Reminiscences of Haegert's boyhood in Victoria, ca. 1910-1916, and of his experiences aboard whaling supply ships. Also contemporary accounts of his travels around the world as a wireless operator aboard freighters and trans-oceanic passenger ships, and accounts of his wartime experience aboard supply ships and troopships. Mr. Haegert's oral reminiscences on audio cassette tapes and a transcript of the tapes, made ca. 1985, transferred to SMID, as was a 1998 videotaped interview with Mr. Haegert recorded for Veteran's Affairs Canada.