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Haurongo: Weir, Stephen Cyril Ettrick

Cyril Weir speaking about El Alamein, 1942

Audio file

Hear Cyril Weir speak on 13 August 1942 about the fighting seen by the New Zealand artillery in their first six weeks in the western desert. This recording was made at El Alamein for radio broadcast in New Zealand. (3 min 57 sec)

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Reference: U1909

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

J. A. B. Crawford. 'Weir, Stephen Cyril Ettrick', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/212/cyril-weir-speaking-about-el-alamein-1942 (accessed 4 June 2026).