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Unidentified Australian soldier, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Wall, Donald
Talks of when Japanese entered Malaya; death of Assheton; Assheton's notebook; events at Mersing, Endua River; Beaufort Battery; position set up at Jahore Bahru enroute to Singapore Island; names mi...S04092
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Ursula Garner, as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army, interviewed by Dan Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Garner, Ursula Connell, Daniel
Ursula Garner, as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army, interviewed by Dan Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00764
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Valentine George Gardner as a lieutenant, 2/14th Battalion, New Guinea, 1940-1943, interviewed by Andrew Jack
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Maker: Gardner, Valentine George Jack, Andrew
TAPE 1: Early life; joined 7 Militia Battalion in 1936 aged sixteen; training in the militia; in 1940 promoted to corporal and became instructor of new recruits into the AIF; transferred from militia ...S01735
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Val Gale as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Val Gale as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02714
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Vangelis Sargetakis as a child living in Crete during the Second World War, interviewed by Alex Catharios
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Maker: SBS Radio
CD contains an interview with Vangelis Sargetakis and a transcript of the interview - Also available on CD at SBS Radio, Artarmon NSW. Completed as part of SBS Radio's Greek Language Program in 2005.S03897
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(V65593) Boland, Jack Wallis (Private), 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Martin, Harry
Discusses prewar employment; religion; education; politics; joined militia; at age twenty one conscripted to 39th Battalion in Melbourne; transported by train to Sydney; embarkation on SS Aquitania; a...S00506
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(V345005) Elizabeth Field Lucas née Ratten as a major, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Lucas née Ratten, Elizabeth Field Martin, Harry
Early life; cousins had served in FWW; saw England as the mother country; studied to be an artist; set up a company designing shop displays including graphic design; approached by Colonel Viney (Inte...S00912
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Verna Lademan as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Verna Lademan as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02710
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Vernon Samuel Donegan, as a Major, 5th, 2nd and 102 Anti-aircraft Batteries, interviewed by Jane Fleming-Panegyres for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Donegan, Vernon Samuel Fleming-Panegyres, Jane
Vernon Samuel Donegan, of the 5th, 2nd and 102 Anti-aircraft Batteries talks about training; the Darwin Bombings; getting married; Dengue Fever; Rabaul; atomic bomb testing by the British.S00718
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Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins KBE CB interviewed by Mr Robert Hyslop.
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Maker: Collins, John Augustine Hyslop, Robert
Interview part of a set conducted by Robert Hyslop with Royal Australian Navy Senior Officers and Government Ministers.S04652
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Victor Carlisle Jackson as a private, Volunteer Defence Corps, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Jackson, Victor Carlisle Green, Susan
Victor Carlisle Jackson as a private, Volunteer Defence Corps, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00798
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Victor George Marks, Merchant Navy ('Triadic'), and Jean Marks (nee Cowie) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.
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Maker: Marks, Jean
Victor George Marks, Merchant Navy ('Triadic'), and Jean Marks (nee Cowie) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers topi...AWM2018.572.44
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Victor Henry Knight, as a Staff Sergeant, 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by David McRobbie for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Knight, Victor Henry
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Khassa Camp; Palestine; Vickers medium machine gun; Qastina Camp; ammunition; campaign at Trig Point 33; return to Australia; tr...S00555
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Victor James Geisler, Sergeant of 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Geisler, Victor James Martin, Harry
Discusses prewar education; religion; nationalism; bandsmen; health; embarkation; SS Macdhui; food and medical supplies; stretcher bearer; air raids; Australian American relations; leisure; concert pa...S00505
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Victor Tudor McMinn as a sergeant No 5 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF, South West Pacific Area 1940-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: McMinn, Victor Tudor Dickson, Kevin Alexander
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03847
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Victor Wakley Cahill as a Wireless / Air Gunner, RAAF, 1943-1946, interviewed by Michael Nelmes.
