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(235292) Bruce William Richards as a captain, Troop Commander, A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam, 1968, interviewed by Mike Cecil
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Black, Wade Cecil, Michael Richards, Bruce William
Bruce William Richards as a captain, Troop Commander, A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam, 1968, interviewed by Mike Cecil A transcript of this recording may be available. For further infor...S04438
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Captain Alexander Hughie Gordon LVO DFC RAN (Rtd) on observer duties 817 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Alexander Gordon talks about: his enlisting in the RAAF in 1942 and his training as an observer [navigator/bomb aimer]; being sent to Burma in 1944 and flying transport operations in Dakotas there; fl...S02778
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Captain Digby Charles Johns RAN (Rtd) on pilot duties 808 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Digby Johns talks about his service in the RAF during the last two years of the Second World War; joining the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and initial training; service aboard HMAS Bataan; return to th...S02690
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Chaplain Leonard Sidney Eacott as Senior Chaplain International Force East Timor (INTERFET), 1999-2000, interviewed by Dr Peter Londey
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Maker: Eacott, Leonard Sidney Londey, Peter Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Eacott speaks of his role as Senior Chaplain caring for the soldiers, advising the Commander and liaising with the medical officers of INTERFET; his relationship with the local clergy and the Red Cros...S02663
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Chaplain Leonard Sidney Eacott as Senior Chaplain United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and United Nations International Force East Timor (INTERFET), 1992-2000, interviewed by Dr Peter Londey
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Maker: Eacott, Leonard Sidney Londey, Peter Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Chaplain Leonard Sidney Eacott as Senior Chaplain United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and United Nations International Force East Timor (INTERFET), 1992-2000, interviewed by Dr P...S02595
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(2792610) Chapman, Bruce Keith (Corporal)
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Maker: Chapman, Bruce Keith Jackson, Ian Australian War Memorial
Bruce Keith Chapman as a corporal, 3 Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Ian Jackson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the...S04442
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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 Bernard Robert Sullivan AM (Ret'd) Royal Australian Armoured Corps as a lieutenant Troop Officer 4th/8th Queens Royal Irish Hussars, East Malaysia 1963, and as the captain Technical Officer C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Sullivan, Bernard Robert Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Colonel Bernard Robert Sullivan AM (Ret'd) Royal Australian Armoured Corps as a lieutenant Troop Officer 4th/8th Queens Royal Irish Hussars, East Malaysia 1963, and as the captain Technical Officer C ...S03354
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Colonel Donald Douglas Beard AM ED RFD (Rtd) as the captain Regimental Medical Officer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Beard, Donald Douglas Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Beard speaks of studying medicine during the Second World War followed by his commissioning as a medical officer and posting to the Occupation Force in Japan in 1948; joining 3 RAR as replacement medi...S02687
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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 John Murray Church DSO (Rtd) as a lieutenant platoon commander 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Church speaks of Officer and post-graduate military training before posting to 3 RAR in Japan in March 1949; experience with 3 RAR in training, as well as other duties; posting as aide-de-camp (ADC) t...S02299
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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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Colonel Reginald John Gardner OBE (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 4th Field Regiment, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Gardner, Reginald John Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Colonel Gardner speaks of: his military career and preparing 4th Field Regiment for service in South Vietnam 1967 - 1968 as commanding officer; Operation Pinnaroo 27 February to 8 April 1967, a 1 ATF ...S01861
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Commander Brian Gregory O'Connell RAN (Ret'd) as a lieutenant observer, 817 Squadron, Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Brian O'Connell talks about: service in the Second World War, first in the Army and then as aircrew in the RAAF; his aircrew training through to being part of a Lancaster crew; being shot down on his ...S02801
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Commander Dean Robertson Murray RAN (Rtd) as a sub lieutenant of a landing craft flotilla, Operation Overlord, June 1944, interviewed by Simone Sharpe
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Maker: Murray, Dean Robertson Sharpe, Simone Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Murray speaks of his early schooling; enlistment in the navy at 14 years of age; service prior to posting as an attachment to a Royal Navy unit; attendance at courses at various Royal Navy schools in ...S03242
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Commodore Allen Nelson Dollard DSC RAN (Rtd) as Commanding Officer HMAS Murchison, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Lieutenant Commander Tony Hughes RANR
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Maker: Dollard, Allen Nelson Hughes, Anthony John Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Dollard speaks of his entering the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay in 1932; following graduation, his training in various ships as a midshipman; his sea-going experience as a junior offi...S02803
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David Combe as an Army Public Relations photographer and cinematographer, Vietnam, November 1968 - November 1969, interviewed by Victoria Gwyn
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Combe, David Reginald Gwyn, Vick Kosmider, Michael
David Combe as an Army Public Relations photographer and cinematographer, Vietnam, November 1968 - November 1969, interviewed by Victoria GwynS05374
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David Dare Parker as an official photographer for the Australian War Memorial, Iraq 2003, interviewed by Ian Affleck
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Maker: Parker, David Dare Affleck, Ian Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Parker speaks of his experiences as a photojournalist in Iraq, 16 April - 25 May 2003.S03257