Duston, Gordon Thomas
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1938 -
Interviewer with the Southland Oral history Project
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
KNIGHT, Jack Campbell interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box: 15
Identifier: H0277
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Jack tells his family history before going onto to describe in detail his work for the Post Office in particular his time spent at Awarua Radio Station during WW2 where he used his qualifications with morse code. During this time, he also had to learn Japanese Morse Code. After the war he returned to Post Office duties in various towns around the south before retiring at the age of 57. He speaks of...
Dates:
2016
LANKSHEAR, Peter Maurice interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box: 25
Identifier: H0403
Dates:
2019
LIDDELL, Adrian Rex interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box: 35
Identifier: H0319
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. Adrian starts his interview describing his apprenticeship as an electrician before joining the Post office where he worked setting up and maintaining exchanges e.g., in Christchurch, Milford Sound and Stewart Island. He details the Stewart Island exchange.
Dates:
2017
McKAY, Sydney Paul interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box: 15
Identifier: H0293
Overview
Recorded as part of the Awarua Communications Museum Collection. In this interview Paul tells of his family history and life first in South Invercargill and later in Woodlands where he began his career with the Post Office where he worked in various areas e.g., switch board operator, Telegraph and Motor registration. Moving between townships eventually becoming the Post master of Riverton and Winton offices, during this time he specialised in the conversion of the Telephone Exchanges from...
Dates:
2017
MILLER, Peter Albert interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box: 37
Identifier: H0352
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Peter recalls his work at Awarua Radio Station as a technician before moving to Wellington to work in a radio lab. He then joined the broadcasting service and this interest combined with sound engineering eventually led to working in television at Avalon Studios. He describes getting around Wellington on a Vespa Scooter as well as the various shifts he worked. While working for Awarua Radio he...
Dates:
2018
Oral History Interview of Bruce Arnold GREANEY by Gordon Thomas DUSTON [18 August 2016], 2016
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H02620001
Dates:
2016
SHIRREFFS, Clifford Stanley interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box: 40
Identifier: H0385
Dates:
2018
TURNER, Anthony Kenneth (Tony) interviewed by Gordon Thomas Duston
Record Group — Box: 25
Identifier: H0404
Dates:
2019
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