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J Force - Greetings

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Year
1947
Reference
9633
Media type
Audio

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Rights Information
Year
1947
Reference
9633
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Radio programs
Sound recordings
War radio programs
Duration
00:02:25
Broadcast Date
1947
Credits
RNZ Collection
Charles William Annear, Interviewee
John Lewis Hartstone, 1922-2017, Interviewee
Earle James Cecil Shine, -2004, Interviewee

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Greetings to friends and family in New Zealand from three men serving with J Force in Japan. Military service numbers and locations to which they send a greeting have been added following the speakers' names, where identified:
Johnny Hartstone [444841], Hamilton; Earle Shine[646024], Mt. Eden, Auckland; Charlie Annear [632659], Picton.

This recording is one of a series made by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service unit stationed with J Force troops in Japan, 1946-1948. The recordings were sent back for playing on radio in New Zealand as part of the series 'With the Kiwis in Japan.'