Stünzner Family Collection
This photo , taken at the Vaipapa plantation , may mark a farewell occasion for New Zealander , Mr Lionel Götz , General Manager of the NZ Reparation Estates ( 1930-35 ), who is sitting third from the left ( with black eye patch ). Mr Götz had lost an arm and an eye in service during the First World War but was clearly happy to socialise with many of Samoa ’ s remaining German notables , one of whom in the middle of the photo ( Mr Robert Wetzell ) had been a German machine gunner on the Western Front .
The people in this photo ( left to right ) appear to be as follows : Mr Fritz Stünzner Jnr , Mr Rudolf Gebauer , Mr Götz , man behind unknown , Mr Fritz Stünzner , Mr Eugen Paul ( at rear ), Mr A . G . Smyth ( in front ), Mr Arno M . Gurau , Mr Kurt Meyer , Mr Wetzell , Mr Fritz Jahnke , Mr Alfred Matthes , others unknown apart from man at right ( black tie , white shirt ) Mr George Miedecke . In later years , Mr Götz became a Member of Parliament in New Zealand and a Minister of the Crown .
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