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Elva Lawrence (nee Maguire) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton about her experiences as a young person during the Second World War
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Maker: Lawrence, Elva
Elva Lawrence (nee Maguire) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers topics related to her experiences as a young person...AWM2018.572.41
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Elvie Hutchison as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Elvie Hutchison as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02770
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Emeritus Professor Thomas Oakley Browning, 2/18th Battalion, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a prisoner of war (POW)
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Maker: Browning, Thomas Oakley Pearson, Gillian
Emeritus Professor Thomas Oakley Browning, 2/18th Battalion, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) A transcript of this r...S01733
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Ena Allison as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Ena Allison as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02720
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Ena Isma "Midge" Pomeroy (née Grant), as a Corporal, Entertainer, Detachment 4, Australian Entertainment Unit, interviewed by Sharon Davis for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Pomeroy (née Grant), Ena Isma (Midge) Davis, Sharon
Discussing pre-war ballet training; enlistment; dancing routines; show locations throughout Australia; audiences; performance conditions; costumes; post-war ballet career.S00587
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Enid Edmeades Ratcliff as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Ratcliff, Enid Edmeades Bassett, Jan
Early life; nursing training; joining the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1940, sent to Gaza in Palestine with the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital; conditions in Gaza; ailments of patients...S01806
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Enid Sweetnam (Fietz) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Sweetnam (Fietz), Enid Hardisty, Sue
Enid Sweetnam (Fietz) as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02730
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Enid Theel as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Enid Theel as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02709
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Entrevista Lúcio Encarnação as a child in Timor during the Second World War interviewed by Maria Gabriela Carrascalão
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Maker: SBS Radio
CD contains an interview with Entrevista Lúcio Encarnação and a transcript of the interview - Also available on CD at SBS Radio, Artarmon NSW. Completed as part of SBS Radio's Portuguese Language Prog...S03901
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Eric Albert Bailey as a warrant officer class 1, 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade Headquarters and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
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Maker: Bailey, Eric Albert Evans, Margaret
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03000
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21449 Eric Francis Davis as a Private, 2/15 Field Regiment and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Davis, Eric Francis Wall, Donald
Stories about men in 'B' force at Kuching and Sandakan, Borneo; Curly Kent selling to the Japanese; Colonel Suga's sword; execution and burial of Captain L. Matthews; discrepencies between stories o...S04097
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Eric James Tremethick, 12 Recovery Section attached to 2/4th Army Field Workshop, Australian Army Services Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai Railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW
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Maker: Tremethick, Eric James Pearson, Gillian
Eric James Tremethick, 12 Recovery Section attached to 2/4th Army Field Workshop, Australian Army Services Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai Railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about ...S01732
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Eric Martin Endacott as a signaller 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, interviewed by Tim Bowden
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Maker: Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Endacott, Eric Martin
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03034
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Eric Perry as a private, Volunteer Defence Corps, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Perry, Eric Connell, Daniel
Eric Perry as a private, Volunteer Defence Corps, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00743
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Eric Smith and Lauchlan MacLean, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan, Second World War, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Maclean, Lauchlan Duart Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Discuss their personal experiences of the Second World War; training in Australia; going to Japan with British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF).S01682
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Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop OBE as Commanding Officer 2/2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
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Maker: Dunlop, Ernest Edward 'Weary' Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop OBE as Commanding Officer 2/2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording m...S03033
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Ernest 'Frank' McGrath, as a Sergeant, discusses his experiences of being a prisoner of war, interviewed by an unknown student for thesis research.
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Maker: McGrath, Ernest 'Frank' William Unknown
Frank McGrath served in the 2/19 Battalion and was a prisoner of the Japanese on the Burma Thai Railway. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sou...S04969
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Ernest James Brough MM, as a Sergeant, 2/32 Battalion, and Prisoner of War, Second World War interviewed by Janet Roberts Billett.
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Maker: Brough, Ernest James Billett, Janet Roberts
Ernest Brough served at Tobruk, where he was wounded, and El Alamein, where he was captured and made a prisoner of war. In March 1944 Brough and two other prisoners succeeded in escaping from the camp...S04488
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Errol N Jorgensen, QX57206, as a Lance Corporal, 13th Platoon, C Company, 25th Battalion, 7th Brigade; Arthur Hill, QX55923, as a Private,13th Platoon, C Company, 25th Battalion, 7th Brigade, interviewed by Peter Brune
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Maker: Hill, Arthur
Jorgensen, Lance Corporal E N (Errol) - 25th C Company 13 Platoon D.O.B. 28/10/20 and Hill, Pte Arthur - 25th C Company 13 Platoon D.O.B. 30/5/21S02440
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Esme Wirth, as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Wirth, Esme Connell, Daniel
Esme Wirth, as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00765
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Ethel Adelaide Baxter as a member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), 1941-1948, the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS), 1948-1951, and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1951-1972, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Baxter, Ethel Adelaide Bassett, Jan
(F617; TFX6133, T321) Ethel Adelaide Baxter as a member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), 1941-1948, the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS), 1948-1951, and the Royal A...S01817
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Evan Hollinworth Macdonald Barnet, NX37404, as a Corporal, 2nd 6th Armoured Regement B Squadron, memoirs for Peter Brune.
