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  1. 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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    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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    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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    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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    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 Thomson

    S01320

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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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    Frederick Roy Hocking as a staff sergeant 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: Hocking, Frederick Roy Thomson, Alistair

    Frederick Roy Hocking (SERN (1810) as a staff sergeant 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918.

    S01316

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    Frederick Theodore Farrall (1647) as a private 55th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: Farrall, Frederick Theodore Thomson, Alistair

    Frederick Theodore Farrall as a private 55th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

    S01311

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    Harold Blake interviewed by Alistair Thomson.

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    Maker: Blake, Harold Thomson, Alistair

    Harold Blake- interviewee and wife attempt to answer questions about history of Brunswick RSL and some experiences in Navy and post-war Brunswick. A transcript of this recording may be available. For...

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    Jack Thomas Glew (224) as a trooper 13th Light Horse Regiment and gunner 4th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: Glew, Jack T Thomson, Alistair

    Jack Thomas Glew interviewed by Alistair Thomson about his service in Gallipoli, France and England 1915-1918. The interview includes discussion of Jack's enlistment in the Army (to escape from life a...

    S01314

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    Jim McNair interviewed by Alistair Thomson.

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    Maker: McNair, James Thomson, Alistair McNair, James

    James McNair- Reminices about experiences in orderly room and HQ in France and Post-War life including Brunswick RSL. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please c...

    S04678

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    John 'Jack' Albert Flannery (7981) as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: Flannery, John Albert (Jack) Thomson, Alistair

    John 'Jack' Albert Flannery as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ple...

    S01312

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    Les Barnes interviewed by Alistair Thomson.

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    Maker: Barnes, Les Thomson, Alistair

    Les Barnes - not a returned serviceman of any war, but was interviewed re his recollections of politics and Brunswick RSL and Ex-servicemen. A transcript of this recording may be available. For furth...

    S04677

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    Leslie George David (3308) as a corporal wireless operator Australian Flying Corps, United Kingdom 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: David, Leslie George Thomson, Alistair

    Leslie George David as a corporal wireless operator Australian Flying Corps, United Kingdom 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

    S01309

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    (5077) McGillivray, Angus John (Private)

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    Maker: McGillivray, Angus John Thomson, Alistair

    Angus John McGillivray as a private 52nd Infantry Battalion AIF, later 29th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, also 9 Division and Prisoner of the Japanese Second World War interviewed by Dr Al...

    S01319

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    Molyneaux, G A (Second Mate, British Merchant Navy)

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    Maker: Molyneux, G A Thomson, Alistair

    G A Molyneaux as a second mate British Merchant Navy, 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

    S01321

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    Percy Atkinson Bird (5666) as a sergeant 5th Infantry Battalion AIF, Egypt and France 1915-1917, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: Bird, Percy Atkinson Thomson, Alistair

    Pre-war life in and around Williamstown, Victoria being a member of the Boys Naval Brigade; enlistment in April 1916, and how his father passed away after he sailed for Egypt; Etaples Camp, France; jo...

    S01305

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    Sidney Norris, 19th Battalion AIF, France, 1916 - 1918, interviewed by Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: Norris, Sidney Thomson, Alistair

    Sidney Norris, (SERN (5375), 19th Battalion AIF, France, 1916 - 1918, interviewed by Alistair Thomson.

    S01323

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    Stanley Victor D'Altera as a member of 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, later 7th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1917, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson

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    Maker: D'Altera, Stanley Victor Thomson, Alistair

    Pte D'Altera initially enlisted 13 January 1915 and was discharged on 8 February at the request of his parents who had not given permission for him to join the AIF. He re-enlisted on 18 February 1915 ...

    S01310

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    They were finished with you and you were finished: memories of Melbourne western suburbs veterans of the Great War 1914-1918

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    Maker: Thomson, Alistair

    Address by Dr Alistair Thomson to the Footscray Historical Society summarising his experiences with the Oral History Project of the Great War Veterans from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne.

    S01326

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