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ABC Radio program "AM Saturday" report on commemorations held in South Korea to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the commencement of the Korean War.
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC Radio program "AM Saturday" report on commemorations held in South Korea to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the commencement of the Korean War. ABC reporter Sean Murphy travelled with the Officia...S03824
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A11060 Corporal Kevin Patrick Melican, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1951-1952, interviewed by Bill Bunbury, about his service with the RAAF during the Korean War.
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Maker: Melican, Kevin Patrick
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01916
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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 Marshal Sir George Jones KBE CB DFC discusses his service in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Australian Flying Corp (AFC) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1915-1952, in an interview with Frank Marshall
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Maker: Jones, George Marshall, Frank
Air Marshal Sir George Jones KBE CB DFC discusses his service in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Australian Flying Corp (AFC) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1915-1952, in an interview ...S00381
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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 Bill Simmonds interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Maker: Simmonds, William Henry Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Burton, Neill
Commenced RAAF College in 1948; first flight in Tiger Moth June 1950; presentation of wings by Sir Robert Menzies; 75 and 76 Squadrons; service in Korea; shooting down of Mig; return to Perth; posting...S01214
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Air Vice Marshal Fred Barnes interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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(O33196) Barnes, Fredrick William (Air Vice Marshal)S01674
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Air Vice Marshal Raymond Edward Trebilco interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Maker: Trebilco, Raymond Edward Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O33260) Trebilco, Raymond Edward DFC (Air Vice Marshal)S01675
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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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(2185) Alexander, Donald (Lieutenant Commander)
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Maker: Donald, Alexander de Heer, Derrill
Alexander Donald discusses his career with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), 1949-1987, including the period as a clearance diver, interviewed by Derrill de Heer. A transcript of this recording may be...S04424
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(1318) Beam, John Samuel (Staff Sergeant)
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Maker: Beam, John Samuel Green, Edna Olwyn
John Samuel Beam as a member of 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment and 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1950 -1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green. A transcript of this recordi...S03785
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Betty Cashman interviewed by Bill Bunbury about the Korean War
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Maker: Cashman, Betty Bunbury, Bill
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01914
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Betty Hunt-Smith, interviewed by Bill Bunbury, about her experiences as a nurse stationed in Japan during the Korean War
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Maker: Hunt-Smith, Betty
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01910
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Betty Jacobs, interviewed by Bill Bunbury, about the Korean War
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Maker: Jacobs, Betty
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01913
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(1988) Bombell, Stanley (Sergeant)
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Maker: Bombell, Stanley Green, Edna Olwyn
Stanley Bombell as a member of 9 Platoon C Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1950 -1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green A transcript of this recording may be available. For furth...S03787
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(1799) Boshammer, Claude (Corporal)
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Maker: Boshammer, Claude Green, Edna Olwyn
Claude Boshammer as a corporal signaller and driver, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and later with the Australian Ancillary Unit, Korea 1950-1952, interviewed by Olwyn Green. A transcri...S03794
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Brian Thomas Lennon as a private rifleman and machine gunner 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, later rifleman 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1953-1954, interviewed by John Bannister
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Maker: Lennon, Brian Thomas Bannister, William John Edgerton
Brian Thomas Lennon as a private rifleman and machine gunner 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, later rifleman 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1953-1954, interv...S03261
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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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Charles Webster and Margaret Webster (nee Nicholson) interviewed about their experiences during the Korean War by Bill Bunbury
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Maker: Webster, Charles U. Bunbury, Bill
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01918
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Charles Webster as a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), Japan and South Korea, 1951-1953, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Webster, Charles U.
Called up as a National Serviceman in the British Army on 24 October 1951, discharged on 23 October 1953, served as a doctor with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC); posted to 29th British Commonweal...S01821
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Choi, Yung Kil
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Maker: Choi, Yung Kil Green, Edna Olwyn
Yung Kil Choi as a South Korean unofficially attached to 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green A transcript of this recording may be available. For ...S03806
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Colin Humphery Brown as Major (Rtd.) interviewed by Michael Boyle
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Maker: Boyle, Michael Dorrington Brown, Colin Humphrey
Colin Humphrey Brown interviewed by Michael Boyle about his early life and his experiences as Corporal, Sergeant, Captain and Company Commander with the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), 12 Armoured R...S04319
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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 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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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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Colonel Nellie (Nell) Espie as a Nurse, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Korea, Malaya and Vietnam interviewed by Libby Stewart
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Maker: Espie, Nellie Jane Stewart, Elizabeth (Libby)
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S05032
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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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Commodore Dacre Smith interviewed by Bill Bunbury about his service on HMAS Bataan during the Korean War, 1997.
