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Brigadier George Lyon Mansford AM (Rtd) as a private rifleman later corporal section commander C Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Mansford, George Lyon Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Mansford speaks of training especially through the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra; personalities of C Company 2 RAR - relationships and reinforcements; briefings on the British Commonwealth Far...S02869
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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 Noel Russell Charlesworth DSO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Charlesworth, Noel Russell Chinn, David Alexander
Charlesworth speaks of the preparation of the battalion in Australia for service; most significant and least productive operations; impression of enemy forces encountered; strengths and weaknesses of ...S00634
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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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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 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 Arnold Warr DSO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Warr, John Arnold Chinn, David Alexander
Warr speaks of preparation for Vietnam; most/least significant operations; impressions of enemy forces; own troops strengths/weaknesses; the minefield and fence from Dat Do to Lang Phuoc Hai; signific...S00680
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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 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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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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Leonard Murray Opie DCM ED as a non-commissioned later warrant officer, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Opie, Leonard Murray Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Leonard Murray Opie DCM ED as a non-commissioned later warrant officer, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd). Opie speaks ...S02654
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Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Shelley O'Dowd MBE (Rtd) as Officer Commanding A Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: O'Dowd, Bernard Shelley Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
O'Dowd speaks of his experience as an infantryman during the Second World War; his qualification for a Regular Army commission during the period of Occupation Force duties in Japan; the build-up and t...S02659
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Lieutenant Colonel William George Rennie Fleming (Rtd) as an Australian Army lieutenant pilot 656th Air Observation Post/Light Liaison Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF), Malaya 1956-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Fleming, William George Rennie Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Fleming speaks of his service background prior to posting to Malaya - RMC Duntroon including flying training; National Service training and the Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC) induction co...S02872
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Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Joseph Daly KBE CB DSO (Retd) as the brigadier Commander 28th British Commonwealth Brigade, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Retd)
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Maker: Daly, Thomas Joseph Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Daly speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his appointment to command 28th British Commonwealth Brigade; the operational environment in Korea; command relationships and...S02294
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Matthew John Mealing as a leading scout Mortar Platoon (rifle platoon role) 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Mealing, Matthew John Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Mealing speaks of his service background (RAN and 3 RAR Korea); introduction to 3 RAR; training for the Malayan Emergency; impression of the state of 3 RAR; 'professionals' among the warrant officers ...S02873
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Neil Ronald Eiby as a rifleman 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), later a corporal rifle section commander 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Malaya 1958-1960, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Eiby, Neil Ronald Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Eiby speaks of his training for service in Malaya with 3 RAR, later 1 RAR; impressions of 3 RAR on joining as a reinforcement; weapons, ammunition carried and clothing, with effects on weapon handling...S02874
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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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Robert Michael Keep as the Captain General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Intelligence) Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1966, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Keep, Robert Michael Chinn, David Alexander
Captain Robert Keep interviewed about his experiences in the Vietnam War. Interview topics include: previous intelligence staff experience; intelligence indications of enemy action prior to the battl...S00700
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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