Morse Code and Snowflakes - The Story of HMNZS Irirangi

This is a second-hand copy of the book Morse Code and Snowflakes - The Story of HMNZS Irirangi by Lt. Cdr. David Davies. 

Condition: This is a used book in good condition.

Publisher: PublishMe
Year: 2007
ISBN: 9780473125394
Format: Softback
Pages: 184
Condition: Used (Good)

The Story Of HMNZS Irirangi David Davies The story of HMNZS Irirangi, the Naval Radio Station at Waiouru, and of the people who served there in war and peace. This is the story of New Zealand’s most strategically important naval shore establishment and also, arguably, the most important radio station in the South Pacific. It is also the story of a naval community who were sent to the furthest point away from the sea in New Zealand under wartime conditions and the people who welcomed them into their midst. It is a story of hardships and of happy times, of a will to do the job as well as possible under very stringent financial conditions. It is the story of a group of sailors and their families, well outside their natural environment, who learned to make their own amusements and learned to survive the harsh winters of the Central Plateau of the North Island. This is the story of HMNZS Irirangi, Waiouru, from its building to its final de-commissioning when technical developments made it no longer necessary for the station to operate as a fully manned establishment. Most of all, it is a story of servicemen and women who took great pride in being members of the Senior Service and in the uniform they wore as they went about their business among the tussock Waiouru.