The Story Of Jack Denvir

Rights Information
Year
1944
Reference
35035
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1944
Reference
35035
Media type
Audio
Categories
Biographical radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:07:30
Broadcast Date
14 Mar 1944
Credits
RNZ Collection
Denvir, John (b.1913, d.1973)
MATTHEWS, Kenneth

BBC Radio Newsreel - The Story of Jack Denvir.
In this recording, BBC Cairo correspondent Kenneth Matthews delivers a talk on the experiences of Jack Denvir - a New Zealand soldier who fought with the Slovenian partisan forces during World War Two.

The shortwave broadcast opens with greetings to Jack Denvir's wife, Mrs Denvir of Māori Point, Karamea.

[Broadcast by the BBC shortwave service to the Pacific and recorded by the New Zealand National Broadcasting Service.]