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Cuthbert Joseph Trevor King, Captain 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: King, Cuthbert Joseph Trevor
Discussing enlistment in militia; pre-war employment; transfer to AIF in 1941; embarkation for Port Moresby on the Aquitania; Kokoda Campaigns and inadequacy of Australia's preparations; battalion cas...S00590
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Francis (Frank) Herbertson, Captain 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Herbertson, Francis (Frank)
Discussing pre-war employment; Anzac tradition; enlistment; training at Redbank, Qld; Vickers machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East; arrival in Palestine at Khassa Camp; reputation...S00588
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Harold Sydney Charles (Syd) Heylen, as a Private, 39th Battalion and 1st Australian Entertainment Unit, interviewed by Ros Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Heylen, Harold Sydney Charles (Syd) Bowden, Ros
Discussing under age enlistment; training at Dromana; embarkation on the Aquitania for Port Moresby; camp at Tubusereia; lack of training for jungle warfare; contact with Papuan's; Kokoda Campaigns; o...S00589
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Harvey Haig Blundell, Signaller 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Blundell, Harvey Haig
Discussing call up notice for 53rd Battalion; army training at Ingleburn Camp; selection as signaller; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; arrival at Port Moresby; poor morale of battalion du...S00576
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Maurice Trigger, as a Private, Rangetaker/Scout 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by David McRobbie for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Trigger, Maurice
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; training at Ingleburn Camp with Vickers medium machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East and arrival at Khassa Camp; discipline; Mersa Matruh...S00591
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Nell Williamson as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-44, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Williamson, Nell Bassett, Jan
Enlisted 1940, discharged 1944. Early life; civilian nursing training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney; registered in the army reserve; ran private hospital at Tullamore NSW then in 1937 went t...S01819
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(V65593) Boland, Jack Wallis (Private), 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Martin, Harry
Discusses prewar employment; religion; education; politics; joined militia; at age twenty one conscripted to 39th Battalion in Melbourne; transported by train to Sydney; embarkation on SS Aquitania; a...S00506
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(VX117109/V40104) Donald James Simonson MC, as a captain, platoon commander 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Simonson, Donald James (Don)
Interview includes discussion of: birth, education and family details; father’s service in First World War; cadets and militia; called up and joining 39th Battalion in PNG; SS Aquitania; troops badly ...S00503
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Walter William Augustus (Mick) Button, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Button, Walter William Augustus (Mick)
Discussing pre-war employment; formation of 53rd Battalion; AIF/Militia conflict; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; landing at Port Moresby; first raid on Port Moresby; lack of training and...S00584