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21 August 2008: Members of the Russian Convoy
Club of New Zealand gather for a group photo during their
regular meeting at the RSA Levin. |
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21 August 2008: The meeting of the Russian
Convoy Club of New Zealand is addressed by Darren Hughes, MP for
Otaki and Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives
(centre). Chris King, president of the RCCNZ is at left in
the picture and Mr Andrey Kornyukhin, Counsellor and Deputy Head
of Mission, Embassy of the Russian Federation, Wellington, is at
right. |
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21 August 2008: RCCNZ member Derek Whitwam
(right) and Darren Hughes, MP for Otaki and Deputy Leader
of the House of Representatives share a toast during the meeting
of the Russian Convoy Club of New Zealand. |
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30 May 2008: Russian
Ambassador to New Zealand H.E. Mikhail Lysenko and his wife
Liudmila, together with Embassy staff, members of the Russian
Convoy Club of New Zealand and friends at the recent 60th
Anniversary medal presentation to Warren Searell on behalf of
his late father Harvey, who served on escorts taking supplies to
north Russian ports during WW2.
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30 May 2008: As
Ambassador Lysenko is due to leave New Zealand soon the opportunity was
taken to present him with a small memento in appreciation of his
friendship over the past four years of his time in New Zealand.
This took the form of a wooden sculpture, suitably inscribed ,
which the Ambassador quickly likened to a wave breaking on the
shore. Picture shows the Russian Ambassador Mr Mikhail
Lysenko and Mrs. Lysenko with the memento presented by the
Russian Convoy Club of New Zealand on the eve of his departure
from New Zealand. |
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30 May 2008: Inscription on the memento
presented to Ambassador Mikhail Lysenko. |
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30 May 2008: A presentation was held at the Russian Embassy
today when the Ambassador Mikhail Lysenko, presented a 60th
Anniversary medal to Warren Searell whose late father served on a Royal Navy
destroyer in convoys taking supplies to the North Russian ports
of Murmansk and Archangel during WW2. The Ambassador was fulsome
in his praise of New Zealand's Naval and Merchant seamen taking
part in these convoys. Warren replied saying how proud his
father would have been to receive this acknowledgement of his
service and gave a graphic description of the ships, and areas,
in which his father had served. Picture shows Warren Searell
(centre) with Ambassador Lysenko (left) and Chris King, National
President of the Russian Convoy Club of New Zealand
(right).
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30 May 2008: Warren
Searell (right) with Russian Ambassador to New Zealand H.E.
Mikhail Lysenko. Warren Searell was presented with the 60th
Anniversary medal on behalf of his late father Harvey, who
served on escorts taking supplies to north Russian ports during
WW2. A photo of Warrens' father, Harvey, in Naval uniform can be
seen between the two.
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