Interview with Mr Trevor Williams

Date9 November 1990Reference Number0148/19/49DescriptionBroadcaster and Village Radio volunteer, James Hartstonge, founded the Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit in 1988. The unit recorded 66 interviews in three years. This interview with Mr Trevor Williams is one of these. It was recorded at his home in Otumoetai, Tauranga. The length of the recording is 46:10 minutes.

Trevor Williams, son of Edward Williams and joined his father’s shipping business in Tauranga as a teenager. Following service in WW2 in the Royal Navy from where he was demobilised as a Lieutenant in 1946, he returned to E.G. Williams & Son who carried freight in the harbour and also took out fishing trips.
The ill-fated Ranui was one of their ships.CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerReginald Spence Last edited by: Fiona Kean

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RoomTauranga Heritage Collection & Ngā Wāhi Rangahau Tauranga Public Library

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RestrictionsTo listen to this interview contact Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz or visit the Heritage and Research Team at the Tauranga City Library. A written recording agreement for this interview has not been located and may not have been completed at the time of recording. As a result, this recording is not available online. Retrospective recording agreements are being sought and if you have information regarding Trevor Williams please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz Last edited by: Fiona Kean

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Part of Audio Visual CollectionTauranga District Museum Oral History Unit

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Interview with Mr Trevor Williams