Wearing the medals from his Great Uncle Carey who served with the 35th Battalion, 3rd Division New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Carey enrolled late 1940, was shipped out mid ’41 and did three years active service in the Pacific including the Solomans, Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. He had a stump for an ear; when asked about led to a good story about being shot by a Japanese sniper. For the three years Carey was enlisted he was paid the grand […]
Wearing the medals from his Great Uncle Carey who served with the 35th Battalion, 3rd Division New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Carey enrolled late 1940, was shipped out mid ’41 and did three years active service in the Pacific including the Solomans, Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. He had a stump for an ear; when asked about led to a good story about being shot by a Japanese sniper. For the three years Carey was enlisted he was paid the grand […]
Wearing the medals from his Great Uncle Carey who served with the 35th Battalion, 3rd Division New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Carey enrolled late 1940, was shipped out mid ’41 and did three years active service in the Pacific including the Solomans, Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. He had a stump for an ear; when asked about led to a good story about being shot by a Japanese sniper. For the three years Carey was enlisted he was paid the grand […]
Wearing the medals from his Great Uncle Carey who served with the 35th Battalion, 3rd Division New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Carey enrolled late 1940, was shipped out mid ’41 and did three years active service in the Pacific including the Solomans, Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. He had a stump for an ear; when asked about led to a good story about being shot by a Japanese sniper. For the three years Carey was enlisted he was paid the grand […]
Wearing the medals from his Great Uncle Carey who served with the 35th Battalion, 3rd Division New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Carey enrolled late 1940, was shipped out mid ’41 and did three years active service in the Pacific including the Solomans, Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. He had a stump for an ear; when asked about led to a good story about being shot by a Japanese sniper. For the three years Carey was enlisted he was paid the grand […]
Wearing the medals from his Great Uncle Carey who served with the 35th Battalion, 3rd Division New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Carey enrolled late 1940, was shipped out mid ’41 and did three years active service in the Pacific including the Solomans, Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. He had a stump for an ear; when asked about led to a good story about being shot by a Japanese sniper. For the three years Carey was enlisted he was paid the grand […]