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Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Patrick McNamarra KBE AO AFC AE (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1941-1984, in an interview with Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn.
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Maker: McNamara, Neville Patrick Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill Burton, Neill
Discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and gives a commentary on the history of the RAAF from the 1930's to 1993.S01198
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Brian William McFarlane as a platoon commander 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1956-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
McFarlane speaks of training at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra, South East Queensland; his repostings from 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Kapooka, New South Wales through to joining 2 RAR ...S02862
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Brigadier George Lyon Mansford AM (Rtd) as a private rifleman later corporal section commander C Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Mansford, George Lyon Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Mansford speaks of training especially through the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra; personalities of C Company 2 RAR - relationships and reinforcements; briefings on the British Commonwealth Far...S02869
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Brigadier James Graham Ochiltree OBE (Rtd) as Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Ian McNeill
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Maker: McNeill, Ian Graham
Ochiltree speaks of his childhood and education; his early army training; 2 RAR prior to leaving for Malaya in December 1955; the Jungle Training Centre, Canungra; travel to Malaya; 2 RAR's dual roles...S00369
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Brigadier John Francis White OBE (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
White speaks of the selection of officers for 3 RAR's service in Malaya; the usefulness of his previous posting to Headquarters Far East Land Forces Singapore to commanding 3 RAR in Malaya; impressio...S02878
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Brigadier William John Morrow CBE (Rtd) as Commanding Officer 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Malaya 1959-1960, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Morrow speaks of his previous operational experience through the Second World War and Korea; of training 1 RAR in Australia; comparing Australian and British practice in engaging fleeting targets in a...S02860
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Colin Henry Swinbourn as a platoon sergeant in a rifle company 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Swinbourn, Colin Henry Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Swinbourn speaks of family, educational and military background; joining Transport Platoon 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) at Enoggera Queensland as a corporal in early 1955; train...S03351
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Colonel Anthony Thomas Hall OBE (Rtd) as Officer Commanding 126th Transport Platoon Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC), Malaya 1955-1956, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Hall, Anthony Thomas Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill Chinn, David Alexander
Hall speaks of his training on graduation from Duntroon, for infantry service in Korea; reversion to an RAASC posting to raise a transport platoon for service in the British Commonwealth Far East Stra...S02868
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Colonel Donald McInnes Ramsay OAM (Rtd) as Adjutant 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Ramsay speaks of his commissioning in the British Army and operational service during the Second World War; transfer to the Australian Army in 1952; posting to 2 RAR in 1954; perceptions of the role o...S02863
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Colonel Owen Maxwell Carroll (Rtd) as a platoon commander, later Officer Commanding Tracker Team, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Carroll, Owen Maxwell Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Carroll speaks of his experience of being a platoon commander in 17th National Service Training Battalion following his commissioning through OCS Portsea, before joining 3 RAR at Ingleburn NSW; his im...S02867
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Colonel Peter Edward Seddon (Ret) as Battery Commander 100th (A) Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery, Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Ret)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Seddon speaks of his service background of a Second World War posting to a Middle East experienced field regiment; retitling the battery (to 'A' Field Battery), ceremonial duties role of 'A' Field Bat...S02875
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General Peter Courtney Gration AC OBE (Rtd) as Troop Officer 4th (Australian) Field Troop 11th Independent Field Squadron, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Gration speaks of his service background, experience and training; troop commander, senior non-commissioned officers and troop strength; lack of briefing of 4th Field Troop on the Malayan commitment; ...S02866
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(57036) Gowans, Patrick Thomas Francis (Brigadier)
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Maker: Gowans, Patrick Thomas Francis
Brigadier Patrick Thomas Francis Gowans (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Australian army, 1951-1985, in an interview with Karl James A transcript of this recording may be available. For further in...S04304
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Iris Grace Hutton as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1942-1970, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Hutton, Iris Grace Bassett, Jan
Early life; enlisted in April 1942 and discharged November 1970; sent to Aitape in New Guinea; suitability of uniform in tropics; describes conditions in hospital; in 1952 posted to Malaya as part of ...S01812
