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Dudley Frederick Field as a major, 2/22nd Battalion, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australian in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Field, Dudley Frederick Nelson, Hank
2/22nd Battalion on Rabaul, evading invading Japanese, early schooling, family background, Tol Plantation massacre, evacuation to Australia, transfer to Army training duties, transfer back to army, pr...S01044
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Enid Edmeades Ratcliff as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Ratcliff, Enid Edmeades Bassett, Jan
Early life; nursing training; joining the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1940, sent to Gaza in Palestine with the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital; conditions in Gaza; ailments of patients...S01806
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Herbert John (Jack) Holmfield as a lance bombardier, 2/22nd Battalion, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Holmfield, Herbert John (Jack) Nelson, Hank
TAPE 1: Early life; enlisting in army; preparations for departure to Rabaul with 2/22nd Battalion; daily activities in Rabaul before Japanese invasion; Japanese invasion; end of resistance by Australi...S01043
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Jack Humphries Stevens, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Stevens, Jack Humphries
Discussing pre-war employment; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui; ...S00580
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McPherson (nee Keast), Daisy Cardin (Tootie) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Keast, Daisy Cardin Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced civilian nursing training in 1932; enlisted late 1940 and posted to Ingleburn camp hospital; 18 April 1941 left Sydney on the Hollandia for Rabaul, New Britain and attached to 2/...S01824
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(NX123323) Campbell, Albert Andrew 'Khaki' (Private)
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Maker: Campbell, Albert Andrew 'Khaki' Raxworthy, Richard Edwin
Albert Andrew 'Khaki' Campbell as a private 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 1942-1945, interviewed by Richard Raxworthy via telephone.S01606
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Shena Campbell Bewglass as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1941-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bewglass, Sheena Campbell Bassett, Jan
Early life; civilian nursing training; enlisted in Hobart in November 1941; posted to Katherine in Northern Territory; en route to Katherine stopped overnight in Townsville on the night of the first b...S01808
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Surrender - Rabaul
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Maker: Australian Army
Recording, made in the Japanese language by the Australian Army and used for broadcasting from Radio Lae, instructing Headquarters Japanese 8th Area Army at Rabaul to contact Headquarters 1st Australi...S00170
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(VX117109/V40104) Donald James Simonson MC, as a captain, platoon commander 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Simonson, Donald James (Don)
Interview includes discussion of: birth, education and family details; father’s service in First World War; cadets and militia; called up and joining 39th Battalion in PNG; SS Aquitania; troops badly ...S00503
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(VX62790) Williams, Henry Leslie 'Les' (Captain)
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Maker: Williams, Henry Leslie (Les) Connell, Daniel
Henry Leslie (Les) Williams as a captain and coastwatcher, New Guinea and New Britain, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00959
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William Archibald (Bill) Elliott, as a Sergeant, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Elliott, William Archibald (Bill)
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment and training; formation of 53rd Battalion; inadequacy of training period prior to embarkation for New Guinea; arrival in Port Moresby; inadequacy of supplies;...S00585
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William Morgan Bridgeman as an able bodied seaman, HMAS Sydney, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), British Grand Fleet, North Atlantic Ocean 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Bridgeman, William Morgan Thomson, Alistair
Bridgeman relates his early life on a farm near Castlemaine; school at Yapeen; joining the Navy in 1913; transfer from Garden Island to Papua New Guinea when war broke out; being on board HMAS Sydney ...S01307