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Abram Unicomb as a private, 41 Battalion, France, 1916-1919, interviewed by his son Ivan Unicomb
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Maker: Unicomb, Abram Unicomb, Ivan
Side A: discussion of unit, reinforcements for the Battalion; Battalion bugler and runner, when bugler called on to use bugle; description of shooting down of "Red Baron", Baron Manfred von Richthofen...S01983
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Abram Unicomb as a private 41st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Ivan Unicomb
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Maker: Unicomb, Abram Unicomb, Ivan
Unicomb speaks of his shooting at Captain Baron Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), near Corbie, France, 21 April 1918; aerial combat; the supply of rations and water to troops; some of the weapon...S01982
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(3050A) Davies, John Hayden (Private)
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Maker: Davies, John Hayden Rubinstein, Peter
John Hayden Davies, as a member of the 44th Battalion AIF, 1917-1918, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further inf...S03460
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(3530A) Francis (Frank) Wormald as a driver, 14 Field Artillery Brigade, 1915-1919, interviewed by Philippe Ed Tabuteau.
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Maker: Wormald, Francis (Frank) Philippe Ed Tabuteau
Frank Wormald discusses his experiences during the First World War including his account of the shooting down of Baron von Richthofen.S01487
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Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE DFC AFC (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1921-1946, in an interview with Frank Marshall
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Maker: Wrigley, Henry Neilson
Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE DFC AFC (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1921-1946, in an interview with Frank MarshallS00416
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Albert Charles Linton (728) as a private 31st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson.
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Maker: Linton, Albert Charles Thomson, Alistair
Discusses early life in Tasmania; travelling to Egypt and camping at Heliopolis; difference between Australian and English soldiers and officers; fighting at Fromelles and having to retreat through fl...S01318
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Alchin, Matthew Edgar (Eddie)
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Maker: Alchin, Matthew Edgar (Eddie) Rubinstein, Peter
Eddie Alchin interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03455
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Alex Campbell (2731) as a private, 15th Battalion AIF, 1915-1916, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".
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Maker: Campbell, Alex William (Alec) Rubinstein, Peter
(2731) Campbell, Alex William (Alec) (Private) A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03425
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Alfred Edward Stabb as Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Stabb, Alfred Edward Thomson, Alistair
Alfred Edward Stabb (SERN (3314) as a lance corporal 29th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918.S01324
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Alfred George Hayden as a private 1st Battalion, AIF, 1915-1919, interviewed by Richard White
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Maker: Hayden, Alfred George White, Richard
(3353) Hayden, Alfred George (Private) A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04348
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Allan Melrose Salveson (843) Private, 23rd Battalion and 5th Machine Gun Battalion AIF, 1915-1919 interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War"
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Maker: Salveson, Allan Melrose Rubinstein, Peter
Allan Melrose Salveson, 23rd Battalion and 5th Machine Gun Battalion AIF, 1915-1919 interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. F...S03429
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Allen, William Evan Crawford
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
William Allen interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03454
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Angel, Harold Lionel (Harry) (Lieutenant)
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Harry Angel, as a member of the 1st Battalion AIF, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please con...S03448
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Arthur Donne (2320) 30th Battalion, 1915-1919, First World War interviewed by Jamie Simpson
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Maker: Simpson, Jamie Alexander Donne, Arthur
Interview by Jamie Simpson with Arthur Donne, his memories of the First World War and the period afterwards . Topics covered include: Somme winter of 1916; duckboards; fatalism of life at the front; s...S01902
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Arthur Ebdon (4643), 15th Field Company Engineers, 5 Division, discusses his experiences of the Western Front during the First World War in an interview with Paul Cobb
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Maker: Ebdon, Arthur Cyril Cobb, Paul Ebdon, Arthur Cyril
Discusses, Side A: Fromelles battle; deployment of artillery; equipped for battle; battlefield memorials and cemeteries in France; VC Corner; machine guns at Fromelles; casualties; Pompey Elliot; weat...S02097
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Arthur Mowbray Wilson discusses his service in the Royal New Zealand Army, 1914-1918, and later the Australian army, 1940-1943, in an interview with John Clements
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Maker: Wilson, Arthur Mowbray Clements, John Grand Specialities
Wilson enlisted in the Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Army on 17 August 1914, serving on Gallipoli and later in Belgium, reaching the rank of sergeant. He emigrated to Western Australia in the 1920s...S00301
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August (Augie) Band (6066), driver, 15th Field Company Engineers AIF, 1915-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War"
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Maker: Band, August (Augie) Rubinstein, Peter Band, August (Augie)
(6066) Band, August (Augie) (Driver) A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03432
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Barclay, Alexander (Alex)
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Maker: Barclay, Alexander (Alex) Rubinstein, Peter
