Last line of defence
Subtitle: New Zealanders remember the war at home
By: edited by Megan Hutching ; foreword by Helen Clark.
Contributors: Hutching, Megan.; New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Publisher: HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781869506056
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Zealand.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, New Zealand.; Oral history.; Veterans -- New Zealand -- Biography.; New Zealand -- History -- 1918-1945.
Genres: Personal narratives, New Zealand.; Biography.
Description: This book has many more interviews with women than men. There were large numbers of WAAFs, WRENs and WAACs serving in New Zealand, as well as women in the Women's War Service Auxiliary and land girls. There are sample interviews with men in the Army, Navy and Air Force who were stationed in New Zealand, along with some who served in the Home Guard. The book also includes the experiences of a conscientious objector.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.