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Alban Pearce interviewed about his experiences in 24th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Pearce, Alban Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Pearce, Alban
Discusses: early life; enlistment after height restrictions lowered in August 1917; prewar employment; sergeant in Cadets; family's attitude to enlistment; cooking detail at Alexandria; guard duties a...S02077
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Alexander (Lewis) Johnston interviewed about his career in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1919-1946
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Maker: Johnston, Alexander 'Lewis' Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; employment; love of ships and desire to join the Navy; enlist in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) May 1919; sail to Darwin on HMAS Sydney; discharged August 1921; inter-war emplo...S02048
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Bombadier Walter Fenton relates his experiences with the 36th Heavy Artillery Group during the First World War
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Maker: Fenton, Walter Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Relates his experiences with the 36th Heavy Artillery Group during the First World War. Walter Fenton discusses: early life in India; emigrate to Australia 1910; prewar employment; enlist in the Citze...S02041
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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 August Gilbert interviewed about his experiences with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War
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Maker: Gilbert, August Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; brothers enlist; enlist AIF July 1915; impressions of war; gassed; injured in leg; at Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) when it was bombed; discharged in Britain and worked in a m...S02045
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Driver Clement V. Hennessy, 1st Division Signal Company, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Hennessy, Clement V Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Hennessy, Clement V
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; brothers enlist; parent's impression of war; enlist AIF May 1916; France; signalman duties; leave in Ireland; attitude to war; armistice; return to Australia ...S02046
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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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Edward S. Duncan talks about his experiences as a Private during the First World War
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Maker: Duncan, Edward S Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
settlement scheme discusses: early life; parent's reaction to enlistment; enlistment July 1917; sent to Middle East and joined the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance; part of Camel Corps initially; colle...S02039
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Frank Clark, as a private, relates his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Clark, Frank Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Frank Clark discusses his enlistment in Ballarat; Egypt; father's reaction to enlistment; France; fun; duty on a machine gun post; marching; reconnaissance duties; opinion of Germans; return to Austra...S02034
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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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Harry Miles interviewed about his experiences in 4th Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War
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Maker: Miles, Harry Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; education; enlistment August 1915; family's reaction to enlistment; duties in Field Artillery; Le Harve; snow; caring for horses; mud and rain; artillery barrages; Armentieres a...S02058
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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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Hugh R. Officer interviewed about his service as a Gunner in 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF in the First World War and his service with the Indian Army from 1917-1948
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Maker: Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Officer, Hugh R
Hugh Officer, 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF discusses: early life; education; enlistment November 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; with artillery at Messines Ridge; cadet in Indian Army; staye...S02061
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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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James Baddeley as a private, 58 Battalion, France, 1916-1919
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Maker: Baddeley, James Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
James Baddeley discusses: early life; pre-war occupation; enlistment in Army 1916; war service as an observer and signaller; Bapaume; Polygon Wood; training as a signaller; influenza; return to Austra...S02027
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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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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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Lance Corporal Ernest Avery relates his experiences in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) during the First World War and with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a nurse during the Second World War.
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Maker: Avery, Ernest Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Ernest Avery discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the Army; transfer to the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC); post war occupation; marriage; enlistment in the Royal Australian A...S02026
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Lance Corporal William (Bill) C. Gamble, 2nd Machine Gun Company, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Gamble, William C 'Bill' Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Gamble, William C 'Bill'
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlisted in AIF August 1916; impressions of France; gassed; training at Gas School; mates; shelling of Corbie Town Hall; Somme; relationships with British sol...S02044
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2nd Cook's Mate Richard F. Pavey talks about his experiences in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and with the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) during the Second World War
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Maker: Pavey, Richard F Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War; duties on ship; employemnt during the 1920's and 1930's; enlistment in the Army during the Second World...S02063
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Percival Baxter relates his experiences as a gunner in the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War
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Maker: Baxter, Percival Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Percival Baxter discusses: early life; pre-war work; prior military experience; enlistment; impressions of France; injured at front; attitude to war; return to Australia; post war employment; marriage...S02028
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Percival (Percy) C. Nayler interviewed by Simon Townsend about his service in 57th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Nayler, Percival Cook Townsend, Simon Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Nayler, Percival Cook
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's attitude to his enlistment; sent to England and then France; impressions of France; participated sprint races at front; wounded...S02060
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Private Clive McKenzie, 5th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: McKenzie, Clive Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; extreme cold; lack of rations in front line; Albert and meeting a civilian girl; wounded at Bullec...S02056
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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 Edwin Moses (721) interviewed about his service in 40th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Moses, James E Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment in mining; enlistment in AIF March 1916; family's attitude to enlistment; impressions of France; Le Harve; Rouen; wounded at Passchendaele; Armistice; returned...S02059
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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 Leonard Hickman, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Hickman, Leonard Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; parents attitude to enlsitment; enlist AIF February 1915; Gallipoli; collect sick and wounded at Gallipoli; Western Front; armistice; return to Australia 1919; return to ...S02047
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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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Private Raymond W. Bisset relates his experiences in the 23rd Battalion and as a Prisoner of War (POW) during the First World War
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Maker: Bisset, Raymond W Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Ray Bisset discusses: early life; enlistment underage; departure to war; Gallipoli; Lone Pine; wounded; evacuated wounded to Egypt; sent to France; impressions of France and the French people; taken P...S02029
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Private Thomas (Tom) Brain relates his experiences with 59th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Unknown Brain, Thomas Ralph Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Tom Brain discusses: early life; pre-war work; enlistment; prior military training; Egypt; Fromelles; leave in England; return to Australia; marriage; post-war employment; the DepressionS02032
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Private William E. G. Butt relates his experiences in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps during the First World War and in the Royal Australian Engineers during the Second World War
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Maker: Butt, William E G Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Butt, William E G
Mr Butt explains his underage enlistment at 16 years and subsequent discharge 3 months later; work between the wars; enlisted in Engineering Corps during the Second World War; sent to Greece; evacuate...S02033
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Rex Willcox interviewed about his experiences in the 4th Machine Gun Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Willcox, Rex Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; met General Birdwood; lice; return to Australia and discharge in October 1919;...S02075
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Robert D. McKenzie inteviewed about his experiences in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and in the Australian Army Garrison Forces and the 2nd Australian Imperial Force (AIF) from 1940-48.
