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Albert Ray Irvine as a member of 214 Squadron, No 100 (Bomber Support) Group, 1943-1944, and a prisoner of war in Germany, 1944-1945, interviewed by John Fincher.
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Maker: Irvine, Albert Ray Fincher, John Farram
Background, family and employment before joining the RAAF; he had initially applied to the AIF but was not accepted on medical grounds. In 1942 he went to Calgary, Canada, to be part of the Empire Air...S02854
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Albert Ray Irvine recounts his experiences as a flying officer, wireless air gunner, 214 Squadron, No 100 (Bomber Support) Group and a prisoner of war, 1942-1945, in an oral memoir.
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Maker: Irvine, Albert Ray Irvine, Albert Ray
Irvine discusses his training in Australia, Canada and Waddington in England before posting to 214 Squadron flying Stirlings and then B-17s specially equipped with radar jamming devices to protect the...S02855
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Ashley Phillip Joseph Cooper as a sergeant, Cowra Prisoner of War Group, interviewed by Daniel Connell, about the Cowra outbreak of Japanese Prisoners of War, for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Cooper, Ashley Phillip Joseph Connell, Daniel
Ashley Phillip Joseph Cooper as a sergeant, Cowra Prisoner of War Group, interviewed by Daniel Connell, about the Cowra outbreak of Japanese Prisoners of War, for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of A...S01027
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David Jennings, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service as a Lancaster pilot with 50 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during the Second World War, including being shot down and subsequent period as a prisoner of war
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Maker: Jennings, David Austin Llewelyn, Kenneth
O6504 (408349) Jennings, David Austin (Flight Lieutenant )S01667
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Desmond Henry Mulcahy, 2/19th Battalion, ex POW at Kobe, Japan, talks about his service in the Second World War and experience as a prisoner of war.
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Maker: Mulcahy, Desmond Henry Mulcahy, Desmond Henry
Desmond Henry Mulcahy, 2/19th Battalion, ex POW at Kobe, Japan, talks about his service in the Second World War and experience as a prisoner of war.S01729
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Dr J P Taylor as principal Medical Officer, North Borneo Trading Company and district surgeon, Sandakan during the Second World War, interviewed by Tim Bowden
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Maker: Taylor, James Patrick Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Dr J P Taylor as principal Medical Officer, North Borneo Trading Company and district surgeon, Sandakan during the Second World War, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be av...S02989
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Dr Richard Cahill as a Captain, 2/19th Battalion, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
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Maker: Cahill, Richard Lloyd Mitchell, John
NX35149 Captain Richard Lloyd Cahill, 2/19th Battalion, relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in F Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitchell, relating experiences ...S01530
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Duncan Harold Butler, as a member of A Company 2/12 Field Ambulance and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945
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Maker: Butler, Duncan Harold Butler, Duncan Harold
Duncan Butler, an ex-Parson records his war experiences from the time he set out for Timor at Christmas 1941 with A Company 2/12 Field Ambulance, "Sparrow Force". Captured by the Japanese at Tjamplong...S00674
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Emeritus Professor Thomas Oakley Browning, 2/18th Battalion, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a prisoner of war (POW)
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Maker: Browning, Thomas Oakley Pearson, Gillian
Emeritus Professor Thomas Oakley Browning, 2/18th Battalion, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) A transcript of this r...S01733
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Eric James Tremethick, 12 Recovery Section attached to 2/4th Army Field Workshop, Australian Army Services Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai Railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW
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Maker: Tremethick, Eric James Pearson, Gillian
Eric James Tremethick, 12 Recovery Section attached to 2/4th Army Field Workshop, Australian Army Services Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai Railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about ...S01732
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Frederick Edwin Stahl, 8 Division Signals, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson
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Maker: Stahl, Frederick Edwin Pearson, Gillian
Frederick Edwin Stahl, 8 Division Signals, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ple...S01734
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Janet Patteson (Pat) Darling (nee Gunther) interviewed by Barbara Orchard about her experiences as a nurse and prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese 1942-1945
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Maker: Gunther, Pat Orchard, Barbara
TAPE 1: nursing training; volunteer for Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS); enlistment; travel on SS Queen Mary; arrival in Singapore; with 10th Australian General Hospital (AGH) at Malacca; 2/4 C...S02024
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Joan Lottie Hammond as a resident of Murchison Victoria during the Second World War, interviewed by Leonie Plunkett
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Maker: Hammond, Joan Lottie Plunkett, Leonie
Hammond speaks of living in Murchison while No 13 prisoner of war camp was operating there during the Second World War; the impact of the camp on the local community in wartime; her reaction to the ca...S02667
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Maxwell Roy Venables, Ammunition Sub Park, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW
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Maker: Venables, Maxwell Roy Pearson, Gillian
Maxwell Roy Venables, Ammunition Sub Park, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW A transcr...S01730
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McPherson (nee Keast), Daisy Cardin (Tootie) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Keast, Daisy Cardin Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced civilian nursing training in 1932; enlisted late 1940 and posted to Ingleburn camp hospital; 18 April 1941 left Sydney on the Hollandia for Rabaul, New Britain and attached to 2/...S01824
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Melvin David McLaren, 8 Division Salvage Unit, Prisoner of War (POW) at Changi, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and his experiences as a POW
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Maker: McLaren, Melvin Donald Pearson, Gillian
Melvin David McLaren, 8 Division Salvage Unit, Prisoner of War (POW) at Changi, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and his experiences as a POW A transcript of t...S01731
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Music in a Prison Camp: A Womens Vocal Orchestra, performed by The Peninsula Women's Chorus
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Maker: Colijn, Helen
"Music in a Prison Camp: A Womens Vocal Orchestra". The Peninsula Women's Chorus performing mainly classical works arranged for vocal performances in a women's prison camp in Sumatra between December ...S00344
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(NX36791) Heckendorf, Erwin Ernest (Sergeant)
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Maker: Heckendorf, Erwin Ernest Nelson, Hank
Erwin Ernest Heckendorf, as a Sergeant, 2/30 Battalion and prisoner of war, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45S00763
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256834 (NX34734) Reginald William James Newton, as the major Officer Commanding 2/19th Battalion, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand Railway, interviewed by the Gaden family about life as a POW and the experiences of Bill Gaden, 2/20th Battalion, POW Burma-Thailand Railway
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Maker: Newton, Reginald William James
Comments about NX12543 Captain E.W. (Bill) Gaden, 2/20th Battalion, his pre war service with the militia; formation of forces on the Burma Thailand Railway; trading with the native (indigeneous) peopl...S01739
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Robert Gaylor as a guard No 13 prisoner of war camp Murchison, Victoria 1941-1947, interviewed by Leonie Plunkett
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Maker: Plunkett, Leonie Plunkett, Leonie
Gaylor speaks of his army service and employment at Camp 13 an internment camp in Australia where German, Italian and Japanese prisoners of war (pow) were detained from June 1941 to January 1947; the ...S02665