Faces of Auckland: War bride loves kiwi life
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Faces of Auckland: War bride loves kiwi life
Category: Article
| Title | Faces of Auckland: War bride loves kiwi life |
|---|---|
| Author | Rani Timoti |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publication | Nor-West News Newspaper |
| Publisher | Stuff |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Geographic reference | Auckland, Taupaki |
| Time reference | WWII to present |
| Online resource | YES |
| Topic | Italian war brides, Italian immigrants to New Zealand, Women immigrants, Veneti in Nuova Zelanda, Italian women in New Zealand |
A short article and interview, including a short video, of Yolanda Elliott, one of the Italian war brides who arrived in New Zealand in 1946 at age 21. Yolanda, originally from Pieve, in the province of Belluno (Veneto) married Kiwi soldier Tony, who was in the 24th Battalion of the New Zealand Army.
Other resources about Italian war brides in this archive:
A war bride’s tale
In Love and War: Kiwi Soldiers' Romantic Encounters in Wartime Italy
La presenza italiana in Nuova Zelanda (1875-1950)
Memé
Interview with Meme Churton
'Mr Jones' wives': World War II war brides of New Zealand servicemen
Mirella Forti-Hall, MNZM, Cavaliere (1928-2023)
