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Aart Hopman as a Lieutenant Commander, Royal Netherlands Navy, 1939-1952, and Royal Australian Navy 1954-1977, interviewed by Ian Fulton
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Maker: Hopman, Aart Fulton, Ian Fulton, Ian
Aart Hopman was a submariner with the Royal Netherlands Navy and was based in Western Australia during the Second World War. He married an Australian girl and they later settled in Australia, where Aa...S05091
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Arthur McIver, Royal Australian Navy 1923-1945, interviewed by his son Harry McIver and grandson Ralph McIver.
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Maker: McIver, Arthur McIver, Harry Makin McIver, Ralph Gerard
Arthur McIver also served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04973
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Douglas Guthrie as Chief Stoker, RAN, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thompson
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Maker: Guthrie, Douglas Thomson, Alistair
Douglas Guthrie (SERN (11669) as a chief stoker, Royal Australian Navy, Australian waters, South West Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean, 1919-1946, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson.S01315
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Ean Lawrence McDonald discusses his service in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN),1938-1965, with John Bannister.
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Maker: McDonald, Ean Lawrence Bannister, William John Edgerton
Ean McDonald talks of his Second World War service career in the Royal Australian Navy. Remembering his first ship HMAS Sydney II, he talks of his fond memories of being a signalman on board the famou...S04556
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Leslie Rundle Brooks (Les), Royal Australian Navy 1915-1957, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".
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Maker: Brooks, Leslie Rundle (Les) Rubinstein, Peter
Les Brooks, a member of the Royal Australian Navy, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please con...S03427
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Mostyn Berryman as an able seaman, "Z" Special Unit, RAN, 1942-1946, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.
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Maker: Berryman, Mostyn (Moss)
PA2717 Able Seaman Mostyn Berryman, RAN, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937 – 1947" oral history project. The interview covers his experience as a young person liv...AWM2018.572.4
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Patrick John Kelly, Stoker, Royal Australian Navy, Middle East, "Voices from Overseas" recorded message
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Maker: Kelly, Patrick John
Patrick Kelly died when HMAS Perth was sunk by the Japanese in the battle of the Sunda Strait on 1 March 1942. AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION: Announcer: Hello Western Australia, Here we are on the desk of a cru...S05248
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Raymond George Evans as a lieutenant, HMAS Torrens, RAN, 1939-1945, inteviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.
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Maker: Evans, Raymond George
PA1729 Lieutenant Raymond George Evans, HMAS Torrens, RAN, inteviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers his experience as a y...AWM2018.572.18
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Robert James Dick as a lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East and South West Pacific Area 1940-1944, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Dick, Robert James Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Discusses World War One; prewar education; immigration to Australia; employment; enlistment in Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Imperial Force (AIF); leave; 2/17th Battalion; 9th Division; reli...S01773
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Robert Thomas Slatyer as the Sub-Lieutenant, Assistant Radar Officer, HMAS Shropshire, South West Pacific Area 1943-1945, interviewed by Edie Swift
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Maker: Slatyer, Robert Thomas Swift, Edith Steel
Slatyer speaks of his background; enlistment in the Royal Australian Navy in January 1942; recruit training, followed by specialist electronic training; his initial experience of handling ship's radar...S03756
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Series of interviews between various journalists and Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot on his retirement as Chief of the Defence Force Staff
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Maker: Synnot, Anthony Monckton Synnot, Anthony Monckton
Tape 1: 13 April 1982-Frank Cranstone - Canberra Times; Tape 2: 16 April 1982-Peter Robinson- Financial Review; Tape 3: 19 April 1982-Max Hawkins- Brisbane Telegraph; Tape 4: 19 April 1982-Simon Balde...S00345
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Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins KBE CB interviewed by Mr Robert Hyslop.
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Maker: Collins, John Augustine Hyslop, Robert
Interview part of a set conducted by Robert Hyslop with Royal Australian Navy Senior Officers and Government Ministers.S04652
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William Morgan Bridgeman as an able bodied seaman, HMAS Sydney, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), British Grand Fleet, North Atlantic Ocean 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
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Maker: Bridgeman, William Morgan Thomson, Alistair
Bridgeman relates his early life on a farm near Castlemaine; school at Yapeen; joining the Navy in 1913; transfer from Garden Island to Papua New Guinea when war broke out; being on board HMAS Sydney ...S01307