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Maker: Barnet, Evan Hollinworth Macdonald Barnet, Evan Hollinworth Macdonald Brune, Peter
Barnet, Cpl E H (Evan) 2/6th Armoured Regiment B Squadron - General Stuart Tanks at Buna, Date of Birth 3rd June 1920, NX37404S02472
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Eve Garrett née Burgess, Australian Women's Land Army, interviewed by Ruth Thompson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Garrett née Burgess, Eve Thompson, Ruth
Eve Garrett née Burgess, Australian Women's Land Army, interviewed by Ruth Thompson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45S00990
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Everard Maitland Joseph Tierney as a warrant officer Australian Army Service Corps 6th Australian Division, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
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Maker: Tierney, Everard Maitland Joseph Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
Everard Maitland Joseph Tierney as a warrant officer Australian Army Service Corps 6th Australian Division, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow A transcript of this reco...S03053
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"Excerpts of the Gaza Parade" following the victory of the allies over the Axis forces at the Battle of El Alamein in 1942. Incorporates the address to the 9th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, by Lieutenant General Alexander, a commentary of the march past, the playing of the Last Post and Advance Australia Fair.
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Maker: Broadcasting Service of the Palestine Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones
Address by General Alexander: "Officers, warrant officers, non commissioned officers and men from the Australian Imperial Forces. These great days we are living in are a time for deeds rather than wor...S00143
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Faith Bandler as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Faith Bandler as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02772
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(400220) Falkiner, Fraser (Jum) (Flight Lieutenant)
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Maker: Falkiner, Fraser (Jum) Green, Susan
Jum Falkiner, Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfire pilot, interviewed by Susan Green for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00508
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F3239 Arthur Bancroft as Able Seaman, HMAS Perth and prisoner of the Japanese 1941-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Bancroft, Arthur Wall, Donald
Sinking of Rakuyo Maru, rescue aboard USS Queenfish and aftermath of war. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04052
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F4359 Bernard Edmonson as a stoker, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Toowoomba and Fremantle, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and North Pacific Ocean, 1942-1946, interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Edmondson, Bernard Roberts, Niall John
Edmonson speaks about his childhood and early education; being apprenticed to his father as a boot-maker; joining the RAN in 1942; training at Flinders Naval Depot as a stoker; joining HMAS Toowoomba ...S01789
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(F5061) Corry, Mervyn Joseph (Signalman) interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: Corry, Mervyn Joseph Roberts, Niall John
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S02012
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F4512 Donald Philip Smith, as a able seaman, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Cootamundra and Echuca, North Pacific Ocean, Arafura and Coral Seas, 1942-1946, interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Smith, Donald Phillip (Don) Roberts, Niall John
Smith speaks of his schooling in Perth; early employment as a pottery worker; recruitment into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1942; training and conditions at Flinders Naval Base; commissioning of...S01788
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F2739/09 Edward James Lewis, as a petty officer, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Shepparton, Whyalla and Benalla , Australian waters and North Pacific Ocean, 1941-1946, interviewed by William Gray Ritchie
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Maker: Lewis, Edward James Ritchie, William Gray (Bill)
Ted Lewis speaks about his early service as a naval cadet, an able seaman and a petty officer on HMAS Marguerite, Canberra and Yarra, 1926-1939; Naval training facilities; service on the Armed Merchan...S01796
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Fernanda Afonso Henriques as a 10 year old Timorese child during the Second World War interviewed by Maria Gabriela Carrascalão
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Maker: SBS Radio
CD contains an interview with Fernanda Afonso Henriques and a transcript of the interview - Also available on CD at SBS Radio, Artarmon NSW. Completed as part of SBS Radio's Portuguese Language Progra...S03900
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F3781 Francis Stanley Terry as a cook; minesweeper HMAS Mercedes and corvette HMAS Warrnambool; Australian western approaches and northern and eastern waters; 1941-1946; interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: Terry, Francis Stanley (Frank) Roberts, Niall John
Frank Terry speaks about his childhood and education; his recruitment into the RAN; reception, kitting out and basic training at the Flinders Naval Depot; training a cook; life aboard HMAS Mercedes; m...S01794
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F4900 Garnett Richard Gell, as a stoker, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvette HMAS Pirie and motor water lighter MWL255, Australian waters and North Pacific Ocean, 1943-1946, interviewed by Lorna Dodd
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Maker: Gell, Garnett Richard (Garnie) Dodd, Lorna
Garney Gell speaks about his schooling and early working life; service in the Army; enlisting in the RAN; travelling from Perth to Melbourne by troop train; initial training and training as a stoker o...S01797
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F/4751 Leslie Herbert Olsen, as an able seaman; Royal Australian Navy corvette HMAS Geraldton; Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and North Pacific Ocean; 1942-1946; interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Olsen, Leslie Herbert Roberts, Niall John