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Maker: Cahill, Victor Wakley
Enlisted 1943; No1 Initial Training School, Somers VIC (1943); No2 Wireless Air Gunnery School, Parkes NSW (wireless only) (1943); Air Gunnery School, West Sale (Fulham) VIC (1944); General Reconnais...S04262
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Victory in Europe
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Maker: Visual Education Corporation Macmillan Publishing Company Incorporated
Within eight months of the D-day landings, the Allies advanced as far as the border of Germany. But a weakness in their front line allowed a last-ditch German counteroffensive, the Battle of the Bulge...S03124
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Victory in the Pacific
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Maker: Visual Education Corporation Macmillan Publishing Company Incorporated
In August, 1942, the Marines landed at Guadalcanal. The landing was the first offensive in a series of large-scale, amphibious operations and bitter jungle combat actions that ultimately led to the Am...S03125
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Vivian Statham (Bullwinkel) MBE as a nursing sister 2/13th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
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Maker: Bullwinkel, Vivian Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Vivian Statham (Bullwinkel) MBE as a nursing sister 2/13th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be avail...S02987
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"Voices from Overseas", Flight Lieutenant Virgil Paul Brennan DFC DFM, RAAF
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Maker: Brennan, Virgil Paul
Flight Lieutenant Paul Brennan is interviewed in this Red Cross "Voices from Overseas" radio recording. He was a decorated war hero, winning the DFC and DSM. He served six months at Malta. He gives hi...S00433
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Voices from overseas: Flying Officer Allan Ross Cocks as a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, 1944
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Maker: Cocks, Allan Ross
A message from Flying Officer Cocks to his family and fiance in Australia recorded just prior to his posting to Nos 181 and 183 (Typhoon) Squadrons RAF Fighter Command, North West Europe. 'Voices fro...S03258
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"Voices from Overseas", messages from 411736 B. G. S. Bradley and NX54645 Robert Wood
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Maker: B. G. S. Bradley; Robert Wood Myer Emporium Ltd Red Cross
Personal messages to their families in AustraliaS02108
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VP (Victory in the Pacific) thanksgiving service held at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT, on 16 August 1945.
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Maker: Various Australian Broadcasting Commission
The recording begins with the sound of a Scottish band playing in the background as the unidentified commentator commences a run through of the Order of Service. The recording of the broadcast stops a...S00018
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(VX103088) Austin, Victor Patrick (Sergeant)
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Maker: Austin, Victor Patrick
Victor Austin, 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45S00513
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(VX3877) Dr Roy Roland Colyer Easdown MM recollects his experiences in the Australian army in North Africa, Greece, Crete and New Guinea during the Second World War
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Maker: Easdown, Roy Roland Colyer Easdown, Roy Roland Colyer
Tape 1: Side 1: Declaration of war, training; to Aden. side 2: Aden, Ber Sar Lim, to Instructors' School. Tape 2: side 1: Ber Sar Lim to Athens, loading carriers. Side 2: loading carriers, to Corinth ...S01923
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VX23814 Fogarty, William Thomas (Sergeant)
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Maker: Fogarty, William Thomas Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance
William Thomas Fogarty, as a Lance Corporal, 1st Australian Corps Petrol Park and later as a Sergeant, 2/105th General Transport Company, AIF, Middle East and Papua New Guinea, 1940-1945, interviewed...S01831
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VX32127 Gunner William 'Bill' Robert Larke interviewed by Ian Braybrook about his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) on the Burma-Thailand railway during the Second World War
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Maker: Larke, Bill Braybrook, Ian
Interview conducted for Bendigo FM Education Broadcasters as part of a series of interviews gathered for use in Australia Remembers Programs. A transcript of this recording may be available. For furt...S01759
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(VX47252 ) Kelly, Eric Norman (Staff Sergeant) as a member of 2/21st Infantry Battalion and a POW on Ambon, interviewed by Janet Roberts Billett
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Maker: Kelly, Eric Norman Billett, Janet Roberts
Eric Kelly as a member of 2/21st Infantry Battalion discusses the need for discipline in the POW camp on Ambon, and the punishments given out by Japanese and camp CO's for stealing. A transcript of th...S04327
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(VX29061) Kollmorgen, Frederick William 'Fred' (Private)
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Maker: Kollmorgen, Frederick William 'Fred' Nelson, Hank
Frederick William (Fred) Kollmorgen as a private, 2/22nd Battalion and Lark Force, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945S00911
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(3101001 / VX220) Refshauge, Sir William Dudley (Major General)
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Maker: Refshauge, William Dudley Connell, Daniel
Major General Sir William Dudley Refshauge as a lieutenant colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of ...S01055
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(VX117109/V40104) Donald James Simonson MC, as a captain, platoon commander 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Simonson, Donald James (Don)
Interview includes discussion of: birth, education and family details; father’s service in First World War; cadets and militia; called up and joining 39th Battalion in PNG; SS Aquitania; troops badly ...S00503
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(VX62790) Williams, Henry Leslie 'Les' (Captain)
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Maker: Williams, Henry Leslie (Les) Connell, Daniel
Henry Leslie (Les) Williams as a captain and coastwatcher, New Guinea and New Britain, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00959
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Walker, Reginand Bladen, Leading Seaman, (H1671), interviewed about his WW2 experiences.
