Battle of the River Plate Interest:- a Collection of Second World ephemera and items relating to P/Kx 75383 Stoker Petty Officer Patrick Harmon, Royal Navy who served on HMS Achilles which was one of three Royal Navy cruisers involved in the battle in December 1939 and which was the Allies first naval victory of the Second World War, the collection includes a portrait photograph, his qualifications certificates, War Medal, medal ribbon bar, embroidered cloth rank and qualifications insignia, embroidered insignia to the Order of St Joseph, his Naval Pension award, Order for Release, Auckland Metropolitan Area Complimentary Travel Ticket, a J. Arthur Rank Productions Ltd document naming the guests invited to a special viewing of the film "The Battle of the River Plate" which took place at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London on Monday 26th November 1956, all contained in a binder file

Footnote:- More than half of the crew of the Achilles were New Zealanders and they received a hero’s welcome when they returned to New Zealand in February 1940. Parades in Auckland and Wellington drew huge crowds onto the streets.