The Merchant Navy

Atkinson, N. (ed.) Hell or high water: New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war

Interviews with some of the several thousand New Zealanders who served in the Merchant Navy during the war, taking part in the Battle of the Atlantic, on convoys to Russia and Malta, and on hospital and troop ships.
Those interviewed: John Montgomery, Pat O’Shea, John Gregson, Darcy Hoffman, Allan Wyllie, Dan Bashall, Dewi Browne, Cliff Turner, Lou Barron, Thor Larsen, Steve Carey, Jim Blundell. Introduction: New Zealand seafarers at war, by Neill Atkinson, pp. 22-53.

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The Merchant Navy in the Second World War

Information from New Zealand History online.