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Norman H Goldspink MBE as a corporal section commander 11 Platoon D Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Goldspink, Norman H Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Goldspink speaks of his family background and his military background during the Second World War; his work experience leading to his enlistment in the Army; recruit and infantry corps training; pre-e...S02650
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(NX117563) Bromwich, Carl Alma (Staff Sergeant)
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Maker: Bromwich, Carl Alma Raxworthy, Richard Edwin Australian War Memorial
Carl Alma Bromwich as a staff sergeant 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 1942-1945, interviewed by Richard RaxworthyS01509
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(O318689; 430651) Edward Lloyd Fleming (Flying Officer)
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Maker: Fleming, Edward Lloyd Ward, Meleah Elizabeth Australian War Memorial Black, Wade
Edward Lloyd Fleming as a flying officer, pilot, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), serving with 550 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF), United Kingdom, 1943-1946, interviewed by Meleah Elizabeth Ward.S04444
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(423863) Painting, William James (Flying Officer)
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Maker: Painting, William James Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Black, Wade
William James Painting as a flight sergeant, wireless / air gunner and later as a flying officer, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force, Dunsfold, Surrey, England, 1942-1945, interviewed by Win...S04441
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Patrick Trost as the captain Second-in-Command 28th Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Trost, Patrick Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Trost speaks, as an overview, of his family background and military career up to and including the Malayan Emergency; his selection of signals as his military career and training; experience of Britis...S03353
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(1201333) Pearson, Walter Edward (Bombadier)
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Maker: Pearson, Walter Edward James, Karl Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill Cummin, Shayne
Walter Edward Pearson as a bombadier, Australian Army Assistance Group, South Vietnam, 1972, interviewed by Dr Karl James A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information plea...S04403
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Peter D'Arcy, as Colonel, Retired, interviewed by Michael Boyle
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Maker: D'Arcy, Peter Derek Boyle, Michael Dorrington Australian War Memorial Peterson, James
Colonel Peter Derek D'Arcy (retired) discusses his military career in an interview with Michael Boyle, including his deployment to Korea as a Lieutenant, with D Company, 1RAR. A transcript of this...S04274
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Peter John Macdonald O'Brien interviewed by Dr Peter Londey about his service with the Multi-National Force and Observers (MFO), Sinai, 1985 - 1986
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Maker: O'Brien, Peter John MacDonald Londey, Peter Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Peter John Macdonald O'Brien interviewed by Dr Peter Londey about his service with the Multi-National Force and Observers (MFO), Sinai, 1985 - 1986 A transcript of this recording may be available. Fo...S02284
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Principal Chaplain (Catholic) Eugene Joseph Harley (Rtd) as Chaplain Class 4 and Chaplain Class 3 Royal Australian Army Chaplains Department, Malaysia 1961, Borneo 1965 and South Vietnam 1967, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Harley, Eugene Joseph Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Principal Chaplain (Catholic) Eugene Joseph Harley (Rtd) as Chaplain Class 4 and Chaplain Class 3 Royal Australian Army Chaplains Department, Malaysia 1961, Borneo 1965 and South Vietnam 1967, intervi...S03748
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Ray Willmot as a radar plotter HMAS Sydney, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Lieutenant Commander Tony Hughes RANR
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Ray Willmot talks about: joining the Royal Australian Navy (RAN ) in 1948 and his early training; his service prior to joining the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, including HMAS Shoalhaven and HMAS Culg...S02780
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Rear Admiral William John Rourke AO RAN (Rtd) as Flight Deck Engineer HMAS Sydney, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
William Rourke talks about his training at the Royal Australian Naval College from the age of thirteen and his training as an engineering officer at the Royal Naval Engineering College; serving aboard...S02775
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Rhodanthe Lipsett OAM as a nurse, midwife and resident of Canberra since 1957, interviewed by Ally Roche
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Kosmider, Michael Lipsett, Rhodanthe Roche, Ally
Rhodanthe discusses her memories of the Australian War Memorial and Canberra since moving to the ACT in 1957.S05364
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Richard Cresswell DFC as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Cresswell speaks of his academic and military background including Second World War service in the South West Pacific area primarily as a fighter pilot; his role as Commanding Officer No 21 (Citizens ...S02686
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Robert Henry Parker as a motorcycle dispatch rider Signals Platoon 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: Parker, Robert Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Parker speaks of his family background and work as well as naval cadet activity during the Second World War; enlistment in the Army in 1944; post-war Occupation Force duty in Japan, then work and Citi...S02658
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Robert John Fletcher as a platoon commander 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
Fletcher speaks of his service background and training prior to joining 2 RAR; the state of 2 RAR and its manning when he arrived; the training of 2 RAR and other commitments at Enoggera Camp, as 2 RA...S02865
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Ronald David Guthrie as a warrant officer pilot No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Guthrie speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his posting as a warrant officer in No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF and its operational role in Korea; the circumstances of hi...S02288
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Ronald Kenneth Cashman MM as a private rifleman, later corporal section commander B Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Cashman speaks of his service background and experience as well as training; his postings in B Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment of 28th Brigade of the 1st Commonwealth Division; his...S02296
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Sergeant Ian Robertson (31932) as a sniper and unit photographer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, and as a platoon sergeant 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1953, interviewed by Ian Affleck
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Sergeant Ian Robertson (31932) as a sniper and unit photographer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, and as a platoon sergeant 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regi...S02691
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Sir Adrian Herbert Curlewis CVO CBE as a captain General Staff Officer Grade 3 Headquarters 8th Division, Malaya and Singapore, and a prisoner of the Japanese in the Second World War, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson.