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Lieutenant Colonel Claude Henry Ducker MC (Rtd) as a platoon commander, later Officer Commanding Tracker Team, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Ducker speaks of his prior training in Australia; 3 RAR's deployment by ship to Malaya; his initial role in Malaya as Assistant Quartermaster 3 RAR; the jungle warfare course at the Jungle Warfare Sch...S02859
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Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Francis Bute Rickards (Rtd) as a lieutenant troop leader 105th Field Battery, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Rickards speaks of his experience of field artillery training and training national servicemen as a young officer; joining 105th Field Battery shortly before embarkation; battery organisation and pers...S02871
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Lieutenant Colonel William George Rennie Fleming (Rtd) as an Australian Army lieutenant pilot 656th Air Observation Post/Light Liaison Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF), Malaya 1956-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Fleming, William George Rennie Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Fleming speaks of his service background prior to posting to Malaya - RMC Duntroon including flying training; National Service training and the Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC) induction co...S02872
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Lieutenant General Lawrence George O'Donnell AC (Rtd) as a lieutenant exchange troop leader 1st King's Dragoon Guards, British Army, Malaya 1957-1958, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
O'Donnell speaks of his initial experiences on graduation from RMC Duntroon preparing him for exchange duty; the role of the British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve in Malaya; the role of the ...S02861
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Matthew John Mealing as a leading scout Mortar Platoon (rifle platoon role) 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Mealing, Matthew John Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Mealing speaks of his service background (RAN and 3 RAR Korea); introduction to 3 RAR; training for the Malayan Emergency; impression of the state of 3 RAR; 'professionals' among the warrant officers ...S02873
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(25632) McFarlane, Brian William (Major)
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Maker: McFarlane, Brian William James, Karl Australian War Memorial Cummin, Shayne
Brian William McFarlane as a major, General Staff Officer 2 - Operations (GSO2 (Ops)), Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 1971, interviewed by Dr Karl James. ...S04380
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Neil Ronald Eiby as a rifleman 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), later a corporal rifle section commander 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Malaya 1958-1960, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Eiby, Neil Ronald Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Eiby speaks of his training for service in Malaya with 3 RAR, later 1 RAR; impressions of 3 RAR on joining as a reinforcement; weapons, ammunition carried and clothing, with effects on weapon handling...S02874
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Patrick Trost as the captain Second-in-Command 28th Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Trost, Patrick Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Trost speaks, as an overview, of his family background and military career up to and including the Malayan Emergency; his selection of signals as his military career and training; experience of Britis...S03353
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Robert John Fletcher as a platoon commander 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Fletcher speaks of his service background and training prior to joining 2 RAR; the state of 2 RAR and its manning when he arrived; the training of 2 RAR and other commitments at Enoggera Camp, as 2 RA...S02865
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Shirley Joan Southwell as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Southwell, Shirley Joan
Early life; civilian nursing training at Broken Hill NSW 1953-57; joined army in 1958; posted to 2 Camp Hospital Ingleburn NSW; describes hospital and living conditions; sent to Malaya in January 1959...S01805
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Squadron Leader Leigh Oxley 'Laddie' Hindley DFC (Ret'd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer Detachment No 5 Squadron RAAF, West Malaysia 1965-1966 and a flight lieutenant pilot No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron RAAF, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Hindley, Leigh Oxley Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Squadron Leader Leigh Oxley 'Laddie' Hindley DFC (Ret'd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer Detachment No 5 Squadron RAAF, West Malaysia 1965-1966 and a flight lieutenant pilot No 9 (Helicopter...S03352
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Vice Admiral Sir Richard Innes Peek KBE CB DSC (Rtd) as Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, Malaya 1956-1958, interviewed by Lieutenant Commander Tony Hughes RANR
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Maker: Peek, Richard Innes Hughes, Anthony John Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Peek speaks of his training and operational experience (Second World War and Korean War) prior to his involvement in the Malayan Emergency; taking command of HMAS Tobruk for the British Commonwealth F...S02870
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Wallace Talbot Claxton Thompson OAM as a rifle section commander 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Thompson speaks of his military training prior to joining 2 RAR in Australia; 2 RAR in terms of individual and collective operational experience; 2 RAR's perceptions of its operational roles in Malaya...S02864
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Wing Commander Roy Carlin DFC AFC (Rtd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 38 (Transport) Squadron RAAF, Malaya 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Carlin, Roy Chinn, David Alexander
Carlin speaks of his Second World War flying experience in the South West Pacific area and post war, including the Berlin Airlift (1948); similarities between and specific difficulties in flying trans...S02877