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- 1940-2017 (Creation)
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1 oral history audio recording, 94 digital surrogates of photographic paper, 1 born-digital photograph, 16 digital surrogates of ephemera
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Accession number: 2018-40
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Theme: Migration - British Expatriates. Arthur Wait was born at 'Ta-Cini' hospital, Santa Venera, Malta on the 9th of July 1940. He had one younger brother, Tony, and an older sister, Gladys. His father had served on minesweepers in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and afterwards was the Master-at-Arms’ right-hand man. His mother was a housewife. Between 1956 and 1958, Arthur was an Able Seaman and gunner for the Royal Navy, he worked on a salvage and mooring ship at Portland, Dorset, UK, c. 1968-1975 and he finally worked as a rigger with the Ministry of Defense at Portchester, UK, from around 1975 until retirement. He had two daughters, Tracy and Teresa and one son, David.