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(3216) Private John Cyrus (Jack) Sykes as a private 55th Battalion, France, 1916-1919, interviewed by Dr Timothy Bottoms
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Maker: Bottoms, Timothy D R
Enlistment; tried to join with Snowy River March but parents sent him back to work; why he joined; reaction to serving on Western Front; comments on images portrayed of Western Front in modern films; ...S03732
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Private John R. Wishart interviewed about his experiences in the 14th General Service Reinforcements during the First World War
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Maker: Wishart, John R Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the AIF in May 1918; opinion of the war; training; family's reaction to enlistment; ship turned around in South Africa as the war ended; discharge February 1919; m...S02074
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Private Leonard Hickman, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Hickman, Leonard Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; parents attitude to enlsitment; enlist AIF February 1915; Gallipoli; collect sick and wounded at Gallipoli; Western Front; armistice; return to Australia 1919; return to ...S02047
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Private Percy McIvor interviewed about his experiences in 38th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: McIvor, Percy Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment February 1916; training; attitude to war; impressions of France; mud; awarded the Military Medal 1917; trench raid; wounded in arm; rescues drownin...S02055
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Private Ralph Silvester Scobie (3719) DCM as a private 54th Infantry Battalion AIF France 1917-1918, interviewed by Bryan Butler.
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Maker: Scobie, Ralph Sylvester Butler, Bryan
Private Ralph Silvester Scobie DCM as a private 54th Infantry Battalion AIF France 1917-1918, interviewed by Bryan Butler. Born Maitland NSW in 1900, third generation Australian; enlisted 4 September ...S00421
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Private Raymond W. Bisset relates his experiences in the 23rd Battalion and as a Prisoner of War (POW) during the First World War
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Maker: Bisset, Raymond W Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Ray Bisset discusses: early life; enlistment underage; departure to war; Gallipoli; Lone Pine; wounded; evacuated wounded to Egypt; sent to France; impressions of France and the French people; taken P...S02029
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Private Robert Comb MM (5708), 23rd Battalion AIF, 1916-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War"
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Robert Comb joined the AIF as a sixteen year old. He was awarded the Military Medal for his actions at Mont St Quentin in 1918. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information...S03416
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Private Royden Stanley Turner, 8th Battalion, First World War oral history
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Maker: Turner, Royden Stanley
Audio cassette containing the First World War recollections of 1461 Private Royden Stanley Turner, 8th Battalion. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contac...S05033
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Private Samuel Rutter McMahon, First World War veteran relates his wartime experiences in 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance on Gallipoli
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Maker: McMahon, Samuel Rutter
Private Samuel Rutter McMahon, First World War veteran relates his wartime experiences in 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance on Gallipoli 1 x Cassette tape - Private Lance Day, Private Samuel Rutter McMa...S05473
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Private Thomas Bryan (1316), 9 Battalion, First World War 1914-1919, interviewed by Jamie Simpson
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Maker: Bryan, Thomas Simpson, Jamie Alexander
Tom Bryan relates his memories of the First World War and life in Newcastle, NSW after his return. Interview conducted as part of Simpson's Honours Thesis on Newcastle's returned servicemen. Topics co...S01901
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Private Thomas (Tom) Brain relates his experiences with 59th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Unknown Brain, Thomas Ralph Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Tom Brain discusses: early life; pre-war work; enlistment; prior military training; Egypt; Fromelles; leave in England; return to Australia; marriage; post-war employment; the DepressionS02032
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Private Wilfred John Robinson, AIF, First World War and 45th Royal Fusiliers, North Russian Relief Force 1919, interviewed by Stuart Menzies
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Maker: Menzies, Stuart Robinson, Wilfred John
Interview with Mr W J Robinson, Private 61464 of the 11th General Service Reinforcement of the 1st AIF, also served with the 45th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers North Russian Relief Force, enlistmen...S00181
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Private William E. G. Butt relates his experiences in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps during the First World War and in the Royal Australian Engineers during the Second World War
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Maker: Butt, William E G Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Butt, William E G
Mr Butt explains his underage enlistment at 16 years and subsequent discharge 3 months later; work between the wars; enlisted in Engineering Corps during the Second World War; sent to Greece; evacuate...S02033
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Queenie Sunderland as a WW1 British war bride, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From the Great War".
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Maker: Sunderland, Queenie Rubinstein, Peter
Queenie talks about her early life in England, working while at Salisbury Station (UK) near the military camp (Larkhill) and there meeting her Australian husband-to-be, Edward Henry Sunderland, a Gunn...S03442
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Raymond Fagg interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Raymond Fagg, age 89, interviewed by Georgina Binns at the Queen Victoria Home in Lindisfarne, Hobart. Raymond enlisted at age 17 on 16 September 1914, in Hobart. He discusses his experiences in Galli...S05750
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Ray Sanders interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Ray Sanders interviewed by Georgina Binns at the War Veterans Home in Myrtle bank, South Australia. Ray, a university student, enlisted in June 1916 and left for France within six weeks with the 14th ...S05761
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Redman, Frank
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Maker: Redman, Frank Rubinstein, Peter
Frank Redman interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03446
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Remembrance Day ceremonies at Ypres, Belgium and Villers-Bretonneux, France .
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Maker: Smith, Stanley
Remembrance Day ceremonies at Ypres, Belgium and Villers Bretonneux, France, November 1978. Includes interviews with veterans Jim Bryant, Arthur McMillan, Jack Nicholson and Bert Field recorded by Sta...S00311
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Remembrance Day Special. Broadcast by ABC Radio - Grafton
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Maker: Skyring, Kerry Blomfield, Tracy Skyring, Kerry Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Grafton
Brian Lewis reads from his book "Our War" on the Battle of the Somme; reminiscences of George Cox who saw action on the Somme; reading by Geoffrey Switzer from Grafton of a poem written by Siegfried S...S00367
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Rex Willcox interviewed about his experiences in the 4th Machine Gun Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Willcox, Rex Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; met General Birdwood; lice; return to Australia and discharge in October 1919;...S02075