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Surgeons then wanted to amputate Chamberlain’s arm. Supplied “I managed to talk them down,” Chamberlain said in the interview. “They said it will be no good for you.” Back in New Zealand Chamberlain did not allow his war injuries to hold him back. He married, became a champion cyclist winning the Timaru to Christchurch classic and farmed just outside Waimate. “You can’t really imagine what he went through,” Ken Chamberlain said. “Occasionally he talked about it and opene...

Chamberlain and his mates dash to a house for cover. JOHN BISSET/Stuff War veteran Howard Chamberlain’s memories of his war service remain vivid. He’s unsure where it was. All he knows is that it was one of two villages. High command never gave information of their whereabouts, and they could only pick the information up from street signs not blown up or blasted to bits. “There was a window facing the road with quite a ledge. What it was used for I dont know. Myself and two others got ...