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Oswald Cheesman

Oswald Cheesman (second from left) was director of the Kiwi Concert Party in the Pacific during the Second World War.

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  • Map of the Pacific theatre, 1941-1945
    War in the Pacific

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Alexander Turnbull Library 
Reference: WH-0292
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