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Interview with Joy Boehm (When the war came to Australia).
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Boehm describes school-life- patriotic, the national anthem, etc. She was a secretary, signed up and joined the Women's Army Service. Her fiance was in Singapore in the Straits Volunteer forces, t...F04058
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Interview with Joy Boucher and stills (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Joy Boucher and stills (When the war came to Australia)F04098
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Interview with Joyce Batterham (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Joyce Batterham was a member of the Communist Party. She discusses her feelings about the outbreak of war, the banning of the Communist Party, her period in the textiles factories as an organiser, att...F04024
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Interview with June Stone (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Stone joined the Women's Auxilary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in September 1941 aged 19, as her contribution to the war effort. She discusses her air force training in the "Rookies" course, from ...F04045
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Interview with Kathleen Lonergan (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Kathleen Lonergan was involved heavily in the Comforts Fund in Gulgong during the war. She was the President of the Comforts Funds and was involved in fundraising activities such as street stall...F04087
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Interview with Ken Cunningham (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Ken Cunningham, Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Australian Navy. Discusses the importance of Singapore to Australia and feelings at home after the fall of Singapore, his service in the...F04016
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Interview with Ken Haylings (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Ken Haylings was a school boy during the war and describes his experiences while living in Petersham, Sydney. He describes his mother receiving a telegram with birthday wishes, while neighbours rec...F04033
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Interview with Ken Muggleston (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Ken Muggleston (When the war came to Australia)F04161
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Interview with Ken Thompson (When the war came to Australia).
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Ken Thompson was a gunner with the Royal Australian Artillery, and served in Darwin during the war. He discusses the Darwin Infantry Battalion, formed in 1941 to guard the northern approaches and d...F04050
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Interview with Kevin Shepherd and stills (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Kevin Shepherd and stills (When the war came to Australia)F04114
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Interview with Laurie Nairne and stills. Ray Adams pick-up (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Laurie Nairne was seventeen when war was declared in 1939. He enlisted in 1940 and joined the Light Horse . In 1941 he was transferred to the AIF Imperial Forces Unit, and was sent to Singapore. He...F04086
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Interview with Lesley Daniels (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Lesley Daniels (When the war came to Australia)F04128
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Interview with Lesley O'Donnell (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Lesley O'Donnell was a shop assistant at David Jones department store in Sydney during the war. She describes the range of merchandise available in shoes; how the rationing system worked; and the ...F04041
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Interview with Lillian Harding and stills (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Lillian Harding and stills (When the war came to Australia)F04102
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Interview with Lillian Malcolm (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Malcolm reminisces about her young husband who was an airman, serving with the 'Suicide Squadron', Coastal Command in England. He was killed six months into his posting. She had to support herself...F04038
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Interview with Louisa Hughes (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Hughes, Lillian Look Film Productions Pty Ltd Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Louisa Hughes talks about her life at home while her son, Hilary, was away fighting. She had a sense of denial while he was away. Mrs Hughes also describes the relief she felt when the war was ov...F04077
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Interview with Margaret Blair (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Margaret Blair discusses American servicemen in Australia and attitudes towards them, the resentment towards Australian women dating American servicemen and the proposal of marriage to her from Fred B...F04013
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Interview with Margaret Burton (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Margaret Burton (When the war came to Australia)F04105
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Interview with Margaret Holmes (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Margaret Holmes was active in the Pacifist movement in New South Wales prior to and during the war. She discusses her feelings on hearing the outbreak of war, Menzies call for volunteers, her assi...F04025
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Interview with Margaret Hopgood (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Margaret Hopgood (When the war came to Australia)F04129