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Maker: Curlewis, Adrian Herbert Nelson, Hank Australian War Memorial
Sir Adrian Curlewis speaks of his experiences in Malaya and Singapore and as a prisoner of the Japanese during the Second World War. Sir Adrian was a barrister-at-law before he enlisted. As President...S00035
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Squadron Leader Leigh Oxley 'Laddie' Hindley DFC (Ret'd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer Detachment No 5 Squadron RAAF, West Malaysia 1965-1966 and a flight lieutenant pilot No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron RAAF, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Hindley, Leigh Oxley Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Squadron Leader Leigh Oxley 'Laddie' Hindley DFC (Ret'd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer Detachment No 5 Squadron RAAF, West Malaysia 1965-1966 and a flight lieutenant pilot No 9 (Helicopter...S03352
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Squadron Leader Vincent Joseph O'Brien MBE (Ret'd) as a corporal airframe fitter No 77 Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Vincent O'Brien talks about his early training and service at the end of the Second World War; joining the Interim air Force on a two-year contract; training as a Fitter 2A (Airframe Fitter) prior to ...S02776
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Stephen Dupont as an official photographer for the Australian War Memorial, Solomon Islands 2003, interviewed by Ian Affleck
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Maker: Dupont, Stephen Affleck, Ian Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Dupont speaks of his background and early interest in photography; photographers who have influenced him; his career as a photojournalist, including trips to cover the Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambo...S03248
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Stephen George Joyce, member of 4 inch gun crew HMAS Murchison, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Lieutenant Commander Tony Hughes RANR
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Maker: Joyce, Stephen George Hughes, Anthony John Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Stephen Joyce talks about: being posted to RAN frigate HMAS Murchison after finishing basic training; living conditions aboard the Murchison; training en route to Korean waters; other duties of an ord...S02795
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SX7654 Charles Barker 2/48th Battalion interviewed by Bill Fogarty about his service during the Second World War
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Maker: Barker, Charles Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
SX7654 Charles William Barker 2/48th Battalion, Commanding Officers- "Tack" Hammer and Colonel Ainslie; Tarakan, second battle of Alamein; Victoria Cross winners-Derrick, Gratwick, Kibby; childhood, e...S01679
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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
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Timothy John (Tim) Page as a photojournalist in Cambodia, South Vietnam and the Middle East, 1963-1968, interviewed by Patricia Sabine, Ian Affleck and Dr Shaune Lakin
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Maker: Page, Timothy John Affleck, Ian Lakin, Shaune Sabine, Patricia Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Timothy John (Tim) Page as a photojournalist in Cambodia, South Vietnam and the Middle East, 1963-1968, interviewed by Patricia Sabine, Ian Affleck and Dr Shaune Lakin A transcript of this recording ...S03751
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Trooper Boris 'Bo' Janic as a Gunner Signalman, 1 Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam, November 1970 - September 1971 interviewed by Garth O'Connell
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Maker: Janic, Boris O'Connell, Garth Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S05014
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Vice Admiral Sir Richard Innes Peek KBE CB DSC RAN (Rtd) as Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Peek, Richard Innes Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Sir Richard Peek talks about: serving aboard the HMS Revenge during the Second World War; his service in the RAN during and after the Second World War; the death of his wife in child birth and the Nav...S02797
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Vice Admiral Sir Richard Innes Peek KBE CB DSC (Rtd) as Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, Malaya 1956-1958, interviewed by Lieutenant Commander Tony Hughes RANR
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Maker: Peek, Richard Innes Hughes, Anthony John Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Peek speaks of his training and operational experience (Second World War and Korean War) prior to his involvement in the Malayan Emergency; taking command of HMAS Tobruk for the British Commonwealth F...S02870
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Victor Leslie Baker as a Leading Aircraftsman engine fitter No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Victor Baker talks about his postings prior to No. 77 Squadron; the juxtaposition of Australian and Turkish graves at Pusan, Korea; an encounter with confederate state Americans at Taegu; tales of his...S02774
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Wallace Talbot Claxton Thompson OAM as a rifle section commander 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
Thompson speaks of his military training prior to joining 2 RAR in Australia; 2 RAR in terms of individual and collective operational experience; 2 RAR's perceptions of its operational roles in Malaya...S02864
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Wing Commander Clarence Edward Barrington Wilson (Ret) as an airframe fitter No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF, Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Wilson talks about service as a Mustang fitter in 3 Squadron, Canberra in 1949; his reasons for joining the Air Force; being engaged; his sudden posting to 77 Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan in 1951; an airc...S02688
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Wing Commander Francis John Leonard Downing DFC (Rtd) as the wing commander Commanding Officer No 2 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Downing, Francis John Leonard Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Wing Commander Francis John Leonard Downing DFC (Rtd) as the wing commander Commanding Officer No 2 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd) A tra...S03826
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Wing Commander John Campbell Smith MBE (Rtd) as an engineer officer No 491 Maintenance Squadron RAAF, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
John Campbell Smith talks about: his training as, and the duties of an armament officer; his joining the RAAF Reserve after the Second World War and being called up for service at RAAF Base Williamtow...S02782