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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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Air Marshal John William Newham AC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Jake Newham talks about his early working life and his difficult path to being accepted for RAAF flying training; his training prior to being posted to Iwakuni, Japan for his conversion on to Meteors;...S02792
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Air Vice Marshal Billie Hicks Collings AO AFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953-1954, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Collings, Billie Hicks Clark, Christopher D Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Billie Collings talks about: his enlisting in the RAAF; flying training and his being posted to No.77 Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan.; the inadequacies of flying training at the time; Air Force attitude tow...S02783
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Air Vice Marshal William Henry Simmonds AO (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Air Vice Marshal Simmonds talks about the lack of relevance of basic flying training to combat mission flying in Korea; being posted to 78 Wing, RAAF Base Williamtown after graduation from Point Cook;...S02689
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Brigadier Jeffrey James Shelton DSO MC (Rtd) as the major Officer Commanding A Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Shelton, Jeffrey James Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Shelton speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his appointment as a reinforcement officer in 3 RAR; the experience and performance of the servicemen under his command; t...S02291
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Brigadier Philip Jamieson Greville CBE (Rtd) as the captain Officer Commanding Assault Pioneer Platoon 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Greville, Phillip Jamieson Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Greville speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; the role of the Assault Pioneer Platoon in Korea during his period of command; the circumstances of his capture and his t...S02289
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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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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 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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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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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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Francis William Dean BEM as the staff sergeant Company Quartermaster Sergeant D Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1952-1953, South Vietnam, 1965-1968, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Dean speaks of his family background and enlistment in the 2nd AIF in 1943; training and posting to 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion near Cairns (with the 2nd Beach Group) and in the Atherton Tablel...S02295
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Frederick R From as the sergeant Platoon Sergeant Anti-tank Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: From, Frederick Rennie Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Frederick From speaks about his early childhood and education: enlisting in the AIF in the Second World War; training in Egypt; sailing for Cyprus and pleasant experiences there; sailing for Haifa; ex...S02649
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General Sir Francis George Hassett AC KBE CB DSO LVO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Hassett, Francis George Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Hassett speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; appointment to command 3 RAR in Korea; the coordination involved in taking over from another battalion in the line; his le...S02653
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General Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett AC KBE DSO (Rtd) as Second-in-Command, later Officer Commanding Mortar Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Bennett, Phillip Harvey Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
General Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett AC KBE DSO (Rtd) as Second-in-Command, later Officer Commanding Mortar Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by C...S02656
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Group Captain Douglas Charles Hurst DFC (Rtd) as a flight lieutenant flight commander No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Hurst speaks of his enlistment in the RAAF and experience of the Second World War in the South West Pacific Area; post- Second World War RAAF service including de Havilland Vampire jet-conversion trai...S02657
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Henry Alfred Gordon as a war correspondent attached to 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Gordon speaks of his family background; interest in journalism while still at school in Melbourne; journalistic experience with the Sydney Telegraph in the earlier years of the Second World War; volun...S02800
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Jack F Gallaway as a sergeant Wireless Sergeant Signals Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Gallaway, Jack Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Gallaway speaks of his family military background; his brief AIF service early in the Second World War; completing his war service in the RAN in the South West Pacific Area; enlistment in the Army imm...S02651
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James Ernest Parsons as an aircraft armaments fitter Fleet Air Arm HMAS Sydney, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Jim Parsons talks about his recruitment in Western Australian 1949; the trip to HMAS Flinders for basic training; ordnance training at HMAS Albatross, Nowra; his posting to No. 805 Squadron, then 20th...S02779