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Air Vice Marshal Raymond Edward Trebilco interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Trebilco, Raymond Edward Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O33260) Trebilco, Raymond Edward DFC (Air Vice Marshal)S01675
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Alexander Schmierer discusses his service in the Second World War, 1941-1944 and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), 1945-1949, interviewed by Edith Swift
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Maker: Schmierer, Alexander Stanley Swift, Edith Steel
Lance Corporal Schmierer served with the 2/3 Battalion in the Middle East.S05160
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Australian troops explain why they have signed on for a second tour of duty in Japan as members of the Australian component of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). Address by Lieutenant General Northcott Commander of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) on the first anniversary of the arrival of BCOF in Japan
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Maker: Various Northcott, John Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd (AWA) Northcott, John
The interviewees discuss the living conditions and some discuss their duties as members of BCOF. The recordings were made in Japan and played in Australia to encourage new recruits to join BCOF. Where...S00016
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(431907) Burston, Robin Alexander (Bob) (Colonel)
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Maker: O'Keefe, Brendan Gregory
Robin Alexander (Bob) Burston as a captain, 20 Field Ambulance, Morotai and Kure, Japan, 1945-1947; and as a Colonel, 1 Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1968, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe....S02147
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Donald Douglas Beard discussess his service as a doctor and surgeon in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), 1949-1968, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe.
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Maker: Beard, Donald Douglas
The interview covers his posting to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Kure, Japan, 1949-1950. Later attached to 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Korea, 1951, followed by ...S02143
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Dulcie Thompson as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1940-1966, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Thompson, Dulcie Vera Bassett, Jan
Early life; began nursing at the age of 19 in Adelaide; joined army reserve in 1937; after declaration of war in 1939 carried out part-time nursing duties for the army on days off from civilian nursin...S01811
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John Gorman interviewed by George Imashev about military service with British Commonwealth Occupational Forces (BCOF), with the occupational forces in Germany after the Second World War and with British Forces in Korea
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Maker: Gorman, John
Interview 1: John Gorman discusses early life; his father was a former army officer; Duntroon; visits by Duntroon cadets to family property; attends Riverview College in Sydney; his brother John joins...S02113
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Nora Trethewie (nee Hales) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1945-1952, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Trethewie, Nora Hope
Enlisting in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in March 1945; served in 111 Australian General Hospital in Campbell Town Tasmania; description of hospital; posted to Bonegilla, Victoria then ...S01809
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(31932) Robertson, Ian (Sergeant)
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Ian Robertson as a unit photographer and sniper, 3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Japan and Korea, 1946-1953, interviewed by Dr Shaune Lakin and Andrew Jack A transcript of this recordin...S04271
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Thomas Henry John Hollis as a rifleman 1 Platoon A Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Hollis speaks of his family background and Second World War service; his Occupation Force duty in Japan followed by discharge and service with the NSW Police; enlistment for Korea (K) Force and traini...S02298
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War crimes trial, Tokyo Japan, 12 November 1948: findings and sentences handed down by the President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Chief Justice Sir William Webb KBE LLD
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Maker: Webb, William Flood British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Amenities Radio Station WLKS
On Friday 12 November 1948, as the war crimes trials drew to a close, the President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Chief Justice Sir William Webb KBE LLD, pronounced sentence...S00013