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Everard Maitland Joseph Tierney as a warrant officer Australian Army Service Corps 6th Australian Division, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
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Maker: Tierney, Everard Maitland Joseph Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
Everard Maitland Joseph Tierney as a warrant officer Australian Army Service Corps 6th Australian Division, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow A transcript of this reco...S03053
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F4359 Bernard Edmonson as a stoker, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Toowoomba and Fremantle, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and North Pacific Ocean, 1942-1946, interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Edmondson, Bernard Roberts, Niall John
Edmonson speaks about his childhood and early education; being apprenticed to his father as a boot-maker; joining the RAN in 1942; training at Flinders Naval Depot as a stoker; joining HMAS Toowoomba ...S01789
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(F5061) Corry, Mervyn Joseph (Signalman) interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: Corry, Mervyn Joseph Roberts, Niall John
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S02012
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F4512 Donald Philip Smith, as a able seaman, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Cootamundra and Echuca, North Pacific Ocean, Arafura and Coral Seas, 1942-1946, interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Smith, Donald Phillip (Don) Roberts, Niall John
Smith speaks of his schooling in Perth; early employment as a pottery worker; recruitment into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1942; training and conditions at Flinders Naval Base; commissioning of...S01788
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F2739/09 Edward James Lewis, as a petty officer, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Shepparton, Whyalla and Benalla , Australian waters and North Pacific Ocean, 1941-1946, interviewed by William Gray Ritchie
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Maker: Lewis, Edward James Ritchie, William Gray (Bill)
Ted Lewis speaks about his early service as a naval cadet, an able seaman and a petty officer on HMAS Marguerite, Canberra and Yarra, 1926-1939; Naval training facilities; service on the Armed Merchan...S01796
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F3781 Francis Stanley Terry as a cook; minesweeper HMAS Mercedes and corvette HMAS Warrnambool; Australian western approaches and northern and eastern waters; 1941-1946; interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: Terry, Francis Stanley (Frank) Roberts, Niall John
Frank Terry speaks about his childhood and education; his recruitment into the RAN; reception, kitting out and basic training at the Flinders Naval Depot; training a cook; life aboard HMAS Mercedes; m...S01794
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F4900 Garnett Richard Gell, as a stoker, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvette HMAS Pirie and motor water lighter MWL255, Australian waters and North Pacific Ocean, 1943-1946, interviewed by Lorna Dodd
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Maker: Gell, Garnett Richard (Garnie) Dodd, Lorna
Garney Gell speaks about his schooling and early working life; service in the Army; enlisting in the RAN; travelling from Perth to Melbourne by troop train; initial training and training as a stoker o...S01797
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F/4751 Leslie Herbert Olsen, as an able seaman; Royal Australian Navy corvette HMAS Geraldton; Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and North Pacific Ocean; 1942-1946; interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Olsen, Leslie Herbert Roberts, Niall John
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S01785
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400396 Flight Lieutenant H S W (Bill) Fordyce, talks at Trinity Grammar School in 1978
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Maker: Fordyce, Horace Spencer Wills (Bill)
A tape recording of a talk given to a Year 9 class at Trinity Grammar in 1978 by 400396 Flight Lieutenant Horace 'Bill' Spencer Wills Fordyce. Includes information about his service as a pilot with th...AWM2019.782.1
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F5076 Niall John Roberts as an able seaman radar operator, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Echuca, Horsham and Warrnambool, western and northern Australian waters, Timor and Arafura Seas and North Pacific ocean, 1943-1946, interviewed by Jack Shepheard
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Maker: Shepheard, Jack McKenzie
Roberts speaks of his schooling in Boulder City and Kalgoorlie; early employment as a monitor for the West Australian Education Department; his experience in the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC); recruit...S01787
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F5076 Norman Ronald Stephens, as an able seaman, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvette HMAS Tamworth and mine-layer HMAS Bungaree; Australian waters, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and West Pacific Ocean; 1943-1946; interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Stephens, Norman Ronald (Ron) Roberts, Niall John
Ron Stephens talks about: his early life, schooling and his first job; joining the Navy and traveling to the Flinders Naval Depot; kitting out and basic training; his tiddly suit; being drafted to HMA...S01791
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F5430 (O1421, R/31845) Commander William Gray Ritchie AM , as a radar operator; Royal Australian Navy (RAN) HMAS Platypus and corvettes HMAS Broome, Bathurst and Fremantle; North Pacific area including Philippines and Hong Kong, and Australian waters; 1944-1946, interviewed by Margaret Rickard
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Maker: Ritchie, William Gray (Bill) Rickard, Margaret Rickard, Margaret Ritchie, William Gray (Bill)
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S01786
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F3414 Percy George Beer, as a Sick Berth Attendant, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvette HMAS Pirie, west Pacific Ocean, 1941-1946, interviewed by Margaret Rickard.
