RECORDINGS MADE 13 NOVEMBER 1941

Introduction by A.L.Curry of the NBS and greeting from Captain O’Conor.

First Lieutenant F A Woodward describes the makeup of the ship's company.

First Lieutenant F A Woodward continues his talk about HMS Neptune.

Personal messages from New Zealanders serving on HMS Neptune:

Jack Ball, Christchurch

Bill Brown, Christchurch

Stan Percival, Wellington

Allan Roper, Featherston

Reg Gillan, Dunedin

Ras (Kauru) Forgie, Auckland

Ross Jenkin, Dunedin

Bruce McKinnon, Wairoa

Doug Harvey, New Plymouth

Jim Leckie, Dunedin

Frank Leyland, Rotorua

Jack True, Auckland

          Personal messages from New Zealanders serving on HMS Neptune:

Alf Simpson, Dunedin

Rolly (Roland) Morley, Outram

Mansell (Lloyd) Lord, Auckland

Ross Andrew, Island Bay

Jim Walker, Auckland

Hud (Hudson) Biggs,  Dunedin

Keg (Kevin) Garrett, Onehunga

Derek Baron, Lower Hutt

Roy Hook, Dunedin

Darcy (Arthur) Heaney, Gisborne

Ted (Edward) Tamplin, Christchurch

Peter (Edwin) Alder, Auckland

Personal messages from New Zealanders serving on HMS Neptune:

Ian Kennedy,  Auckland

Eddie (Edward) Vazey, Auckland

Howard Cooper, Auckland

Bill (William) Perry, Lower Hutt

George Hansen, Christchurch

Herbert Christie, Ashburton

Bruce Garlick, Auckland

Ron Clark Christchurch

Jim (James) Blackley, Masterton

Sam Wilson, Invercargill

Rob McDonald, Dunedin

          Personal messages from New Zealanders serving on HMS Neptune:

Ernest Wright, Auckland

Bill (William) Wangford, Auckland

Donald Corbin Auckland

Ross Buckley Auckland

Norman (Arthur) Capon, Ashburton

Jack Scott, Dunedin

Geoff Hardy, Ohakune

Harry Marsden, Ohaupo

Desmond MacAulay, Wellington

Stanley West, Lower Hutt

Alf (Wally) Jenkins, Grey Lynn

Personal messages from New Zealanders serving on HMS Neptune:

Harry Vercoe, Auckland

Alan Brown, Invercargill

Ian Brackenridge, Wellington

Jim Brown, Wellington; also sends a message on behalf of Trevor McCornish

Lewis Walkinshaw, Invercargill

A L Curry sends a message from a New Zealand sailor called Micky, to Mrs O’Shea of Auckland.

All the New Zealand sailors on HMS Neptune, who were unable to speak
personally, gather as a group and send a collective "Cheerio" back to New Zealand.

Other RNZ Sound Archive Holdings relating to HMS Neptune:

HMS Neptune survivor Norman Walton, interviewed on radio staton 3ZB during a visit to New Zealand in 1991.  Speaks on air to relatives of several crew members.

Also features Norm Harkness, of the Christchurch branch of the Royal Navalman’s Association.