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Rowcliff Thompson interviewed about his experiences in 38th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Thompson, Rowcliff Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment November 1916; Mother's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; comradeship; wounded at Passchendaele October 1917; evacuated to England and repatriated to Aus...S02072
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Sergeant John H. Lockett relates his experiences with 38th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Lockett, John H Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
John Lockett (1194) discusses: early life; prewar work; enlistment in March 1916; training; trench raids; travel on leave; pay; mates; return to Australia; discharged September 1919; effects of war on...S02038
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Stanley H. Tallent interviewed about his experiences in the 10th Field Artillery Brigade AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Tallent, Stanley H Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the AIF February 1917; father's reaction to enlistment; training in artillery at Maribyrnong; impressions of France; opinion of the infantry; armistice; return to ...S02071
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Trooper John Kerr interviewed about his experiences in 4th Light Horse Regiment during the First World War
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Maker: John Kerr Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment March 1917; attitude to war; Port Said; climate and shortage of water in Egypt; first action; friends wounded and taken Prisoner of War (POW); captured German supplie...S02051
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Walter Parker interviewed about his service in 20th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Parker, Walter Edwin Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Parker, Walter
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's reaction to enlistment; guard duty on troopship; meals on ship; sent to Gallipoli; water and ammunition carrying parties; winte...S02062
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William (Bill) Boyce relates his experiences with 58th Battalion during the First World War.
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Maker: Boyce, William 'Bill' Morrison, Jill Boyce, William 'Bill' Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Marriage and family; Bill Boyce discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment; training; war on the Western Front compared to the desert; mateship; attitude to war; denied a soldier settlement...S02031
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William Herbert Smith talks about about his experiences in 1st Division Signals Company during the First World War
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Maker: Smith, William Herbert Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: reaction to war and reasons for enlisting; enlistment in the AIF May 1915; trained as a signaller; Gallipoli; attached to 1st Division Signal Company, No.3 Section, 3rd Infantry Brigade; su...S02068
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William Hunt Smith talks about his experiences in 6th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Smith, William Hunt Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the AIF July 1915; brother enlisted in the AIF served at Gallipoli and killed at Pozieres; mateship; rations; mud; life in the trenches; fought ...S02069
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William R Bowman relates his experiences as a gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, First World War
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Maker: Bowman, William R Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
William Bowman discusses: early life; reasons for enlisting; enlistment and training; joined unit at Messines; German breakthrough at the Somme in 1918; the "big push" on 8 August 1918; description of...S02030
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William Smith (103650) interviewed about his experiences in the Royal Engineers and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during the First World War
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Maker: William Smith Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment in the Royal Engineers; mother's reaction to enlistment; duties as a dispatch rider; covering party duties in No-man's land; awarded the Military ...S02067
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William Thomson interviewed about his experiences in the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
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Maker: Thomson, William Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the army in 1914; fighting at Ypres; wearing kilts in the trenches; mud; lack of food; armistice; discharge from the army; immigrated to Australia in 1923; post wa...S02073