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Maker: Beer, Percy George (George) Rickard, Margaret
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S01790
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Frances Cowcher as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Frances Cowcher as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02741
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Francis William Kirkham as an able seaman Australian Merchant Navy, South West Pacific Area, 1942-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Kirkham, Francis William Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Francis William Kirkham as an able seaman Australian Merchant Navy, South West Pacific Area, 1942-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further infor...S01779
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(F4267) Reed, Albert Edward (Able Seaman) interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: Roberts, Niall John
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S02009
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F4144 Robert John "Jack" Forsyth, as an able seaman, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Cessnock and Dubbo; Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Australian and northern waters; 1942-1946, interviewed by Margaret Rickard
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Maker: Forsyth, Robert John (Jack) Rickard, Margaret
Robert Forsyth talks about his education and early working life; recruitment into the RAN in WA; travel to the Flinders Naval Depot; basic training; a subterfuge to get leave; pay and promotion to Ord...S01798
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(F4493) Wallis, John Thomas (Stoker) interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: Wallis, John Thomas Roberts, Niall John
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S02010
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F3526 Walter Henry Preen, as a leading stoker, on Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Gawler, Horsham, Launceston and Broome, eastern, western and northern Australian waters, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and east Atlantic Ocean, 1941-1946, interviewed by William Gray Ritchie
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Maker: Preen, Walter Henry (Wally) Ritchie, William Gray (Bill)
Walter Preen speaks about; his recruitment and training; being drafted to HMAS Gawler, pre-commissioning, under construction at Whyalla; escort duties off east and west Australian coasts; deployment t...S01795
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Gloria Gear as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Gloria Gear as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02764
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Gordon Frederick Hallett as a corporal 16th Advanced Ordnance Depot, 1942-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Hallett, Gordon Frederick Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Gordon Frederick Hallett as a corporal 16th Advanced Ordnance Depot, 1942-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact th...S01776
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Group Captain Frank Moreton Griggs DFC DFM (Rtd) as a pilot Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nos 218, 214 and 109 Squadrons Royal Air Force (RAF) and No 404 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), North West Europe 1940-1944, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Griggs, Frank Morton Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Discusses prewar education, 26th Light Horse, Citizens Military Force (CMF); enlistment; training; embarkation; SS Oranje; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); aircraft Anson; convoys. A transcript of ...S01775
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Group Captain John Brook Hampshire DFC (Rtd) as a pilot in RAAF and USAAF bomber operations, South West Pacific Area 1943-1945, recorded for Lex McAulay
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Maker: Hampshire, John Brook Hampshire, John Brook
Hampshire speaks of his RAAF flying experience from enlistment to 1942; operational experience as a bomber pilot with No 6 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF on Lockheed Hudsons with 43rd Operational Group USAAF ...S00486
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Helen Dart as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Helen Dart as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02722
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Helen Newton-Turner as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Helen Newton-Turner as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02769
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Herbert George Lewis (Bert) Wainewright, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Wainewright, Herbert George Lewis (Bert) Wall, Brian Wall, Brian
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment in army; posting to Middle East as reinforcement for 2/28th Battalion; training in Palestine, battles at El Alamein; Battle at Ruin Ridge; capture by Germans;...S00570
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H1655 John Walter "Jack" Appleby as a stoker; Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvette HMAS Inverell, tug HMAS Forceful and cruiser HMAS Australia; eastern and western seaboards and northern waters of Australia; 1941-1946; interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: Appleby, John Walter (Jack) Roberts, Niall John
John Appelby talks about his early childhood and education; recruitment into the RAN and initial training in Hobart and the Flinders Naval Depot; graduation as a stoker; assignment to a tug HMAS Force...S01793
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Howard Charles Lester as a RAAF pilot officer pilot No 185 (Fighter) Squadron RAF, Malta 1942, as related by Ella Lester, recorded for Lex McAulay
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Maker: Lester, Ella Lester, Ella
Howard Charles Lester as a RAAF pilot officer pilot No 185 (Fighter) Squadron RAF, Malta 1942.S00487
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Ira 'Joey' Harris (Wilson) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Ira 'Joey' Harris (Wilson) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02750
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Iris Smith as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Iris Smith as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02763
