biggs as a two badge P.O.Tel teaching morse at Philomel. However, he is also said to have joined Naval W/T Station, Waiouru in 1942 (Sept) as an Acting Temporary Warrant Tel (in a sort of Clerk of Works capacity while the station was being built). Seems a big jump in a very short time despite wartime conditions. Can anyone clarify please?

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