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Charles C. Fisher relates his experiences as a private with 5th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Fisher, Charles C Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Fisher, Charles C
Charles Fisher discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment March 1916; training in Egypt; complete training at Etaples; wounded at Pozieres; battle at St Martin's Wood; reaction to Armistice;...S02043
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Driver Edward D. Eastham relates his experiences with the 3rd Division Artillery Column during the First World War
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Maker: Eastham, Edward D Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Edward Eastham discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in December 1915; training at Codford Britain; impressions of France; mud; detonation of Messines mines in 1917; recalls the Somme, ...S02040
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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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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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Private George Cooper relates his experiences with the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
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Maker: Cooper, George Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
George Cooper discusses: prewar work; conscription; joins the Gordon Highlanders August 1917; expectations of war; family's reaction to his enlistment; training; escort at military funerals; elite dri...S02036
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Private James A. M. Jolly, 8th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Jolly, James A M Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; mother's reaction to his enlistment; enlist AIF August 1916; training at Ballarat; winter in France; football and cricket matches behind the lines; being wounded near Hil...S02049
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Private James Kerr, 12th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Kerr, James Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; mother's attitude to enlistment; enlist AIF February 1915; training; became ill on troopship; repatriated to Australia July 1915; discharged December 1915; work during th...S02050
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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 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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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