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Official Opening of Australian War Memorial, 11 November 1941
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission
Official opening of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra on 11 November 1941.S00028
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Olive Jeffrey as a nursing sister 14th Australian General Hospital, Egypt 1917-1919, interviewed by Judith Doig
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Maker: Jeffrey, Olive Edith Doig, Judith
Techincal note : the interview is not formally introduced or concluded. Ambient noises on recording.S00398
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Oliver Howes, scriptwriter and editor, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".
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Maker: Howes, Oliver F Rubinstein, Peter
Oliver Howes, scriptwriter and editor, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sou...S03430
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Otto Carl Nielsen as a member of 25th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918 [reminiscences]
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Maker: Nielsen, Otto Carl
Nielsen speaks of his enlistment in the AIF; training at Enoggera Camp, Albury; deployment for overseas service; further training in Egypt; departure for Gallipoli via Lemnos Island; experiences at Qu...S03783
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Percival Baxter relates his experiences as a gunner in the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War
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Maker: Baxter, Percival Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Percival Baxter discusses: early life; pre-war work; prior military experience; enlistment; impressions of France; injured at front; attitude to war; return to Australia; post war employment; marriage...S02028
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Percival J Fogarty as a member of 22nd Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Fogarty, Percival
Percival J Fogarty, member of 22nd Infantry Battalion AIF, and later the 5th Pioneer Battalion, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson. Percy discusses early life growing up in a single ...S01313
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Percival (Percy) C. Nayler interviewed by Simon Townsend about his service in 57th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Nayler, Percival Cook Townsend, Simon Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Nayler, Percival Cook
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's attitude to his enlistment; sent to England and then France; impressions of France; participated sprint races at front; wounded...S02060
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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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Percy Chas Bland as a member of 4 Brigade, France, 1916-1918, interviewed by David Chalk
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Maker: Bland, Percy Charles Samuel Chalk, David Chalk, David
Percy Chas Bland as a member of 4 Brigade, France, 1916-1918, interviewed by David Chalk.S01169
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Phillip "Pop" Rubie as a Private, 17th Battalion, AIF, 1915-1918, interviewed by Kim Dixon
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Maker: Rubie, Phillip John Hessell Dixon, Kim Hogan, Donn
Private Rubie discusses: why he volunteered for the AIF; reasons others may have enlisted; trip to Cairo; Australian troops brawling in Cairo; being part of a picket of troops sent to clear troops out...S05432
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9pm Bugle Calls, Last Post and Reveille played by the Menin Gate Buglers. Recorded at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.
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Maker: Menin Gate Buglers Hunter, J F
9pm Bugle Calls, Last Post and Reveille, played by the Menin Gate Buglers. Recorded at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.S00265
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(6141) Pope, Howard Hilton (Lance Corporal)
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Maker: Pope, Howard Milton Rubinstein, Peter Pope, Howard Hilton
Howard Hilton Pope, as a member of 27th Battalion AIF, 1916-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further informa...S03453
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Private Clive McKenzie, 5th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: McKenzie, Clive Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; extreme cold; lack of rations in front line; Albert and meeting a civilian girl; wounded at Bullec...S02056
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Private George Cooper relates his experiences with the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
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Maker: Cooper, George Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
George Cooper discusses: prewar work; conscription; joins the Gordon Highlanders August 1917; expectations of war; family's reaction to his enlistment; training; escort at military funerals; elite dri...S02036
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Private George Macumber discusses his experiences in 11th Machine Gun Company during the First World War interviewed by Kylie McKenzie
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Maker: Macumber, George Unknown
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment June 1916; attitude to war; troop transport; stays at Sierra Leone; plays two up; training on machine guns; Passchendaele; mud; France; wounded by ...S02053
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Private Henry 'Harry' Riseborough discusses his service in the First World War, including Gallipoli, in an interview conducted for radio.
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Maker: Riseborough, Henry (Harry) Unknown
Begins with a medley of songs from the First World War. Interview with Henry Riseborough for Alice Springs radio in 1982, in which he talks about his experiences in Gallipoli and his overall service i...S04353
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(3406) Private Herbert William Wilson as a private, 33rd Battalion, France, 1917-1919, interviewed by Dr Timothy Bottoms
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Maker: Bottoms, Timothy D R
Reasons for enlistment in 1916 as an 18 year old; reaction of parents and friends A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03731
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Private James A. M. Jolly, 8th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Jolly, James A M Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; mother's reaction to his enlistment; enlist AIF August 1916; training at Ballarat; winter in France; football and cricket matches behind the lines; being wounded near Hil...S02049
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Private James Edwin Moses (721) interviewed about his service in 40th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Moses, James E Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment in mining; enlistment in AIF March 1916; family's attitude to enlistment; impressions of France; Le Harve; Rouen; wounded at Passchendaele; Armistice; returned...S02059
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Private James Kerr, 12th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Kerr, James Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; mother's attitude to enlistment; enlist AIF February 1915; training; became ill on troopship; repatriated to Australia July 1915; discharged December 1915; work during th...S02050