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Victor Groutsch about his service with the 13 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF in WW1
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Maker: Groutsch, Victor Chalk, David
Victor Groutsch (2383) interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 13 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF in WW1. Groutsch returned to Australia on 28 March 1919. Note: Groutsch is missing from the ...S01184
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Walter Parker (2200) as a private, 20th Battalion AIF, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War"
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Maker: Parker, Walter Edwin Rubinstein, Peter Parker, Walter
Walter Edwin Parker, a member of the 20th Battalion AIF, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information plea...S03428
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Walter Parker interviewed about his service in 20th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Parker, Walter Edwin Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Parker, Walter
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's reaction to enlistment; guard duty on troopship; meals on ship; sent to Gallipoli; water and ammunition carrying parties; winte...S02062
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Walter 'Wal' Stanley Gudgeon (VX4934) as a Lieutenant, the 2/8th Battalion, 1940-1943, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Gudgeon, Walter Stanley (Wal) Martin, Harry
Born in England 1904, one of seven children, early working life in England, travels to Australia on Orsova on 10 pound assisted passage, being a child in England during the First World War, joins CMF ...S01048
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547 White, Albert Edward
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Maker: White, Albert Edward Rubinstein, Peter
Albert White 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.S03422
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William 'Bill' Alexander Logan, as a sergeant, 9th Light Horse Regiment, First World War interviewed by Michael Rimmer
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Maker: Logan, William 'Bill' Alexander Rimmer, Michael Robin
William 'Bill' Alexander Logan discusses his experiences during the First World War as a Sergeant in the 9th Light Horse Regiment. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further informat...S04976
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William (Bill) Boyce relates his experiences with 58th Battalion during the First World War.
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Maker: Boyce, William 'Bill' Morrison, Jill Boyce, William 'Bill' Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Marriage and family; Bill Boyce discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment; training; war on the Western Front compared to the desert; mateship; attitude to war; denied a soldier settlement...S02031
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William Christie "Jimmie" Brown, 10th Field Ambulance, France, First World War discusses his reasons for enlisting in the army in a excerpt from a recorded letter sent to Bernice Shaw and family in 1983
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William Christie "Jimmie" Brown, 10th Field Ambulance, France, First World War discusses his reasons for enlisting in the army in a excerpt from a recorded letter sent to Bernice Shaw and family in 19...S05330
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William Fitzpatrick , 14 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF, 1915-1918, interviewed by David Chalk
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, William John Chalk, David
Enlisting, training at Broadmeadows, departure from Australia, experiences in Gallipoli, Egypt and France, Bullecourt.S01181
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William Herbert Smith, as a signaller, First World War, interviewed by his niece Helen Symons.
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Maker: Smith, William Herbert Symons, Helen
William Smith arrived on Gallipoli as a reinforcement in mid October, after the evacuation in December he was transported via Lemnos, Egypt and Alexandria to the north of France. He was involved in th...S05006
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William Herbert Smith talks about about his experiences in 1st Division Signals Company during the First World War
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Maker: Smith, William Herbert Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: reaction to war and reasons for enlisting; enlistment in the AIF May 1915; trained as a signaller; Gallipoli; attached to 1st Division Signal Company, No.3 Section, 3rd Infantry Brigade; su...S02068
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William Howard Truran as a private Australian Army Medical Corps, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918
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Maker: Truran, William Howard
Precis: Truran speaks of his enlistment (on 21 June 1915) and training (at Blackboy Hill, Greenmount, WA); embarking from Fremantle on 2 September, 1915 aboard the Encysas (A68 HMAT Anchises) and then...S00273
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William Hunt Smith talks about his experiences in 6th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Smith, William Hunt Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the AIF July 1915; brother enlisted in the AIF served at Gallipoli and killed at Pozieres; mateship; rations; mud; life in the trenches; fought ...S02069
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William James Castle, as a Private, Western Front, First World War and during the Depression, interviewed by Don White
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Maker: Castle, William James White, Donald George
Interview with 6725 Private William James Castle, conducted by his son-in-law Don White, of experiences on the Western Front during the First World War and of the Depression. Mentions an incident whe...S04480
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William John Cox as a corporal, 15 Battery, 5 Brigade Artillery, France, 1916-1918 [Memoirs]
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Maker: Cox, William John Cox, William John
Discusses: why Australia went to war; landing at Gallipoli; his enlistment during recruiting week in July 1915; pre-war employment; sent to Melbourne Showgrounds recruitment camp; issue of initial clo...S02207
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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
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William R Bowman relates his experiences as a gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, First World War
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Maker: Bowman, William R Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
William Bowman discusses: early life; reasons for enlisting; enlistment and training; joined unit at Messines; German breakthrough at the Somme in 1918; the "big push" on 8 August 1918; description of...S02030
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William Smith (103650) interviewed about his experiences in the Royal Engineers and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during the First World War
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Maker: William Smith Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment in the Royal Engineers; mother's reaction to enlistment; duties as a dispatch rider; covering party duties in No-man's land; awarded the Military ...S02067
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William Thomson interviewed about his experiences in the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
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Maker: Thomson, William Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the army in 1914; fighting at Ypres; wearing kilts in the trenches; mud; lack of food; armistice; discharge from the army; immigrated to Australia in 1923; post wa...S02073