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F5076 Niall John Roberts as an able seaman radar operator, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Echuca, Horsham and Warrnambool, western and northern Australian waters, Timor and Arafura Seas and North Pacific ocean, 1943-1946, interviewed by Jack Shepheard
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Maker: Shepheard, Jack McKenzie
Roberts speaks of his schooling in Boulder City and Kalgoorlie; early employment as a monitor for the West Australian Education Department; his experience in the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC); recruit...S01787
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F3526 Walter Henry Preen, as a leading stoker, on Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Gawler, Horsham, Launceston and Broome, eastern, western and northern Australian waters, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and east Atlantic Ocean, 1941-1946, interviewed by William Gray Ritchie
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Maker: Preen, Walter Henry (Wally) Ritchie, William Gray (Bill)
Walter Preen speaks about; his recruitment and training; being drafted to HMAS Gawler, pre-commissioning, under construction at Whyalla; escort duties off east and west Australian coasts; deployment t...S01795