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Colonel Eric Harold Smith DSO (Ret'd) as the captain Adjutant later a company commander 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea, 1952-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Preston, Lenny
Smith speaks of his pre-military background; his posting after commissioning to operational infantry service in New Guinea in July 1945; his service in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF)...S02292
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Dulcie Thompson 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), 1940-1966, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Thompson, Dulcie Vera Bassett, Jan
Early life; began nursing at the age of 19 in Adelaide; joined army reserve in 1937; after declaration of war in 1939 carried out part-time nursing duties for the army on days off from civilian nursin...S01811
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Eric Smith and Lauchlan MacLean, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan, Second World War, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Maclean, Lauchlan Duart Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Discuss their personal experiences of the Second World War; training in Australia; going to Japan with British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF).S01682
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John Gorman interviewed by George Imashev about military service with British Commonwealth Occupational Forces (BCOF), with the occupational forces in Germany after the Second World War and with British Forces in Korea
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Maker: Gorman, John
Interview 1: John Gorman discusses early life; his father was a former army officer; Duntroon; visits by Duntroon cadets to family property; attends Riverview College in Sydney; his brother John joins...S02113
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Nora Trethewie (nee Hales) 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), 1945-1952, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Trethewie, Nora Hope
Enlisting in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in March 1945; served in 111 Australian General Hospital in Campbell Town Tasmania; description of hospital; posted to Bonegilla, Victoria then ...S01809
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Reflections on training and leadership: an interview with Lieutenant-Colonel Ben O'Dowd (In retrospect)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Training Technology Centre Australian Army
This oral history focuses on the training Lieutenant Colonel O'Dowd underwent when he enlisted in 1939 and examines aspects of training during his career. The subjects of the battlefield stress and le...F04842
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Sub-unit training for war and in war: an interview with Major General David Butler AO, DSO (In retrospect)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
This oral history is part of a Training Command initiative to interview selected personnel and to draw on their operational experiences for training purposes. The Training Command emphasis is on train...F04848
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Thomas Henry John Hollis as a rifleman 1 Platoon A Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Hollis speaks of his family background and Second World War service; his Occupation Force duty in Japan followed by discharge and service with the NSW Police; enlistment for Korea (K) Force and traini...S02298