Norman Charles Henry Coady, as a Lance Corporal 55th/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

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Accession Number S00556
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 39 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker Coady, Norman Charles Henry
Connell, Daniel
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Eastwood
Date made 16 March 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Discussing pre-war employment; army training at Dubbo, NSW; army training at Sellheim, Queensland; contact with American service personnel; leisure; censorship; status of militia units by 1942; reputation of 53rd Battalion; New Guinea campaigns; Japanese surrender; demobilisation; post-war employment.