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Jack Griffith as a sergeant 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
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Maker: Griffith, Jack Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
Jack Griffith as a sergeant 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow A transcript of this recording may be available. For further informat...S03054
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Jack Lawrence (Smoky) Howson as a private 39th Battalion, New Guinea, 1942-1945, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Howson, Jack Lawrence (Smokey) Martin, Harry
Discusses prewar education; religion; economic depression, class differences, prewar employment, conscription; enlistment; army training; embarkation; authority; Australia; 39th Battalion; casualties;...S00501
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Jack Shepheard interviewed by John Roberts about his Second World War service aboard the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Corvettes, HMAS Geralton, HMAS Tamworth, HMAS Olive Cam and HMAS Kiama
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Maker: Shepheard, Jack McKenzie
Jack Shepheard interviewed by John Roberts about his Second World War service aboard the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Corvettes, HMAS Geralton, HMAS Tamworth, HMAS Olive Cam and HMAS Kiama. A transcri...S01746
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Jean Bennier as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Jean Bennier as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02695
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Jean Price as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Jean Price as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02708
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Jean Schollar as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Jean Schollar as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02704
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Jean Vidal as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Jean Vidal as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02762
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Joan Barber (Dearden) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Joan Barber (Dearden) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02733
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John Gibson Bowden, talks about his experiences during the Second World War, interviewed by Tim Bowden.
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Maker: Bowden, John Gibson Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S05124
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John James Joseph Wade, as a Corporal, 2/28 Battalion, Middle East, 1941-1942, interviewed by Dr Karl James
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Maker: Wade, John James Joseph James, Karl Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
JJ Wade discussed his enlistement; service in Tobruk; food rations; moving from Tobruk to Syria; leave in Cairo; daily routine with an "ack-ack" platoon in Tobruk; propaganda leaflet drops in Tobruk; ...S05027
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John Lovett May as a chaplain successively to 12th/50th Infantry Battalion, 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden.
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Maker: May, John Lovett Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' May, John Lovett
John Lovett May as a chaplain successively to 12th/50th Infantry Battalion, 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interv...S02892
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Joyce Johnston as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Joyce Johnston as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02771
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Joyce Murrell as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Joyce Murrell as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02717
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Joy (Joyce) Anderson, Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service, 1942-1946 interviewed by Thilo Kober
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Maker: Anderson, Joyce Kober, Thilo
Interview with Miss Joy Anderson carried out over three sessions, relating to The Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service. Topics covered include: nursing training; young people's attitudes to war at t...S05236
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Joy (Joyce) Anderson, Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service, 1942-1946 interviewed by Thilo Kober [edited master]
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Maker: Anderson, Joyce Kober, Thilo
Edited version of research interviews S05236, submitted as part of a university assignment covering the Historical Experiences of the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service 1942-1948.S05237
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June Graham as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
June Graham as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02715
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Katherine Mahringer as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Katherine Mahringer as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02744
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Kathleen Harrigan as a transport driver, Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF), 1942-1945, interviewed by Edie Swift
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Maker: Harrigan, Kathleen May Swift, Edith Steel
Kathleen Harrigan joined the WAAAF in 1942. She was posted to Bradfield Park in Sydney for training and then to Bundaburg, Queensland as a transport driver and later to Townsville.S05161
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Kenneth Alfred John Buckland as a sergeant 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
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Maker: Buckland, Kenneth Alfred John Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
Kenneth Alfred John Buckland as a sergeant 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow A transcript of this recording may be available. For...S03063
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Lal Proudfoot as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Lal Proudfoot as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02699