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Von Tunzelman, John Russell Francis, QSM

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1936 -

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

VON TUNZELMAN, John Russell Francis interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 48
Identifier: H0532
Overview In this interview John talks at length about his family origins in Estonia and the lives of his forebears who came to New Zealand in the 1850s. John was born in Otautau and moved to Dunedin after he started primary school. John’s family later moved to Waitati and it was here that John’s involvement with deer hunting started. John started with the Forest service in 1959 and in the early 1960s John and his wife Aloma moved to Te Anau. As well as hunting, John describes his role in search and...
Dates: 2004