Heritage > Mervyn Kemp Oral History, Part 3
Recorded 24th September 1995
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Part 3, (28.0MB)
Contents
| Time marker: | Summary: |
|---|---|
| 01' 00" | Refers to the campaign in Northen Italy. Explains how he missed the Battle of Monte Cassino |
| 04' 40" | Details the testing of ability in the Fourth Field and the problem of having a surplus of officers |
| 06' 20" | Accident mentioned as is marriage. Posted to Training Cadre before war |
| 08' 40" | Wife Nancy Bishop, born in England. Maintained the Racing Stud Book for the Wellington Racing Conference. Explains how they met at the Turf Club |
| 11' 20" | Recalls life in a flat in Tasman Street. Describes difficulty in obtaining accommodation immediately after the war |
| 13' 00" | Purchases home in Tawa with a 2% interest loan offered to returning servicemen. Decsribes birth of son (Geoffrey) in early-mid 1950s, and daughter |
| 18' 00" | Starts working for Kenners on Lambton Quay as an accountant. Lives with parents before they return to Sydney, then shifts to live in a boarding house on the Terrace |
| 17' 40" | Details how house was purchased and how he tried to avoid the under-the-table real-estate dealing which was common in the post-war period of housing shortages (much to the chagrin of the estate agent). |
| 22' 40" | After leaving Kenners, was appointed second-in-charge of accounts at the Self-Help grocery store chain. However this appointment was not well communicated and other staff were hostile to his appointment so decides to resign. Ben Sutherland of Self Help referred to. |
| 27' 20" | Describes finally completing accounting qualification. Refers to illness during the war |
