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Serial Waves
- 31 August 1940
- 2 September 1940
- 3 September 1940
- 6 September 1940
- 7 September 1940
- 9 September 1940
- 10 September 1940
- 11 September 1940
- 12 September 1940
- 13 September 1940
- 14 September 1940
- 20 September 1940
- 21 September 1940
- 23 September 1940
- 24 September 1940
- 25 September 1940
- 26 September 1940
- 27 September 1940
Background
Region
National
Available online
1940
Serial Waves is a daily typewritten troopship printed on board Transport No 12, possibly the Empress of Japan, between August and September 1940, transporting troops from the Third Echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2nd NZEF) to Egypt during World War II.
The goal of producing a daily paper on board the ship, something that the first and second echelons had not managed to do, was seen as an ambitious project that was only made possible by the Auckland Metropolitan Patriotic Committee donating a duplicator, typewriter, and stationary supplies. While available for a small charge of 1d, it was a not-for-profit paper with the money going towards replenishing stationary supplies and prizes for contributions.
While pseudonyms were used for editor John Dory and printer Private Davy Jones of the Neptune Press, the editor of the souvenir issue was Lieutenant (eventually Major) Eric Henry Halstead, who would go on to become a National Party Member of Parliament (MP) and Diplomat.
The final issue of Serial Waves was published on 27 September 1940, bidding adieu to its readers, with the ship disembarking at Port Tewfik (Suez Port) Egypt on 29 September.
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Acknowledgements
This title was digitised in partnership with Dunedin Public Libraries. The National Library would like to thank the New Zealand Defence Force for their assistance in the digitisation of this title.
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