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Maker: McKenzie, Robert D Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) 1915; served on training ship HMAS Tingira; posted to the torpedo boat destroyer (TBD) HMAS Warrego; Malta; sea patrols; discharged from RAN March 191...S02057
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Robert H. Riddell interviewed about his experiences in 57th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Riddell, Robert H Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the AIF April 1917; mother's reaction to enlistment; memories of France; artillery attacks; opinion of the Germans; living conditions; trenches ...S02066
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Robert L. Ponsford interviewed about his experiences in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) Dental Corps during the First World War
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Maker: Ponsford, Robert Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; his brother enlists in the British Army as a doctor; enlistment in the Army; his mother's reaction to his enlistment; in camp at Broadmeadows Vic; Gallipoli; ...S02064
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Robert O. Revill interviewed about his experiences in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World
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Maker: Revill, Robert O Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); trained on HMAS Tingira; A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound sectio...S02065
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Roderick Mafeking Clarke talks about serving in the Royal Australian Navy during the First and Second World Wars
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Maker: Clarke, Roderick Mafeking Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Roderick Clarke discusses prewar life and work; enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1915; posted to training ship HMAS Tingira when he was 15 years old; punishment on board; death of friend...S02035
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Ronald D. Austin relates his experiences as a boy sailor telegrapher in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
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Maker: Austin, Ronald D Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Ronald Austin (6195) discusses : early life; reasons for enlistment in Royal Australian Navy (RAN); war experience; post war training; discharge from RAN 1927; the Depression; enlistment in Royal Aust...S02025
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Rowcliff Thompson interviewed about his experiences in 38th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Thompson, Rowcliff Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment November 1916; Mother's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; comradeship; wounded at Passchendaele October 1917; evacuated to England and repatriated to Aus...S02072
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Sergeant John H. Lockett relates his experiences with 38th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Lockett, John H Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
John Lockett (1194) discusses: early life; prewar work; enlistment in March 1916; training; trench raids; travel on leave; pay; mates; return to Australia; discharged September 1919; effects of war on...S02038
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Stanley H. Tallent interviewed about his experiences in the 10th Field Artillery Brigade AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Tallent, Stanley H Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the AIF February 1917; father's reaction to enlistment; training in artillery at Maribyrnong; impressions of France; opinion of the infantry; armistice; return to ...S02071
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Trooper John Kerr interviewed about his experiences in 4th Light Horse Regiment during the First World War
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Maker: John Kerr Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment March 1917; attitude to war; Port Said; climate and shortage of water in Egypt; first action; friends wounded and taken Prisoner of War (POW); captured German supplie...S02051
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Walter Parker interviewed about his service in 20th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Parker, Walter Edwin Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Parker, Walter
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's reaction to enlistment; guard duty on troopship; meals on ship; sent to Gallipoli; water and ammunition carrying parties; winte...S02062
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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
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William Herbert Smith talks about about his experiences in 1st Division Signals Company during the First World War
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Maker: Smith, William Herbert Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: reaction to war and reasons for enlisting; enlistment in the AIF May 1915; trained as a signaller; Gallipoli; attached to 1st Division Signal Company, No.3 Section, 3rd Infantry Brigade; su...S02068
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William Hunt Smith talks about his experiences in 6th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Smith, William Hunt Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the AIF July 1915; brother enlisted in the AIF served at Gallipoli and killed at Pozieres; mateship; rations; mud; life in the trenches; fought ...S02069
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William R Bowman relates his experiences as a gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, First World War
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Maker: Bowman, William R Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
William Bowman discusses: early life; reasons for enlisting; enlistment and training; joined unit at Messines; German breakthrough at the Somme in 1918; the "big push" on 8 August 1918; description of...S02030
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William Smith (103650) interviewed about his experiences in the Royal Engineers and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during the First World War
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Maker: William Smith Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment in the Royal Engineers; mother's reaction to enlistment; duties as a dispatch rider; covering party duties in No-man's land; awarded the Military ...S02067