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  1. Clarrie James interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 13 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF in WW1

    Sound

    Maker: Clarrie James Chalk, David

    Clarrie James interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 13 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF in WW1. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the So...

    S01187

  2. Cuthbert Oswald 'Bill' Harry as a warrant officer class 2, 2/22nd Battalion and Lark Force, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.

    Sound

    Maker: Harry, Cuthbert Oswald 'Bill' Nelson, Hank

    Cuthbert Oswald 'Bill' Harry as a warrant officer class 2, 2/22nd Battalion and Lark Force, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.

    S00908

  3. Donald Watt as a corporal, 2/7 Battalion and as a prisoner of war, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

    Sound

    Maker: Watt, Donald Stokes, Edward

    Donald Watt as a corporal, 2/7 Battalion and as a prisoner of war, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

    S00999

  4. Ernest James Brough MM, as a Sergeant, 2/32 Battalion, and Prisoner of War, Second World War interviewed by Janet Roberts Billett.

    Sound

    Maker: Brough, Ernest James Billett, Janet Roberts

    Ernest Brough served at Tobruk, where he was wounded, and El Alamein, where he was captured and made a prisoner of war. In March 1944 Brough and two other prisoners succeeded in escaping from the camp...

    S04488

  5. Frederic Felix Henriques Eggleston as a member of No 3 (Fighter) Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a prisoner of war, North West Europe in the Second World War

    Sound

    Maker: Eggleston, Frederic Felix Henriques Eggleston, Frederic Felix Henriques

    Eggleston speaks of pre-war work in the United Kingdom; time in Germany; enlistment in the militia; transfer to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); training; service as a fighter pilot with No 3 Sq...

    S01277

  6. Harold Keith McGuinness as a sergeant, interviewed about `The Cowra Outbreak' by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945

    Sound

    Maker: McGuinness, Harold Keith Connell, Daniel

    (N407144) McGuiness, Harold Keith (Sergeant)

    S00931

  7. Horatio Ganson interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 16th Battalion, 4th Brigade in WW1

    Sound

    Maker: Ganson, Horatio Chalk, David

    Horatio Ganson interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 16th Battalion, 4th Brigade in WW1.

    S01183

  8. Joseph Lewin Newman MM (1074) as a private 17th Infantry Battalion AIF and France 1916-1919

    Sound

    Maker: Newman, Joseph Lewin

    Newman speaks of his time on Gallipoli; punishments for being AWL; captured by the Germans in 1917 at Lagnicourt (near Bullecourt) and was a prisoner of war; escape to the Russian Frontier with two Ru...

    S01841

  9. Lionel William Brimble as former Australian Army Private, interviewed by Terry Colhoun.

    Sound

    Maker: Brimble, Lionel William

    Lionel William Brimble, SERN V505245 of 19 Battalion, discusses his experiences of the breakout of Japanese prisoners of war from the Cowra prisoner of war camp, 5th August 1944, in an interview with ...

    S03734

  10. Margaret and Bruce Weir (sister and brother), interviewed about `The Cowra Outbreak' by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945

    Sound

    Maker: Weir, Bruce Weir, Margaret Connell, Daniel

    Weir, Margaret and Bruce (sister and brother)

    S00932

  11. Thomas Edward (Tom) Cusack as a signalman, No. 12 Line of Command Signals and Eva Cusack interviewed about `The Cowra Outbreak' by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945.

    Sound

    Maker: Cusack, Eva Cusack, Thomas Edward (Tom) Connell, Daniel

    (N171734) Cusack, Thomas Edward 'Tom' (Signalman) and Cusack, Eva

    S00933

  12. Victor Groutsch about his service with the 13 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF in WW1

    Sound

    Maker: Groutsch, Victor Chalk, David

    Victor Groutsch (2383) interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 13 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF in WW1. Groutsch returned to Australia on 28 March 1919. Note: Groutsch is missing from the ...

    S01184

  13. (VX29061) Kollmorgen, Frederick William 'Fred' (Private)

    Sound

    Maker: Kollmorgen, Frederick William 'Fred' Nelson, Hank

    Frederick William (Fred) Kollmorgen as a private, 2/22nd Battalion and Lark Force, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945

    S00911

  14. William Fitzpatrick , 14 Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF, 1915-1918, interviewed by David Chalk

    Sound

    Maker: Fitzpatrick, William John Chalk, David

    Enlisting, training at Broadmeadows, departure from Australia, experiences in Gallipoli, Egypt and France, Bullecourt.

    S01181

  15. (WX862) Alfred James Passfield, as a Private 2/11th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Germany, interviewed by Brian Wall for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45

    Sound

    Maker: Passfield, Alfred James Wall, Brian

    Discusses enlistment; 2/11 Battalion; Libyan campaign; action on Crete; capture by Germans on Crete; German and allied doctors working together; food and conditions on Salonica, including fighting ove...

    S00528

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