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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