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| Accession Number | S01773 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 23 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; TDK AD60; half track mono |
| Maker |
Dick, Robert James Dickson, Kevin Alexander |
| Date made | 22 August 1995 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
| Source credit to | John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland |
Robert James Dick as a lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East and South West Pacific Area 1940-1944, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
Description
Discusses World War One; prewar education; immigration to Australia; employment; enlistment in Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Imperial Force (AIF); leave; 2/17th Battalion; 9th Division; religion; training; desert war; mateship; Militia (Choko's); leadership; embarkation; SS Queen Mary; Panzer tanks; casualties; discipline; patrols; Italians; bayonets; grenades; Casualty Clearing Station (CCS); Mentioned in Despatches (MID); prisoners of war (POWs); troopship SS Aquitania; amphibious landings; Japanese Army; jungle operations; malaria; rations; friendly fire incident; P38 Lightning Lightnings; post-war employment; Mentions Napier, New Zealand; Scotland, UK; Ingleburn, NSW; Suez Canal, Gaza, Palestine; Alexandria, Cairo, Egypt; Benghazi, Tobruk, El Alamein, Libya; Syria; Atherton Tablelands, QLD; Milne Bay, Ramu Valley, Lae, Finchshaffen, Wewak, Papua New Guinea; Field Marshal Rommel; General Moreshead.
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