Tich

About the Book

A comprehensive tale of one man’s journey as a Steward in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Peter Hamilton shares his exploits and exciting tales in detail as he attempts to escape his role as a servant to the Naval Officers. While a man of integrity and honour, Peter explored every avenue to end his time as a Steward. Whether legitimate or not. From one extreme to the other, Peter’s eight years in the Royal New Zealand Navy is nothing short of the greatest adventure of them all.

About the Author

The Author was born in South Taranaki at a place called Hawera, on the 13th May 1939. He lived in Manaia, ten miles from Hawera, with his parents Doris and Laurie Hamilton. He went to Manaia Public School, then to Hawera Technical High School. After leaving school he took a job at the Manaia telephone exchange, until joining the Royal NZ Navy on the 20th May 1957 for eight years. These eight years were in a branch he didn’t like and he spent the next eight years trying to get out of, so he took up volunteering for anything, but a steward. He did service in Operation Grapple, Malaya, Borneo, Thai Malay border, Indonesian confrontation and Antarctic 60 south. After leaving the Navy in 1965 he took a job at the Tasman Hotel where he met Barbara, his wife to be. They were married in February 1967 but were unable to have children owing to the fact of radiation. They adopted two lovely children, a boy Russell, and a girl Chantelle He retired from the Inglewood factory and went into partnership with his son, then at the retiring age, took up writing his first book.