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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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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 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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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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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 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