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Information about the From Memory oral history project, including advice on how to interview war veterans
You may want to interview war veterans but not know any in your family or community. If this is the case, you could approach your local RSA and ask them if you can put a notice in their newsletter or on a bulletin board to seek veterans willing to talk about their wartime experiences.
One hundred and forty thousand New Zealanders served overseas in the Second World War as soldiers, airmen, sailors and nurses.
Suggested questions for oral history interviews with veterans of the Greece/Crete campaign
Questions for oral history interviews with veterans of the North African campaign
Questions for oral history interviews with veterans of the Italy campaign
Questions and background information for interviewing war veterans of the Pacific Theatre in the Second World War
Advice and suggested questions for interviewing veterans who were prisoners of war
Advice and suggested questions for interviewing Royal Navy and Royal Air Force veterans
Advice and suggested questions for seafarers from the Second World War