Daughter of World War II soldier grateful to receive his diary and first aid kit

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Rodney Crack, left, was pleased to return the first aid kit and diary of World War II soldier Ernest Kennedy to his daughter Pam Wild and her husband Graham at Otautau on Saturday. Crack bought both items at an auction recently.
Rodney Crack’s search to find relatives of a World War II soldier, so he could return the serviceman’s diary and first aid kit to them, ended in Otautau on Saturday.
Pam Wild, the daughter of serviceman Ernest William Kennedy #378052, 2/NZEF, 1939-45; and her husband Graham Wild drove from their home in Queenstown to meet Crack and be given the items on Saturday.

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