| Accession Number | S02648 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 45 min 29 sec |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | digital audio tape (DAT); BASF DM 124; stereo |
| Maker |
Simon, Albert Jack, Andrew Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny |
| Date made | 2 November 2001 |
| 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 | AWM Oral History Program |
Albert Simon as an engineer with the Maritime Services Board, 1939-1945, interviewed by Andrew Jack
Description
Simon speaks of his family background; employment in defence construction work during the Second World War; the entanglement of a Japanese midget submarine in the boom net in Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May-1 June 1942; the Navy's raising of the submarine; shelling of Sydney's eastern suburbs; impressions of public reaction to these events at the time.
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.
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Albert Simon as an engineer with the Maritime Services Board, 1939-1945, interviewed by Andrew Jack