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A new born baby
Ward was barn in 1907, Sydney -
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ninty-nine not out!
Ward was born in 1907, Sydney, the same year the first, ever School Journal began. -
journals
first journal -
jounal
Freda du faur becomes the first woman to climb Mount Cook (jounals) -
school for him.
teachers were strict. SIX times i got wacked on the hand with a ruler because i was playing up. i needed a certificate to go to high school. it was called the Proficiency Certificate. -
Journals
it had only a few pages, shorter than ours now.they were in a corridor, so we can all read them. -
jounrnal
first wold war (jounrnal) -
moving by boat
moved from Australia to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1917 by boat -
jounrnal
the first new zealand team goes to olympic games in antworp, belgium -
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Anzac Day in commem orated for the first time -
school ends
got the certificate of proficiency -
sporter
good at athletics. loved rugby and cricket, but i also liked soccer -
working for watches
after school, he went to making watches with his father. i did that for the rest of my working life in his own business. -
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Jean Batten makes the first direct solo flight from England to New Zealand -
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the first state house is opened in Miramar, Wellington -
war time
i was close to my brother Nelson. we both fought in the second world war. he was i the army (as he got shot), and i was in the air force. -
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second world war ended YIPPIE! -
Mt. Everest
something that stood out for me is in 1953, Edmund Hillary climbed Mt. Everest. -
interveiw
i think we were better off because we were sattisfied with what we had.family's in my days did more things together, simple activities that didn't cost much, like going fishing -
about the family
i had 2 brothers, and 2 sisters. i was the eldest, the only one alive! -
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The Chinese Gooseberry renamed as the Kiwi Fruit