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Gunner Albert Roy Kyle interviewed about his experiences in 6th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Kyle, Albert Roy Mills, Kerry Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment June 1915; parent's attitude to enlistment; training at Seymour; Gallipoli; wounded by artillery shell in France; boxing; theatre; return to Austra...S02052
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Harold Blake interviewed by Alistair Thomson.
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Maker: Blake, Harold Thomson, Alistair
Harold Blake- interviewee and wife attempt to answer questions about history of Brunswick RSL and some experiences in Navy and post-war Brunswick. A transcript of this recording may be available. For...S04679
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Henry Percival Sennett (20199) as a gunner and signaller 108th Howitzer Battery, 3rd Division, France, 1915-1919, interviewed by Mr James Noel Anderson
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Maker: Sennett, Henry Percival Anderson, James Noel
Joining the artillery; training as a signaller; memories of friend Eric Anderson; first battle experience in France; seeing Richthofen shot down; gas attacks; living conditions and food in France; Arm...S01686
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Henry William Parkinson MM as a gunner 107th Howitzer Battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade 3rd Division Artillery AIF, France 1916-1918 and Volunteer Defence Corps 1939-1945, interviewed by his grandson Mark Bailey.
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Maker: Parkinson, Henry William Bailey, Mark
Parkinson speaks of his family background and early employment; enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force; training at Holsworthy Army Camp; journey to England aboard troopship HMAT Argyllshire; tra...S01151
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Houston, Marcus James
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Maker: Houston, Marcus James Rubinstein, Peter
Marcus James Houston as a member of 31 Battalion, France, 1916-1918, interviewed for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please conta...S03451
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Hubert R. Matthews interviewed about his experiences in 11th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Matthews, Hubert R Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; brother killed at Dardenelles; enlistment August 1915; his family's attitude to enlistment; training in Egypt as a signaller; swimming in the Suez Canal; attitude to Fren...S02054
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Jack Buntine interviewed about his experiences in the 12th Light Horse Brigade during the First World War
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Maker: Buntine, Albert John (Jack) Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Buntine, Jack
Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment January 1915; impression of war; Gallipoli; wounded at Gallipoli; France; awarded the Military Medal (MM); Armistice; return to Australia and disc...S02076
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Jack Thomas Glew (224) as a trooper 13th Light Horse Regiment and gunner 4th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Glew, Jack T Thomson, Alistair
Jack Thomas Glew interviewed by Alistair Thomson about his service in Gallipoli, France and England 1915-1918. The interview includes discussion of Jack's enlistment in the Army (to escape from life a...S01314
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James Brady, Royal Army Medical Corps, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by the Imperial War Museum (IWM Accession Number 11387)
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Maker: Brady, James Trustees of the Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Interview begins with James Brady discussing treating Australian soldiers who were wounded at Gallipoli. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the So...S01605
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Jill Morrison reads an account of an interview she conducted with 743A Private George Ferrier about his experiences with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Ferrier, George Morrison, Jill Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Jill Morrison reads an account of an interview she conducted with 743A Private George Ferrier about his experiences with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion during the First World War Interview covered: ea...S02042
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Jim McNair interviewed by Alistair Thomson.
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Maker: McNair, James Thomson, Alistair McNair, James
James McNair- Reminices about experiences in orderly room and HQ in France and Post-War life including Brunswick RSL. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please c...S04678
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John Cullen talks about his experiences in the First World War
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Maker: Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
John Cullen discusses: his early life in Ireland; moving to Australia; prewar work; enlistment September 1916; family's reaction to his enlistment; training; mates; France; return to Australia; discha...S02037
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(689) John George (Jack) Tarrant DCM as a sergeant, 20 Battalion, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 1915-1918, interviewed by Peter Sekuless
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Maker: Tarrant, John George Sekuless, Peter
Early life; enlisting; two brothers already enlisted; landed on Gallipoli 22 August 1915; description of evacuation; feeling that he was fighting as a British subject, not as an Australian; opinion of...S00182
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John 'Jack' Albert Flannery (7981) as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Flannery, John Albert (Jack) Thomson, Alistair
John 'Jack' Albert Flannery as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ple...S01312
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John (Jack) Findley as a gunner, 4th Brigade, Gallipoli 1915 and 39th Battery, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, France and Belgium 1916-1918, interviewed by Douglas Chappell
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Maker: Findley, John (Jack) Chappell, Douglas
In an interview conducted at home by his grandson Douglas Chappell, John (Jack) Findley speaks of his experiences as a miner with the 4th Brigade on Gallipoli and as a linesman with the 39th Battery o...S03222
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Lawrence Dominic McCarthy VC as a member of 16 Battalion 4 Brigade, 1914-1918 [memoirs]
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Maker: McCarthy, Lawrence Dominic 'Fats' Bastiaan, Ross McCarthy, Lawrence Dominic 'Fats'
McCarthy speaks of his sea voyage from Australia to Egypt; overnight sailing to Gallipoli; landing on Gallipoli; an attack by Turkish troops; evacuation from Gallipoli; France; describes attack on Ger...S03037
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Les Barnes interviewed by Alistair Thomson.
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Maker: Barnes, Les Thomson, Alistair
Les Barnes - not a returned serviceman of any war, but was interviewed re his recollections of politics and Brunswick RSL and Ex-servicemen. A transcript of this recording may be available. For furth...S04677
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(5077) McGillivray, Angus John (Private)
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Maker: McGillivray, Angus John Thomson, Alistair
Angus John McGillivray as a private 52nd Infantry Battalion AIF, later 29th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, also 9 Division and Prisoner of the Japanese Second World War interviewed by Dr Al...S01319
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Message recorded by Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Battalion, Mena Camp, Cairo, Egypt, First World War for his family in Australia [recorded letter]
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Maker: Lanser, Henry Miller
This recording was made in Cairo by the Mechian Company. Armenian businessman Setrak Mechian ran a small record manufacturing business in Cairo from around 1908, where he produced hand-pressed shellac...S00104
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Norman Frederick Chapman as lieutenant, 3rd Field Company, 1st Division AIF France, 1917-1918, interviewed by Brian Butler
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Maker: Chapman, Norman Frederick Butler, Bryan Australian War Memorial
Mr Chapman discusses: Childhood and Prewar employment as a surveyor, enlisting in 1916 and joining 3rd Field Company, 1st Division in May 1917, life on the ship on the way to England, training and bei...S00466