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Warburton, Warren Gilbert

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1921 - 2021

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Beth Cairns

 Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0470
Overview In this interview, Warren, who was born in Invercargill in 1921, recalls his childhood in the suburb of Heidelberg and his schooling. He mentions local small farms, Chinese gardeners, rabbiting and ferrets. Warren discusses home deliveries of bread, fish and milk. He talks about playing cricket and being a junior representative. He describes going to the Dunedin Exhibition in 1926. Warren talks about the drowning of his brother Len in 1925 while rowing on the estuary. He also mentions that his...
Dates: 1998