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Maker: Walker, Reginald Bladen
Reginald Bladen Walker, HMAS Australia 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00708
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Wallace Berrigan (Wally) Bottin as a sergeant, 3 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Bottin, Wallace Berrigan (Wally) Stokes, Edward
Wallace Berrigan (Wally) Bottin as a sergeant, 3 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45S01008
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Walter Charles (Wal) Button as a sergeant, the 2/8th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.
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Maker: Button, Walter Charles (Wal) Martin, Harry
Walter Charles (Wal) Button as a sergeant, the 2/8th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.S01052
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Walter Fielder-Gill interviewed by Chris Adams about the development of radar in Australia during the Second World War
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Maker: Fielder-Gill, Walter Adams, Christopher Australian War Memorial
Walter Fielder-Gill interviewed by Chris Adams about the development of radar in Australia during the Second World War A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please ...S02140
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Walter George (Wally) Spooner, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, Middle East and POW Changi, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
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Maker: Spooner, Walter George Houghton, Alison Viney
SX12091 Walter George (Wally) Spooner, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers topics relate...AWM2018.572.54
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Walter Hamilton Arthur 'Wal' Mailey as a flight lieutenant, 3 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.)
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Maker: Mailey, Walter Hamilton Arthur (Wal) Stokes, Edward
Walter Hamilton Arthur 'Wal' Mailey as a flight lieutenant, 3 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00942
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Walter Hauser, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was performing in Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Hauser, Walter Martin, Harry
Walter Hauser, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was performing in Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of A...S00998
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Walter Leslie (Les) Kearney as a sergeant, the 2/8th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.
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Maker: Kearney, Walter Leslie (Les) Martin, Harry
Walter Leslie (Les) Kearney as a sergeant, the 2/8th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.S01050
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Walter 'Wal' Stanley Gudgeon (VX4934) as a Lieutenant, the 2/8th Battalion, 1940-1943, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Gudgeon, Walter Stanley (Wal) Martin, Harry
Born in England 1904, one of seven children, early working life in England, travels to Australia on Orsova on 10 pound assisted passage, being a child in England during the First World War, joins CMF ...S01048
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Walter William Augustus (Mick) Button, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Button, Walter William Augustus (Mick)
Discussing pre-war employment; formation of 53rd Battalion; AIF/Militia conflict; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; landing at Port Moresby; first raid on Port Moresby; lack of training and...S00584
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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
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Warrant Officer Donald Collumbell, Halifax bomber pilot No. 10 Squadron Royal Air Force, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Collumbell, Donald Green, Susan
Discusses prewar education; enlistment; RAAF; Royal Air Force (RAF); No. 10 Squadron; training; casualties; lack of moral fibre; aerial operations; superstitions; efficiency; morale; aircraft bombers ...S00509
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Warrant Officer 1 John Wentlieu (Jack) Burnett SX4073, D Company, interviewed by Peter Brune in Mt Gambier 24 March 1993
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Maker: Burnett, John Wentlieu Brune, Peter
Warrant Officer 1 John Wentlieu (Jack) Burnett SX4073, D Company, interviewed by Peter Brune in Mt Gambier 24 March 1993S02362
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Warrant Officer 1 Len Edward Tabe SX181, and Private Joseph Lawrence Coombe SX67, 2/10th Battalion, 10 Platoon, B Company, interviewed by Peter Brune on 9 September 1995
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Maker: Coombe, Joseph Lawrence Brune, Peter Tabe, Leonard Edward
Warrant Officer 1 Len Edward Tabe SX181, and Private Joseph Lawrence Coombe SX67, 2/10th Battalion, 10 Platoon, B Company, interviewed by Peter Brune on 9 September 1995.S02394
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Warren Austin Keats, merchant naval cadet with the Royal Dutch Packet Navigation Company, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Keats, Warren Austin
Warren Austin Keats, merchant naval cadet with the Royal Dutch Packet Navigation Company, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00713
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W E (Jerry) Bateman interviewed by Laurence (Laurie) Field about his service in 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
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Maker: Bateman, W E (Jerry) Field, Laurence Melville (Laurie) Field, Laurence Melville (Laurie)
W E (Jerry) Bateman interviewed by Laurence (Laurie) Field about his service in 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War A transcript of this recording may be availa...S01286
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(565) Wilfred Stanley Arthur as a wing commander, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Arthur, Wilfred Stanley 'Woof' Stokes, Edward
Wilfred Stanley Arthur as a wing commander, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00731
