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(WR 4) Denise Culver Johnson (née Owen), Third Officer WRANS, interviewed by Dr Ruth Thompson for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Johnson (nee Owen), Denise Culver
Discussing pre-war employment; working with Women's Emergency Signalling Corp; joining the WRANS; reaction of males to influx of females to Navy; accommodation at HMAS Harman; training course at Flind...S00565
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W R (Kel) Gillespie, as a Lieutenant, 2nd-9th and 49th Battalion, interviewed by Peter Brune.
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Maker: Brune, Peter
Gillespie, Lt W R (Kel) - 49th AFB MilitiaS02476
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(WR 5) Marion Stevens, Second Officer, WRANS, interviewed by Dr Ruth Thompson for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Stevens, Marion
Discussing Women's Emergency Signalling Corp; enlistment process; HMAS Harman; gender division of labour in Navy; Molonglo Wireless Station; Australia; Women's Royal Australian Naval Service; telegrap...S00547
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WX11105 Ada Corbitt 'Mickey' Syer as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and NX59288 Leslie William Joseph Bond as a Private, all 2/20 Battalion, both prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Bond, Leslie William Joseph Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
[interview possibly continues from S04057] Syer talks about Vivian Bullwinkel hiding from the Japanese and finding wounded Englishman, Kingsley from ship HMS Prince of Wales; wound septic and soldier ...S04098
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(WX862) Alfred James Passfield, as a Private 2/11th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Germany, interviewed by Brian Wall for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Passfield, Alfred James Wall, Brian
Discusses enlistment; 2/11 Battalion; Libyan campaign; action on Crete; capture by Germans on Crete; German and allied doctors working together; food and conditions on Salonica, including fighting ove...S00528
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WX1597 Garth Symington, 2/16th Battalion, interviewed by Bill Gammage about the battle for Shaggy Ridge in New Guinea in 1943
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Maker: Symington, Garth Gammage, Bill
Discusses: climate; terrain; Shaggy Ridge; problems with darkness; patrolling; importance of Shaggy Ridge; role of artillery; aircraft support; description of battle; Mervin Hall's action in winning t...S01843
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WX11105 / W102 Ada Corbitt (Mickey) Syer, as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
Talks of escape from Singapore and bombing of ship Vyner Brooke, surviving in ocean and landing on beach at Banka Island, POW of Japanese; hears about the Bullwinkel party from British burial detail....S04057
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(WX9723) Wauhop, Jack (Private)
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Maker: Wauhop, Jack Wall, Brian
Jack Wauhop, 2/32nd Battalion and prisoner of war, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00512