Not just ordinary blokes
Holms, John G. M.2020
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Every family has an untold story of their triumphs and tragedies and the Holms family is no different. This is a family history from their early arrival and settlement in New Zealand; their impetus to support the enfranchisement of women to win the right to vote 1893; as well as including the triumphs and tragedies in war; through to the family's involvement in the natural disaster of the 1931 Napier earthquake; and the contribution to post-war education in NZ. Grant Holms, a former Weir House foundation student, WWII veteran, retired primary school headmaster was prominent at national level representing the Assistant Masters Association and president of the Auckland branch of the NZEI in the period of the 50s and 60s when 50 children in his class was quite common.
Main title:
Not just ordinary blokes / J. G. M. Holms
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Imprint:
Tingalpa, Queensland : Boolarong Press, 2020.
Collation:
153 pages : colour illustrations, portraits, facsimiles; 30 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Include bibliographical references.
Contents:
Preface ; 1. ANZAC Day Napier ; 2. Distant memories ; 3. Praise the Lord for the Navy ; 4. Relationships between the ranks ; 5. Last parade ; 6. The Napier earthquake ; 7. The intervening years ; 8. The not so lucky 'tourists' ; 9. The battle for El Alamein ; 10. Winston's inspection ; 11. 'God bless 'em. The Yanks enter the war' ; 12. The mutiny of the furlough men ; 13. The battle for Monte Cassino ; 14. The dreadful tragedy of Digby Beaufort ; 15. That photo ; 16. A duty to make the world a better place ; Appendix.
ISBN:
9780646822266 (paperback)
Dewey class:
B.HOL
Language:
English
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BRN:
4175324