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William Alwyn Shoesmith (Bill), as a sergeant, 3 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Shoesmith, William Alwyn (Bill) Stokes, Edward
Discusses Australia; pre-war depression; 3 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); Middle East; Italy; embarkation overseas; relations with British.S00532
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William Archibald (Bill) Elliott, as a Sergeant, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Elliott, William Archibald (Bill)
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment and training; formation of 53rd Battalion; inadequacy of training period prior to embarkation for New Guinea; arrival in Port Moresby; inadequacy of supplies;...S00585
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William (Bill) Deane-Butcher, as a Flight Lieutenant, 75th Squadron Medical Officer, interviewed by Peter Brune.
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Maker: Brune, Peter Deane-Butcher, William (Bill)
Flt Lt Bill Deane-Butcher, of 75 Squadron, T Squadron Leader, Medical Officer, born 24th December 1913, Service numbers O211379 (261286)S02482
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William "Bill" Smith, as a corporal, 2/8th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Smith, William (Bill) Martin, Harry
(VX12603) Corporal William "Bill" Smith interivewed by Harry Martin about his service in the Second World War. He discusses growing up in Collingwood; Melbourne; Step Parents; working at Kilmany Park;...S01051
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William 'Bill' Thomas Jinkins as a major 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1947, interviewed by Tim Bowden.
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Maker: Jinkins, William Thomas Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
William Thomas Jinkins as a major 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1947, interviewed by Tim Bowden. A transcript of this recording may be available. For furth...S02899
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William (Bill) Worley relates his experiences during the Second World War serving on the destroyer USS Patterson in the United States Navy (USN) and his part in the rescue of survivors from the torpedoed merchant vessel SS Fingal
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Maker: Worley, William (Bill)
Side A: William (Bill) Worley discusses early life; enlistment in the United States Navy (USN); assigned to USS Blue; action at Midway; convoy duties; action at Guadalcanal; duties with cruiser HMAS C...S02100
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William Francis Stephen Geaney as an able seaman, HMAS Lismore, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.
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Maker: Geaney, William Francis Stephen Stokes, Edward
William Francis Stephen Geaney as an able seaman, HMAS Lismore, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.S01032
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William Gordon Beaumont Allanson, SX964, as a Corporal, Vickers Machine Gunner, 2nd 10th Battalion, interviewed by Peter Brune.
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Maker: Allanson, William Gordon Beaumont Brune, Peter
Allanson, W G B, SX964, Corporal - Vickers machine gunner, Date of birth 11th April 1921S02431
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William Harold 'Bill' Grant who enlisted as William Harold Macarthur as a warrant officer, 2/5 Independent Company, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Grant, William Harold (Bill) Connell, Daniel
(237544) Grant, William Harold 'Bill' (Brigadier)S00936
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William Henry Jenkins as a member of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East and New Guinea 1940-1945, interviewed by Dianne Millar
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Maker: Jenkins, William Henry Millar, Dianne
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03856
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William Hepworth as a trooper 6th Airborne Division British Army, North West Europe 1944-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Hepworth, William Dickson, Kevin Alexander
William Hepworth as a trooper 6th Airborne Division British Army, North West Europe 1944-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information pl...S01778
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William Hurtle (Bill) Schmitt, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion and Changi Prison, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
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Maker: Schmitt, William Hurtle (Bill) Houghton, Alison Viney
SX9929 William (Bill) Hurtle Schmitt, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion and Changi Prison, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview c...AWM2018.572.52
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William James (Bill) Norbury as an able seaman, Asdic operator, HMAS Lismore, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
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Maker: Norbury, William James (Bill) Stokes, Edward
William James (Bill) Norbury as an able seaman, Asdic operator, HMAS Lismore, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945S01016
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William James Hammond as a resident of Murchison Victoria during the Second World War, interviewed by Leonie Plunkett
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Maker: Hammond, William James Plunkett, Leonie
Hammond speaks of his family; his service background and experience; the Army's purchase of land from the Hammond family for the establishment of Camp 13, part of an Australia-wide network of camps bu...S02668
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William Joseph Morcom, as a private, Volunteer Defence Corps, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Morcom, William Joseph Green, Susan
William Joseph Morcom, as a private, Volunteer Defence Corps, interviewed by Susan Green for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00797
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William Lummis McGee, 420962 (SX1846), as a Private, 2nd 20th Battalion, interviewed by Peter Brune.
