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Harvey Haig Blundell, Signaller 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Blundell, Harvey Haig
Discussing call up notice for 53rd Battalion; army training at Ingleburn Camp; selection as signaller; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; arrival at Port Moresby; poor morale of battalion du...S00576
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Jack Humphries Stevens, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Stevens, Jack Humphries
Discussing pre-war employment; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui; ...S00580
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(N46368) Wilkins, Charles John (Private)
Sound
Maker: Wilkins, Charles John
Charles John Wilkins, Lance Corporal and Signaller 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Discusses call up for milit...S00563
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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. A MEMBER OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, SHOWING A TYPICAL ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. A MEMBER OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, SHOWING A TYPICAL HOME IN WHICH TROOPS LIVE, IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES.027009
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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN THEIR DEFENSIVE ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN THEIR DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ON UBERI RIDGE, MANNING A .303 BREN MARK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN IN A PIT.027007
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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PREPARING A MORTAR ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PREPARING A MORTAR POSITION ON THE STEEP SLOPES OF UBERI RIDGE.027008
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. 1917. PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT CECIL TRAYNOR AGASSIZ, 55TH BATTALION, 1ST AIF, WHO ENLISTED ...
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. 1917. PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT CECIL TRAYNOR AGASSIZ, 55TH BATTALION, 1ST AIF, WHO ENLISTED 1914-08-17. (DONOR K. GOLSBY ON BEHALF OF THE AGASSIZ FAMILY)P01125.002
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55th/53rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Arrow Bronze
Commissioned by the 55/53 Australian Infantry Battalion Association as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program.PL00081
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William Archibald (Bill) Elliott, as a Sergeant, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Elliott, William Archibald (Bill)
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment and training; formation of 53rd Battalion; inadequacy of training period prior to embarkation for New Guinea; arrival in Port Moresby; inadequacy of supplies;...S00585