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Abram Unicomb as a private 41st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Ivan Unicomb
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Maker: Unicomb, Abram Unicomb, Ivan
Unicomb speaks of his shooting at Captain Baron Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), near Corbie, France, 21 April 1918; aerial combat; the supply of rations and water to troops; some of the weapon...S01982
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Alfred Hughes Lawrence as a member of 7th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli 1915, interviewed by Peter Baster
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Maker: Lawrence, Alfred Hughes Baster, Peter
Lawrence speaks of the invention and operation of the delayed action rifle prepared for use by Australian troops during the withdrawal from Gallipoli, December 1915.S01577
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Benjamin Howard Kennett , private 43rd Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918 relates his participation in the shooting down of Baron Von Richthofen's aircraft.
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Maker: Kennett, Benjamin Howard Douglas and Audrey Whitrow
Benjamin Kennett relates the shooting down of Red Baron; Richthofen's aircraft flew low over the position of the 43rd Infantry Battalion in heavy fog; a number of rifles fired first then machine guns ...S01634
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Colonel Basil Holmes (Rtd) as the son of Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, colonel Commander Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea 1914, interviewed by Mrs Basil Holmes
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Maker: Holmes, Basil Holmes, Basil
Colonel Basil Holmes relates the story of his father, Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, as Colonel William Holmes, raising in August 1914 a military and naval expeditionary force for the occupa...S00036
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Corporal James (Jim) H Tansley interviewed by Peter H Liddle about his service with the 6th Yorks and Lancaster Battalion, British Army, on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War
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Maker: Tansley, James H Liddle, Peter Hammond
Pre-war work on the railways; divisional training in England; first landing at Lemnos; landing rehearsals; advances and retreats at Gallipoli; wounded at Gallipoli and return to England; joined 10th Y...S01728