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Maker: Brune, Peter McGee, William Lummis
McGee, Pte W L - 2/10th Date of Birth 26th January 1918S02484
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William Mathew (Bill) Moroney, SX10589, as a Lance Corporal, 18th Platoon, D Company, 2nd 10th Battalion, interviewed by Peter Brune.
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Maker: Brune, Peter
Moroney, William Mathew (Bill), SX10589, Lance Corporal - 18 Platoon D Company, Date of Birth 12th May 1918.S02418
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William Maxwell Sutherland as a private 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion, North Africa during the Second World War, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Sutherland, William Maxwell Dickson, Kevin Alexander
William Maxwell Sutherland as a private 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion, North Africa during the Second World War, interviewed by Kevin Dickson A transcript of this recording may be available. F...S01783
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William Morgan Bridgeman as an able bodied seaman, HMAS Sydney, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), British Grand Fleet, North Atlantic Ocean 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Bridgeman, William Morgan Thomson, Alistair
Bridgeman relates his early life on a farm near Castlemaine; school at Yapeen; joining the Navy in 1913; transfer from Garden Island to Papua New Guinea when war broke out; being on board HMAS Sydney ...S01307
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William Reginald Buchanan (NX45079) as a Corporal, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Frank Hole.
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Maker: Buchanan, William Reginald
Talks of of Fukuika (Number 2B) POW camp known as "Nagasaki"; locals hiding arms in coffins, eating food left on graves, Captain 'Yate's dates', travel from Kobi to Fukuoka coal mines 11 May, sound an...S04068
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William Thomas (Bill) Bamberry, Q103066, as a Private, A Company 25th Battalion, 7th Brigade; J F (Jack) McLoughlin, as a Private, B Company, 25th Battalion, 7th Brigade; Clive Edward Strong, Q22494, as a Private, B Company, 25th Battalion, 7th Brigade; and James Alan (Jim) Hilton, as a Private, A Company, 25th Battalion, 7th Brigade, interviewed by Peter Brune.
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Maker: Bamberry, William Thomas (Bill) Brune, Peter Hilton, James Alan (Jim) McLoughlin, Jack F. Strong, Clive Edward
Bamberry, Pte W T (Bill) - 25th A Company; McLoughlin, Pte J F (Jack), 25th B Company; Strong, Pte C E (Clive) 25th B Company; Hilton, Pte J A (Jim) - 25th A CompanyS02439
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William Wreford, Sub Lieutenant, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Bill Bunbury for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Wreford, William Frank
Discusses education; army cadet corps; enlistment; HMAS Hobart; Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR); HMAS Adelaide; training; casualties; leisure; HMAS Canberra; Battle of the Coral Sea; HMAS Voyage...S00526
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Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (Oram) as a nursing sister 2/13th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
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Maker: Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster Evans, Margaret Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (Oram) as a nursing sister 2/13th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may...S02947
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Wilma Flowler (Jordan) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Wilma Flowler (Jordan) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02719
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Wing Commander Arthur Leonard George Hubbard DSO (Ret), pilot in 38 Squadron, first Commanding Officer of 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and later as Commanding Officer of Operational Conversion Unit, 1939-1943, interviewed by Laurence (Laurie) Field
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Maker: Hubbard, Arthur Leonard George Field, Laurence Melville (Laurie)
Wing Commander Arthur Leonard George Hubbard DSO (Ret), pilot in 38 Squadron, first Commanding Officer of 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and later as Commanding Officer of Operational ...S01292
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Wing Commander Clive Davis, RAF and RAAF, Second World War, interviewed by Lena Volkova.