Alex Barclay interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03445
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Bayford (nee Swanton), Joan, as the daughter of Private George Beamish Swanton interviewed by Photographs Curator Shaune Lakin
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Maker: Bayford (nee Swanton), Joan
Joan is the baby pictured in the studio portrait DA09050S04273
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Bernie Bond interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Bernie Bond, aged 91, interviewed by Georgina Binns at the War Veteran's Home in Myrtle bank, South Australia. Bernie sings a variety of First World War songs and recalls when and why these particular...S05765
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Bert Dalwood interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Bert Dalwood interviewed by Georgina Binns at Queen Victoria Home in Lindisfarne, Hobart. Bert enlisted in September 1917 and joined the 41st battery, Australian field artillery brigade, 11th Brigade....S05756
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Bill Richardson, as a member of 48th Battalion, First World War 1916-1919, interviewed by Mr Roger Davis
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Maker: Richardson, John William "Bill" Davis, Roger
Roger Davis interviews Bill Richardson about his experiences while serving with the AIF on the Western Front during the First World War., including early life on a rural property near the town of Modb...S04838
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(16387) Birks, Alfred Clifford (Cliff) (Sapper)
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Cliff Birks, as a member of the 5th Division Signals C. AIF, 1916-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further i...S03459
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Blanche Redaway interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Blanche Redaway interviewed by Georgina Binns at the War Veteran's Home in Myrtle bank, South Australia. Blanche was the House Supervisor at the War Veteran's Home and she sings a short song that was ...S05764
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Brigadier John McNeil as a member of the 5th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli and Palestine, interviewed by Major Aylmer Campbell Robertson.
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Maker: McNeil, John George Robertson, Aylmer Campbell Brickhill, Clive
Left Queensland in December 1914 as a junior officer with the 5th Light Horse Regiment; arrived Egypt January 1915; the Light Horse trained with horses in Egypt until Gallipoli and then went to Gallip...S00186
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Bruce Heathcote interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Bruce Heathcote interviewed by Georgina Binns at the War Veteran's Home in Myrtle bank, South Australia. Bruce enlisted under age and had to wait in Australia for a year before he embarked on HMAS Bal...S05762
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Charles Edward Bingham (793), as a private, 14 Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 1914-1918, interviewed by Peter Sekuless.
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Maker: Bingham, Charles Edward Sekuless, Peter
Pre-war life; training; sent as reinforcement to Gallipoli; first aid training; working at casualty clearing station; description of the First World War Australian soldier; conscription; August and Se...S00183
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Charles Eric Kavanagh as a gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, 1918-1919, interviewed by Richard White
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Maker: Kavanagh, Eric Charles White, Richard Kavanagh, Michael Mervyn
(59989) Kavanagh, Charles Eric (Gunner) A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04347
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Charles Robert Bowden as a lance corporal train driver 4th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Division, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Bowden, Charles Robert Thomson, Alistair
Enlisted late 1916; driving trains in the Somme region France; working out of Dunkirk; moving goods including wine and beer; consuming wine and beer; relationship with French locals; prostitution and ...S01306
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Clark, Angus Mackay
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Maker: Clark, Angus Mackay Rubinstein, Peter
Angus Mackay Clark interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03452
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Clarry Harrison interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Clarry Harrison interviewed by Georgina Binns at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Lindisfarne, Hobart. He recalls singing First World War songs such as It's Long Way to Tiperary, playing cards and two u...S05751
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Corporal James (Jim) H Tansley interviewed by Peter H Liddle about his service with the 6th Yorks and Lancaster Battalion, British Army, on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War
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Maker: Tansley, James H Liddle, Peter Hammond
Pre-war work on the railways; divisional training in England; first landing at Lemnos; landing rehearsals; advances and retreats at Gallipoli; wounded at Gallipoli and return to England; joined 10th Y...S01728
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Cullen, Jack
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Maker: Cullen, Jack Rubinstein, Peter
Jack Cullen interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03434
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Curran, James Barton (Historian)
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Maker: Curran, James Barton Rubinstein, Peter
James Barton Curran as an historian interviewed on the subject of First World War history by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For fur...S03438
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Cyril Baldwin as a merchant seaman during the First World War interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War"
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Maker: Baldwin, Cyril Rubinstein, Peter
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03436
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Edgar Lewis Cuddeford MM (5352) as a private 45th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Cuddeford, Edgar Lewis Thomson, Alistair
Edgar Cuddeford MM was a despatch rider (runner) with the 45th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918.S01308
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Edgar W Percival, Australian aircraft designer and Hilda Horne, British Army despatch rider, First World War, interviewed by John Clements.
