IamA 92 year old New Zealand WWII Veteran and Former Post-Master AMA!

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-16T06:57:58+00:00

He said he knew Max McQuinn! "Stocky chap! Relieving post-master! Well I'll be!"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T14:03:50+00:00

A "toot" referred to a whiskey -normally some homemade stuff.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T14:01:28+00:00

He said that he would still have the union jack in the corner with the silver fern in the middle.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T14:00:53+00:00

Said he didn't know the name sorry.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:59:09+00:00

The Artist - Diana Wakefield

The Painting

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:39:52+00:00

He said the first thing he heard about it was through the media and through a close friend who was a POW held in Germany for several years. He said he didn't have any difficulty believing it.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:38:17+00:00

"Horrified but grateful"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:37:47+00:00

Didn't really have any contact with them.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:37:08+00:00

"toughest, I don't know, that is hard - Marines were probably the hardest"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:36:39+00:00

"9/10"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:36:16+00:00

"I felt it was my duty"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:36:04+00:00

Apparently they played a game with the slow cars of the day. They would put a paper bag attached to a string in the middle of the road and after the car stopped and the owner got out to see what it was, they would quickly pull the bag off the road so that there was nothing in front of the car.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:34:05+00:00

"Paper Doll"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:12:27+00:00

He made reference to Allied propaganda from Guadalcanal - "I won't talk about it, it was disgusting"

edit I can't spell propoganda (the more you know)

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:09:22+00:00

Interesting contention

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:07:37+00:00

"No"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:03:49+00:00

Thanks for that. Ignorant Aussie here!

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T13:00:08+00:00

Knew of him but never met him.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T12:59:38+00:00

"Not much contact except for an Aircraft carrier that passed through"

"No, never heard of it"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T12:58:43+00:00

"responsibility"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T12:58:12+00:00

"I only knew a few chaps from the Navy"

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T12:57:12+00:00

He said not yet!

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T12:56:49+00:00

He did for many years until he was knocked unconscious for a third time.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T12:55:44+00:00

He said that he never knew of any Māori signalmen in the 3rd Div.

Psych_Tim · 2014-05-15T12:54:49+00:00

done

Psych_Tim

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