Roderick Mafeking Clarke talks about serving in the Royal Australian Navy during the First and Second World Wars

Places	Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Europe: Italy, Brindisi Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin Oceans: Indian Ocean, Cocos Keeling Islands
Accession Number	S02035
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 9 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D90; mono
Maker	Clarke, Roderick Mafeking Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Date made	6 July 1994
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945 First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

Roderick Clarke discusses prewar life and work; enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1915; posted to training ship HMAS Tingira when he was 15 years old; punishment on board; death of friend Sam from leukemia; visit Cocos Islands; Seychelles; Suez; Port Said; escort troops to England after the Dardenelles campaign; duty on HMAS Yarra; Stationed at Brindisi; submarine patrols; convoy in October 1918 with 71 ships; marriage to Mary, Mary's death, marriage to Doris, children; discharged from RAN in 1925; work between the wars; re-enlist in RAN in 1941; on HMAS Kookaburra laying anti-submarine booms in Darwin Harbour; view of women on RAN ships today; discharged in 1945; postwar life; hobbies and activities; family and wife.