'A Long Commission' HMS Leander, New Zealand by CH 24587 Sgt. A.G. Sargent RM, 1937-1942

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Sgt. Sargent volunteered for service in New Zealand Branch of Royal Navy in 1937. Journal gives details of service on Leander and voyage to New Zealand via Panama Canal; visits to Oeno Island, Henderson Island; Pitcairn - performance by RM Band; Auckland - hospitality; voyage round New Zealand - New Plymouth, Lyttleton, Wellington; exercises with Royal Australian Navy at Jervis Bay; Centennial Regatta at Hobart; surveying islands for projected trans-Pacific air route - Phoenix Group of islands, Christmas Island; voyage to Tonga; Tahiti - 'champagne cheaper than beer'; Bora Bora - native dance; taking detachment of New Zealand Army to guard cable on Fanning Island; war declared; taking emergency rations to Campbell Island in case of need by shipwrecked mariners; landing guns at Suva; New Zealand Centennial celebrations - re-enactment of landing of Captain Hobson RN in 1840; taking troops to Fremantle; joining Red Sea fleet; action in Gulf of Aden; joint action with RAN Yarra; refitting in Bombay; action off Mauritius, in Red Sea and Mediterranean; return to Australia and New Zealand (10 Sept. 1941); official welcome at Auckland; escorting American ships to and from Phoenix Islands; return to England.

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