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Albert Charles Linton (728) as a private 31st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson.
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Maker: Linton, Albert Charles Thomson, Alistair
Discusses early life in Tasmania; travelling to Egypt and camping at Heliopolis; difference between Australian and English soldiers and officers; fighting at Fromelles and having to retreat through fl...S01318
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Alfred Edward Stabb as Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Stabb, Alfred Edward Thomson, Alistair
Alfred Edward Stabb (SERN (3314) as a lance corporal 29th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918.S01324
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Charles Robert Bowden as a lance corporal train driver 4th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Division, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Bowden, Charles Robert Thomson, Alistair
Enlisted late 1916; driving trains in the Somme region France; working out of Dunkirk; moving goods including wine and beer; consuming wine and beer; relationship with French locals; prostitution and ...S01306
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Douglas Guthrie as Chief Stoker, RAN, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thompson
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Maker: Guthrie, Douglas Thomson, Alistair
Douglas Guthrie (SERN (11669) as a chief stoker, Royal Australian Navy, Australian waters, South West Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean, 1919-1946, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson.S01315
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Edgar Lewis Cuddeford MM (5352) as a private 45th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Cuddeford, Edgar Lewis Thomson, Alistair
Edgar Cuddeford MM was a despatch rider (runner) with the 45th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918.S01308
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Edward John McKenzie (670) as a private 24th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: McKenzie, Edward John Thomson, Alistair
Edward John McKenzie as a private 24th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair ThomsonS01320
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Ernest Morton (439) as a trooper, Light Horse Regiment and 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Egypt and France 1914-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Morton, Ernest Thomson, Alistair
Reasons for enlisting; training camp; Cairo; reputation of Australian soldiers; Gallipoli; wounded and evacuated to England; self-inflicted wounds; relationship between officers and men; discipline; a...S01322
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Frederick Roy Hocking as a staff sergeant 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Hocking, Frederick Roy Thomson, Alistair
Frederick Roy Hocking (SERN (1810) as a staff sergeant 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918.S01316
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Frederick Theodore Farrall (1647) as a private 55th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Farrall, Frederick Theodore Thomson, Alistair
Frederick Theodore Farrall as a private 55th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair ThomsonS01311
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Jack Thomas Glew (224) as a trooper 13th Light Horse Regiment and gunner 4th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Glew, Jack T Thomson, Alistair
Jack Thomas Glew interviewed by Alistair Thomson about his service in Gallipoli, France and England 1915-1918. The interview includes discussion of Jack's enlistment in the Army (to escape from life a...S01314
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John 'Jack' Albert Flannery (7981) as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Flannery, John Albert (Jack) Thomson, Alistair
John 'Jack' Albert Flannery as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ple...S01312
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Leslie George David (3308) as a corporal wireless operator Australian Flying Corps, United Kingdom 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: David, Leslie George Thomson, Alistair
Leslie George David as a corporal wireless operator Australian Flying Corps, United Kingdom 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair ThomsonS01309
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(5077) McGillivray, Angus John (Private)
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Maker: McGillivray, Angus John Thomson, Alistair
Angus John McGillivray as a private 52nd Infantry Battalion AIF, later 29th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, also 9 Division and Prisoner of the Japanese Second World War interviewed by Dr Al...S01319
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Molyneaux, G A (Second Mate, British Merchant Navy)
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Maker: Molyneux, G A Thomson, Alistair
G A Molyneaux as a second mate British Merchant Navy, 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair ThomsonS01321
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Percy Atkinson Bird (5666) as a sergeant 5th Infantry Battalion AIF, Egypt and France 1915-1917, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Bird, Percy Atkinson Thomson, Alistair
Pre-war life in and around Williamstown, Victoria being a member of the Boys Naval Brigade; enlistment in April 1916, and how his father passed away after he sailed for Egypt; Etaples Camp, France; jo...S01305
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Stanley Victor D'Altera as a member of 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, later 7th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1917, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: D'Altera, Stanley Victor Thomson, Alistair
Pte D'Altera initially enlisted 13 January 1915 and was discharged on 8 February at the request of his parents who had not given permission for him to join the AIF. He re-enlisted on 18 February 1915 ...S01310
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They were finished with you and you were finished: memories of Melbourne western suburbs veterans of the Great War 1914-1918
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Maker: Thomson, Alistair
Address by Dr Alistair Thomson to the Footscray Historical Society summarising his experiences with the Oral History Project of the Great War Veterans from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne.S01326
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William Langham (22942) as a driver 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Langham, William Thomson, Alistair
William (Bill) Langham as a driver 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson. Amongst topics covered in the interview are reasons for enlistment, anecdote...S01317
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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