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[Speech by World War I veteran G. H. Weir on the occasion of Western Samoa's independence]

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G. H.(Sandy) Weir, a member of the New Zealand expeditionary force which landed in Samoa during World War I, recalls the landing and congratulates Samoa on its independence. "Talofa. I am speaking to you as a former member of the New Zealand military party, 1500-strong, which on daybreak on August 29, 1914 arrived off the port of Apia in the troopships Moeraki and Monowai. Escorted by a naval ...
Display date:
1964
Location:
Samoa
Format:
Sound
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
RNZ Collection
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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