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Maker: Davis, Clive Selwyn Volkova, Lena (Elena)
The topics covered in the series of interviews are mainly the views and experience of Clive Davis as a scientist and pilot of a Wellington bomber and later of a Liberator during WW2. Clive Davis too...S04758
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Wing Commander Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes DSO DFC & Bar (Rtd), interviewed by Ken Llewelyn, about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
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Maker: Gibbes, Robert Henry Maxwell Llewelyn, Kenneth Llewelyn, Kenneth
Wing Commander Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes DSO DFC & Bar (Rtd), interviewed by Ken Llewelyn, about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World WarS01646
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Win Stevens (Donovan) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Win Stevens (Donovan) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02743
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Win Tregonning (Dodsworth) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Win Tregonning (Dodsworth) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02706
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Work of Equal Value
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Maker: Bowden, Ros Bowden, Ros Bowden, Ros Australian Broadcasting Commission Bowden, Ros
A four part radio documentary on the part women played in the development and history of Australia. Produced by Ros Bowden with assistance from the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the Australia...S00313
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(WR 7) Daphne Mary Wright, as a Petty Officer Telegraphist, WRANS, interviewed by Dr Ruth Thompson for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australian in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Wright, Daphne Mary
Discussing pre-war employment; work with the Women's Emergency Signalling Corp; training Air Force recruits in morse code; formation of WRANS; joining the WRANS; posting to HMAS Harman; training as wi...S00564
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(WR 4) Denise Culver Johnson (née Owen), Third Officer WRANS, interviewed by Dr Ruth Thompson for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Johnson (nee Owen), Denise Culver
Discussing pre-war employment; working with Women's Emergency Signalling Corp; joining the WRANS; reaction of males to influx of females to Navy; accommodation at HMAS Harman; training course at Flind...S00565
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W R (Kel) Gillespie, as a Lieutenant, 2nd-9th and 49th Battalion, interviewed by Peter Brune.
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Maker: Brune, Peter
Gillespie, Lt W R (Kel) - 49th AFB MilitiaS02476
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(WR 5) Marion Stevens, Second Officer, WRANS, interviewed by Dr Ruth Thompson for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Stevens, Marion
Discussing Women's Emergency Signalling Corp; enlistment process; HMAS Harman; gender division of labour in Navy; Molonglo Wireless Station; Australia; Women's Royal Australian Naval Service; telegrap...S00547
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WX11105 Ada Corbitt 'Mickey' Syer as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and NX59288 Leslie William Joseph Bond as a Private, all 2/20 Battalion, both prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Bond, Leslie William Joseph Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
[interview possibly continues from S04057] Syer talks about Vivian Bullwinkel hiding from the Japanese and finding wounded Englishman, Kingsley from ship HMS Prince of Wales; wound septic and soldier ...S04098
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(WX862) Alfred James Passfield, as a Private 2/11th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Germany, interviewed by Brian Wall for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Passfield, Alfred James Wall, Brian
Discusses enlistment; 2/11 Battalion; Libyan campaign; action on Crete; capture by Germans on Crete; German and allied doctors working together; food and conditions on Salonica, including fighting ove...S00528
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WX1597 Garth Symington, 2/16th Battalion, interviewed by Bill Gammage about the battle for Shaggy Ridge in New Guinea in 1943
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Maker: Symington, Garth Gammage, Bill
Discusses: climate; terrain; Shaggy Ridge; problems with darkness; patrolling; importance of Shaggy Ridge; role of artillery; aircraft support; description of battle; Mervin Hall's action in winning t...S01843
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WX11105 / W102 Ada Corbitt (Mickey) Syer, as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
Talks of escape from Singapore and bombing of ship Vyner Brooke, surviving in ocean and landing on beach at Banka Island, POW of Japanese; hears about the Bullwinkel party from British burial detail....S04057
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(WX9723) Wauhop, Jack (Private)
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Maker: Wauhop, Jack Wall, Brian
Jack Wauhop, 2/32nd Battalion and prisoner of war, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00512