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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

BOLGER, Montague Graham (Monty) interviewed by Edna McKelvie

 Record Group — Box 57
Identifier: H0611
Overview Montague Bolger was born in Christchurch in 1910. Mentions his Irish grandparents meeting on the journey to New Zealand and subsequently having four sons. Notes that his parents John and Ethel had six sons. Recalls his father's employment at Costers coal mine, the Mataura Freezing Works and on their farm on the Mataura Winton road. Describes attending the Mataura School and leaving at the age of fourteen. Talks about working as engine driver at Rowes coal mine where his father was manager....
Dates: 1998

Richard Soper Photographs

 Record Group
Identifier: A0120