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Esler, Lloyd

 Person

Interviewer with the Southland Oral History Project

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

EVANS, Valmai Ella Sophia interviewed by Lloyd Esler

 Record Group — Box: 26
Identifier: H0123
Overview Val talks of her early life being part of a Conscientious Objectors family during WW2. Her parent’s dairy farmed at Waimatua. Val describes and details life on the farm and the kindness of neighbours when her father was taken to Detention Camp. She explains her father’s reasons and what he did during his 2.5 years in the camp. She goes onto describe the living conditions and routines of the family at home during this time. When her father returned home, he became a rabitter. She recalls her own...
Dates: 2008