Leonard Leary
War Report 62 - 15 November 2015
Leonard Leary recalls being wounded at Gallipoli and being taken to Alexandria. Others recall being wounded and taken off with the surgeons on the ships working 70 hours without a break. Audio
War Report 50 - 23 August 2015
New Zealand suffered some of its greatest losses on Gallipoli during the bitter battles of August 1915. In a recording made some years later, Gunner Leonard Leary recalls what conditions were like at… Audio
New Zealand's epic stand at Chunuk Bair
One of New Zealand's epic stands was at Chunuk Bair, one of the three high points on the Sari Bair range. Audio
War Report - 7 September
Ena Ryan describes the rush of young men to recruit and the young girls knitting for the troops. Tom Seddon MP describes the debates in the House and Hansard recording donations, Leonard Leary… Audio
War Report - 31 August
Leonard Leary describes attitudes of locals in German Samoa. Sidney Jones describes living conditions for troops. HS Hyde describes the radio station. The story of New Zealand's second war casualty… Audio
War Report - August 24
Ena Ryan, recalls the rush to join up in time. Sidney Jones on embarking for Samoa and calling at Noumea. Leonard Leary describes going to Samoa and fraternizing with the locals. Tom Seddon recalls… Audio
War Report - August 17
Leonard Leary describes joining up and going to Samoa, CAL Treadwell on the keenness of the officer training units. Sidney Jones on embarking for Samoa. Extracts from contemporary newspapers. Audio
War Report - August 10
Fred Eustace recalls the school cadets of pre-war days and CAL Treadwell describes the pre-war Officer Cadet Training Unit at Victoria University. Ena Ryan, recalls the men joining up during the early… Audio