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Douglas Le-Fevre as a Private, 2/28th Battalion, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Discusses 10th Light Horse; enlistment; pay and conditions; sport; employment; marriage; religion; politics; 2/28th Battalion; training; discipline; disorganisation; weapons; leisure; mateship; morale...S00517
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Dr Peter Braithwaite, Captain and Regimental Medical Officer 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Braithwaite, Peter
Discussing enlistment; work as medical officer in training camps at Brighton and Rutherford; voyage to England; training at Salisbury Plain Army Camp; embarkation for Middle East; regimental aid posts...S00561
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General Sir Thomas Daly interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Bob Breen: Experiences of the Siege of Tobruk, 1941
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Maker: Daly, Thomas Joseph Breen, Robert John
Tape 1: Defence of Tobruk; Easter attack by Germans; next attack 1 May, 1941; attempt to capture Hill 209 from Germans; Germans attack perimeter posts; failed attack by Australians; lessons learnt; Ma...S01613
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Geoffrey Charles James Lowe, Sergeant 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Lowe, Geoffrey Charles James Sprod, Michael
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; training camp at Brighton; battalion composition; leave; embarkation for Middle East campaigns; Tobruk campaign; return to Australia; jungle training at Kilc...S00558
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Harley Francis Brooks, as a corporal, 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Brooks, Harley Francis
Discusses army training; formation of 2/12th Battalion; composition of battalion; leisure; Tobruk campaign; casualties; New Guinea campaigns.S00533
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Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack), as a private, 2/28th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack)
Discusses employment; enlistment; training; 2/28th Battalion; morale; leisure; casualties; capture, desert operations; health; POWs. Mentions Ceylon; Red Sea, Mersa Matruh; Tobruk, Palestine, El Alame...S00527
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"How Recordings were made and Despatched during the Libyan Campaign". Narrated by Lawrence H. Cecil and introduced by Chester Wilmot
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Maker: Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (Chester) ABC Field Unit Cecil, Lawrence H
Chester Wilmot introduces the segment describing how recordings are conducted in the field by the ABC: writing a script and then producing the recording in the desert. The unit's "CO", ABC producer La...S01999
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James Findlay Crighton (Jim) Bruce, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy and Austria, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Bruce, James Findlay Crighton (Jim)
Discussing enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Tobruk; El Alamein Campaign; casualties; surrender to German Army; transfer to Italy and POW camp in Udine; transfer to Austria and Stalag 18A; othe...S00542
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Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly KBE CB DSO (Ret): Service in early years of the Second World War, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Robert (Bob) Breen
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Maker: Daly, Thomas Joseph Breen, Robert John Breen, Robert John
Tape 1: 2/10 Battalion departs England for Middle East in November 1940; battalion in Colchester on protective duty; activities on ship during voyage to middle east; Leslie Morsehead; arrived new year...S01610
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Maxwell Edwin Thow, Sergeant 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Sprod, Michael Thow, Maxwell Edwin
Discussing pre-war employment; reasons for enlistment in army; army training at Brighton Camp; duties as Sergeant at Headquarters of 2/12th Battalion; relationships between Tasmanians and Queenslander...S00574
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Owen Alfred Curtis, Captain 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Curtis, Owen Alfred
Captain Owen Alfred Curtis, (TX703) Discussing education; pre-war employment; enlistment; army training at Brighton Camp; using Vickers machine gun; relationships with officers; relationship with Quee...S00541
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Paul Hope, 2/12th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW), interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Hope, Paul Douglas Sprod, Michael
Discusses entlistment; training; embarkation for Middle East via England; action at Tobruk; health; treatment of Italian prisoners of war (POWs); posted to Turkish border; good relationship with Turki...S00529
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Presentation by Robert Hardiman to members of the Australian Historical Aviation Society about his experiences as a pilot with Royal Air Force (RAF) Photographic Reconnaissance Squadrons during the Second World War
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Maker: Hardiman, Robert
SIDE A: Robert Hardiman (referred to as Richard on the tape) discusses: his first flight as a boy in 1928; early life in 1920s and 1930s; recalls examining an Avro Anson Reconnaissance bomber at Exete...S02137
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Price Stewart (Norman) Whitelaw, 2/2nd Field Regiment and Bombardment Liaison Officer HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Whitelaw, Price Stewart (Norman)
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment if AIF; discipline in militia units; initial army training at Seymour Camp; transfer to Puckapunyal Camp; embarkation for Middle East; Deir Suneid Camp; Helwa...S00569
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Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Cooper, Samuel Robert Sprod, Michael
Discussing enlistment in militia; joining AIF; army training at Brighton Camp; formation of 2/12th Battalion; camp leisure activities; promotions; embarkation for Middle East; arrival at Tewfik; Tobru...S00560
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Sir John Overall KB CBE MC and Bar, 9th Division 2nd AIF and Commander of the Australian Paratroop Battalion, interviewed by his niece Penelope Gee
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Maker: Overall, John Gee, Penelope
Sir John Overall KB CBE MC and Bar, 9th Division 2nd AIF and Commander of the Australian Paratroop Battalion, interviewed by his niece Penelope GeeS01827
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(SX2894) Byrne, Alfred Dudley (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Maker: Byrne, Alfred Dudley O'Keefe, Brendan Gregory
Alfred Dudley Byrne as a captain, 2/8 Field Ambulance, Middle East, 1940-1941and 2/7 Field Ambulance, Australia, 1941-1944, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe. A transcript of this recording may be avail...S02146
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(SX2909) Hanson, Bertram Speakman (Bill) DSO OBE (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Maker: Hanson, Bertram Speakman (Bill) Hanson, Bertram Speakman (Bill)
Bertram Speakman (Bill) Hanson interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe about the history of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC) and his service as a Regimental Medical Officer (RMO) in the militia ...S02144