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Oral history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John (Jock) and Helen Elizabeth (Biff) Tocher, 2013

 Item — Box 27
Identifier: H01800003
Overview Taken at the time of the interview (one of three).
Dates: 2013

TOCHER, John (Jock) and Helen Elizabeth (Biff) interviewed by Margaret McDougall

 Record Group — Box 27
Identifier: H0180
Overview In this interview Jock and Elizabeth share stories of their individual family’s histories e.g., Grandparents/Great Grandparents, parents and siblings. Before going on to recall their own individual histories of home life, education, childhood activities and employment. For Elizabeth as a Karitane Nurse and for Jock in farming. Jock joined the territorials and went to WW2 in 1940. In 1944 he took part in the D-Day Normandy Invasion. He remained in Europe after the war undertaking various tasks...
Dates: 2013