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Haurongo: Cleveland, Francis Leslie

Songs from the Second World War

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Les Cleveland had an enduring fascination with songs performed by servicemen during the Second World War. This 1959 long-playing record, The songs we sang, was one of several he recorded to document the songs before they were lost. Here Cleveland and the D-Day Dodgers sing part of ‘The fighting kiwi’.

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Kiwi Pacific Records International

Courtesy of the Les Cleveland estate

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Lawrence McDonald. 'Cleveland, Francis Leslie', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/music/47865/songs-from-the-second-world-war (accessed 4 June 2026).