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Ferret, The: Sergeant Eric Batchelor DCM and Bar, M.I.D. / (Record no. 39393)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780994105998
Qualifying information Hardback
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0994105991
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)992189411
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency NZHSD
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency NZHSD
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 940.5323
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name O'Connor, Tom,
9 (RLIN) 16156
Dates associated with a name 1944-
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ferret, The: Sergeant Eric Batchelor DCM and Bar, M.I.D. /
Statement of responsibility, etc Tom O'Connor.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Christchurch, N.Z. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc John Douglas Publishing Limited.
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2017.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 190 p. ;
Dimensions 240 x 160mm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Hardback.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc I interviewed Eric Batchelor several times during the years I worked as a journalist in Timaru, usually in the lead up to Anzac Day or some other military commemoration. Sitting in his homely kitchen he shared stories of his exploits during World War Two in his quietly spoken manner. He was always frank with detailed accounts of battles as well as his personal experiences and recollections away from the front lines. He went into details of combat, death and survival few other returned soldiers were willing or able to do. My notes of those interviews and the notes of interviews by Joyce Cooper for the Waimate Historic Society have formed the basis of the record of his life experiences before, during and after the war. I have also drawn extensively on the outstanding official history of Eric's 23 Battalion by Angus Ross to ensure the chronology of battles and the history of the war in North Africa and Italy, where Eric served, were accurate. In fact in places I have ignored the accepted and traditional conduct of writers and lifted whole passages from the official history for no other reason that it would be fruitless to attempt to improve on the words written by Ross. This is not however another history of 23 Battalion but the true story of one of the men who served in the battalion, who survived the war and returned to his hometown of Waimate in South Canterbury where he continued to serve his community both in the military, in business and in many volunteer organisations for the rest of his long life. One of the sad threads I picked running through his story was the transition from excitable young men in their late teens and early twenties at the start of the war into hardened old men in their mid-twenties when it was all over. At the beginning some of their pranks and adventures were typical of over exuberant school boys pushing the boundaries of discipline and acceptable behaviour as boys always have. Those still alive four years later had seen and done things beyond the comprehension of people who have never served in the front lines of a world war. Their personalities, attitudes and empathy had irreversibly changed. Nightmares disturbed their sleep, the sounds of gun fire, terrifying closeness of violent death and the screams of dying men never left their memories. Many had difficulty readjusting to a non-violent, non-aggressive role civilian life and some ended up in prison for actions at home that would have won them praise and medals during the war. Eric was one who made that adjustment, with initial difficulty, and spent the rest of his life in his beloved Waimate. He was, rightfully, considered to be a local hero, earning the title Waimate Warrior which became the title of a bagpipe tune composed in his honour. He died in Waimate on 10 July 2010 just a few weeks short of his ninetieth birthday and was buried in the Returned Services section of the Waimate cemetery with full military honours. His decorations were; Distinguished Conduct Medal and bar, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Coronation Medal 1953, Efficiency Medal.
600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Batchelor, Eric
Dates associated with a name 29 August 1920 – 10 July 2010,
610 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
9 (RLIN) 29202
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element New Zealand.
Subordinate unit Army
Form subdivision Biography.
611 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME
9 (RLIN) 20299
Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element World War (1939-1945)
648 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 22209
Chronological term 1939-1945
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
9 (RLIN) 29204
Geographic name New Zealand
General subdivision History, Military.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 11053
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1939-1945
Geographic subdivision New Zealand.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Non-Fiction - New Zealand
948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN)
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Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Public note
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Non Fiction Waimate Waimate Non-Fiction 01/08/2017 ALLB 56.00 20 940.5323 A00663659 12/10/2023 29/09/2023 56.00 01/08/2017 Non-Fiction - New Zealand Not for loan
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Non Fiction Waimate Waimate Non-Fiction 01/08/2017 ALLB 56.00 6 940.5323 A00663692 28/08/2023 09/08/2023 56.00 01/08/2017 Non-Fiction - New Zealand Not for loan
    Dewey Decimal Classification   For loan Local Heritage - Not for loan Waimate Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage 14/08/2017 AUTH (donated) 56.00   940.5323 A00761746 14/08/2017   56.00 14/08/2017 Local Heritage Signed by the author.
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