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S01785
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Flight Lieutenant Bruce Buckham DSO DFC, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), interviewed by Ken Llewelyn
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Maker: Buckham, Bruce Alexander Llewelyn, Kenneth
420437 Flight Lieutenant Bruce Buckham DSO DFC, RAAF interviewed by Ken Llewellyn about his service as a Stirling and Lancaster pilot with Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during the Second World ...S01670
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Flight Lieutenant Harold Vincent Horner sends Christmas greetings home to his wife and family [Recorded Letter]
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Maker: Horner, Harold Vincent
Gramophone record of Christmas greetings from 406595 Flight Lieutenant Harold Vincent Horner addressed to Mrs F Horner of West Midland WA. Harold expresses how much he is looking forward to coming hom...S04854
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400396 Flight Lieutenant H S W (Bill) Fordyce, talks at Trinity Grammar School in 1978
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Maker: Fordyce, Horace Spencer Wills (Bill)
A tape recording of a talk given to a Year 9 class at Trinity Grammar in 1978 by 400396 Flight Lieutenant Horace 'Bill' Spencer Wills Fordyce. Includes information about his service as a pilot with th...AWM2019.782.1
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Flight Lieutenant Stuart Archbold discusses his service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War, in an interview with SKS Summers.
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Maker: Archbold, Stuart James South African Broadcasting Corporation
Stuart Archbold discusses his service in the RAAF in an interview conducted just prior to his return to Australia. Talks about anti-tank (tank busting) and anti-shipping bombing; serving in a squadron...S04540
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(3403) Flight Lieutenant William Allan Whetters, Flying Officer, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Whetters, William Allan Stokes, Edward
Discusses motives for enlistment in Air Force; training at Point Cook; move to train at Richmond; posting as instructor to train Empire Air Training Scheme recruits; transfer to Bankstown for conversi...S00592
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Flight Sergeant George Bromley, RAAF Gas Warfare Testing, interviewed by Ros Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Bromley, George
Flight Sergeant George Bromley, RAAF Gas Warfare Testing, interviewed by Ros Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00711
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Flora Kearvell as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Hardisty
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Maker: Hardisty, Sue
Flora Kearvell as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue HardistyS02705
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Flying Officer James Rainsford, relays messages to his mother and other family members and recounts experiences while on leave at the New York Anzac Club, 5 June 1944. [recorded letter]
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Maker: Rainsford, James Arthur Samuel
A cardboard disc, made with the support of the GEM Razors and Blades company containing a recorded letter from Flying Officer James Rainsford to his mother and other family members. He recounts his ex...S05586
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(F4052) McLaren, John Cram (Telegraphist) interviewed by John Roberts
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Maker: McLaren, John Cram (Jack) Roberts, Niall John
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S02013
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F5076 Niall John Roberts as an able seaman radar operator, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Echuca, Horsham and Warrnambool, western and northern Australian waters, Timor and Arafura Seas and North Pacific ocean, 1943-1946, interviewed by Jack Shepheard
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Maker: Shepheard, Jack McKenzie
Roberts speaks of his schooling in Boulder City and Kalgoorlie; early employment as a monitor for the West Australian Education Department; his experience in the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC); recruit...S01787
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F5076 Norman Ronald Stephens, as an able seaman, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvette HMAS Tamworth and mine-layer HMAS Bungaree; Australian waters, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and West Pacific Ocean; 1943-1946; interviewed by John Roberts.
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Maker: Stephens, Norman Ronald (Ron) Roberts, Niall John
Ron Stephens talks about: his early life, schooling and his first job; joining the Navy and traveling to the Flinders Naval Depot; kitting out and basic training; his tiddly suit; being drafted to HMA...S01791
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F5430 (O1421, R/31845) Commander William Gray Ritchie AM , as a radar operator; Royal Australian Navy (RAN) HMAS Platypus and corvettes HMAS Broome, Bathurst and Fremantle; North Pacific area including Philippines and Hong Kong, and Australian waters; 1944-1946, interviewed by Margaret Rickard
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Maker: Ritchie, William Gray (Bill) Rickard, Margaret Rickard, Margaret Ritchie, William Gray (Bill)
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S01786
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F3414 Percy George Beer, as a Sick Berth Attendant, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvette HMAS Pirie, west Pacific Ocean, 1941-1946, interviewed by Margaret Rickard.
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Maker: Beer, Percy George (George) Rickard, Margaret
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna ...S01790
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Frances Cowcher as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue Maslin
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Maker: Maslin, Sue
Frances Cowcher as a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), 1942-1945, interviewed by Sue MaslinS02741