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IntervieweeBill Chapman - Arctic Convoys WWIIShort BioBill was born in April 1925 in Dartford, Kent, England. He was the youngest boy of eight siblings.
In 1939 Bill had just passed 16 years of age. His brother Tom had joined the Navy, Jim had joined the army and a sister had joined the WAF.
Nearing 18 years of age Bill wanted to join his mates in the Navy, and was aware that if he didn't volunteer early enough he'd be stuck in the Army. He did his training just outside of Portsmouth for 10 weeks after which we had 10 days of leave.
1947 was the year he came to New Zealand. After landing in Wellington, he steam trained up to Hamilton. Bill was transferred to Waharoa to work on buildings for drying milk. From there he worked in Taumaranui on State Houses, then Huntly which was booming at the time (1950s) and from there up to Auckland where he continued in the building trade. He shifted to Tauranga about 1995 to retire.

In 2015 he was interviewed about his life and experiences with the Arctic Convoys.

Filename(s)Bill Chapman WWII in 2015.mp3InterviewerHarley CouperDate of InterviewFebruary 12, 2015Equipment UsedZoom H2 with in built micsOccasion/ProjectTauranga Memories StatusDR – Digital RecordingSource of AcquisitionTCL Tauranga Memories website migration

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In-House Research Notesart of the Kete migration that hadn't yet occurred as a April 28, 2022. Expediated at request of family who were about to undertake a family reunion.

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