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Maker: Percival, Edgar W Clements, John
note - Edgar Percival served in 7th Light Horse, (SERN 2485) before being commissioned in the British Royal Flying CorpsS00387
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Edward David "Ted" Smout , a member of the 3rd Sanitation Section AIF, 1915-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".
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Maker: Smout, Edward (Ted) David Rubinstein, Peter
He discusses early days and school life in Cunnamulla and Brisbane; enlistment in 1915; the first time he saw death first hand; Christmas dinner in 1916; meeting Frank (later Sir Frank) Beaurepaire; ...S03424
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Edward Harold O'Brien as a private, C Squadron, 3 Light Horse Regiment, 1917-1919, interviewed by Major Douglas Wyatt.
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Maker: O'Brien, Edward Harold
Private Edward O'Brien (service number 3511) discusses: working with the Lines Department of the Post Master General (P.M.G.) after the war, Colonel George Bell, Major Clarke in Palestine, working as ...S00681
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Edward John McKenzie (670) as a private 24th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: McKenzie, Edward John Thomson, Alistair
Edward John McKenzie as a private 24th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair ThomsonS01320
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(1442) Edwards, Harold Raymond (Private)
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Harold Edwards, a member of Australian Flying Corps, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please c...S03420
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Effie May Fussell (nee Garden) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) 1914-18, and Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD), 1939-45, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Fussell (nee Garden), Effie May
Early life; nursing training in Bendigo; joining army; voyage to Egypt; conditions at Heliopolis in Egypt; types of wounds suffered by the Australian troops; moving with the 1st Australian General Hos...S01815
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Elsie Caroline Alford (Wildash) as a nursing sister, England and Egypt, 1915-1918 interviewed by Viviane Gastine and Bill Ruxton
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Maker: Alford (Wildash), Elsie Caroline
Mrs Alford discusses her time as a nurse in England and Egypt during the First World War with Viviane Gastine and Bill Ruxton. She also mentions meeting her husband-to-be in Cairo after he had returne...S01993
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Eric Kingsley Abraham, a member of the 5th Division Signals Company AIF, 1915-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".
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Maker: Abraham, Eric Kingsley Rubinstein, Peter
(4355) Abraham, Eric Kingsley (Private) A transcript of this recording is available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03423
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Erle Joseph interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Erle Joseph interviewed by Georgina Binns in Lindisfarne, Hobart. Erle enlisted in January 1915, and landed on Gallipoli Peninsula on the 26 May 1915. He was wounded and left on a hospital ship to Egy...S05758
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Ernest Franklin interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Ernest Franklin, age 88, interviewed by Georgina Binns at the War Veteran's Home in Mt Lawley, Perth. Ernie enlisted on the 28 January 1916 and trained at Black Boy Hill, Western Australia. He embarke...S05766
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Ernest Morton (439) as a trooper, Light Horse Regiment and 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Egypt and France 1914-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Morton, Ernest Thomson, Alistair
Reasons for enlisting; training camp; Cairo; reputation of Australian soldiers; Gallipoli; wounded and evacuated to England; self-inflicted wounds; relationship between officers and men; discipline; a...S01322
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Frank McDonald MM (53) as a corporal, 40th Battalion AIF, 1916-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War"
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Frank mentions knowing James Newland VC before the war and recalls witnessing the VC award winning action of Percy Statton (Proyart, France). A transcript of this recording is available. For further ...S03417
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Frederick Earey, private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 1916-1919, interviewed by his grandson Douglas Fry.
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Maker: Earey, Frederick Fry, Douglas
Joining up underage with his brother, George; training at Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria; deployment overseas, Egypt and Gallipoli; being on transport ship Southland when it was torpedoed en route to Lem...S03241
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Frederick "Fred" John Kelly (2599) as a Private, First World War interviewed by Peter Rubinstein
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Fred Kelly served with the 1st Battalion at Gallipoli, then was transferred to the 53rd Battalion 14th Machine Gun Company, and finally the 5th Machine Gun Battalion. He was interviewed by Peter Rubin...S03419