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Maker: Smyth, Dacre Henry Deudraeth Bunbury, Bill
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01917
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Commodore Norman Ernest Lee RAN (Ret'd) as a sub-lieutenant on pilot duties No 817 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Ben Evans
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Maker: Preston, Lenny
Lee speaks of his service background and experience as well as training; joining No 817 Squadron 21 Carrier Air Group Nowra; his deployment to Korea with the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney; Sydney Carri...S02293
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(52053) Cooper, Brian Charles MM (Sergeant)
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Maker: Cooper, Brian Charles Green, Edna Olwyn
Brian Charles Cooper MM as a sergeant, Machine Gun Platoon, Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1953-1954, interviewed by Olwyn Green A transcript of this recording m...S03790
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Corporal Ronald Kenneth Cashman MM, Royal Australian Infantry Corps, interviewed by Bill Bunbury in 1998 on his service during the Korean War, 1951-1953.
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Maker: Cashman, Ronald Kenneth Bunbury, Bill Bunbury, Bill
Recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea, 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. Reasons for enlisting to go to Korea; knowledge of Korea a...S01905
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0383 Cresswell, Richard C (Dick) DFC (Wing Commander)
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Maker: Cresswell, Richard
Wing Commander Richard C (Dick) Creswell DFC (Ret) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1938-1957, in a talk to the Australian Aviation Club. He is introduced by club Preside...S04239
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Donald Douglas Beard discussess his service as a doctor and surgeon in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), 1949-1968, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe.
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Maker: Beard, Donald Douglas
The interview covers his posting to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Kure, Japan, 1949-1950. Later attached to 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Korea, 1951, followed by ...S02143
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Douglas DC3 / C47 Dakota
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR) Townsend, Ron
Exterior recording Flyover - medium perspective Flyover - medium perspective Flyover - close perspective Flyover - medium perspective Engine start and taxi away Takeoff - close perspectiveS04717
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Edgar Wright discusses his experiences during the Korean War in an interview with Bill Bunbury
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Maker: Wright, Edgar
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S01920
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Epilogue from 'The Name's Still Charlie' (1992) read by Olwyn Edna Green
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Maker: Green, Edna Olwyn Walker, Kate
Olwyn Edna Green reads the Epilogue from her book The Name's Still Charlie, written in 1992, about her late husband Charles Hercules Green DSOS03825
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Eric Donnelly as a member of 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Ros Bowden
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Maker: Donnelly, Eric Bowden, Ros
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S01525
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Farewell message by Lieutenant General Henry Wells CB CBE DSO to British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) personnel, 25 October 1954
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Maker: Britcom Broadcasting Station, Kure Japan
Wells addresses members of the British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) prior to his departure from his appointment as Commander-in-Chief BCFK for posting to the position of Chief of the General Staff...S00263
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(47538) Forbes, Patrick Oliver Giles (Captain)
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Maker: Forbes, Patrick Oliver Giles Green, Edna Olwyn
Patrick Oliver Giles Forbes MC as the lieutenant, Officer Commanding, Assault Pioneer Platoon, 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green A transcript o...S03792
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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 Paik Sun Yup as Commander 1 Division, Republic of Korea Army, Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green
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Maker: Sun Yup, Paik Green, Edna Olwyn
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03807
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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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(404062) Gould, Arthur John (Nat) (Flight Lieutenant)
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Maker: Gould, Arthur John (Nat)
Arthur John (Nat) Gould discusses his service as a Flight Sergeant and later as a Flight Lieutenant in various RAF, RAAF, RN and RAN fighter squadrons, 1940-1965, in an interview with Nick Fletcher A...S04264