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[Former nurse Ida Willis talks about experiences in Samoa and France during World War I, and receiving the Royal Red Cross].

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Ida Willis talks about her wartime experiences in Samoa and France, and receiving the decoration of the Royal Red Cross. Ida Willis: One morning we were wakened at five o'clock by the Padre to say two warships were inside our reef and we stood on the beds and gazed through his glasses and saw the guns being trained round the island. We walked, looked straight into the mouth of the guns and won...
Display date:
1964
Location:
Samoa
Format:
Sound
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
RNZ Collection
Content partner:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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