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(689) John George (Jack) Tarrant DCM as a sergeant, 20 Battalion, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 1915-1918, interviewed by Peter Sekuless
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Maker: Tarrant, John George Sekuless, Peter
Early life; enlisting; two brothers already enlisted; landed on Gallipoli 22 August 1915; description of evacuation; feeling that he was fighting as a British subject, not as an Australian; opinion of...S00182
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John Glover Woolmer as a signaller in the Royal Australian Navy, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 1915-1945
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Maker: Woolmer, John Glover
Woolmer speaks of his early childhood in England; emigration to Australia; enlistment in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at age 15 years; signals training; First World War service in the Australian th...S03262
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John Henry (Jack) Lockett (1194) (Sergeant), 38th Battalion AIF, 1916-1919 interviewed by Peter Rubinstein
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Maker: Lockett, John Henry (Jack) Rubinstein, Peter
Jack Lockett, as a member of the 38th Battalion AIF, 1916-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further informati...S03435
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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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John (Jack) Findley as a gunner, 4th Brigade, Gallipoli 1915 and 39th Battery, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, France and Belgium 1916-1918, interviewed by Douglas Chappell
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Maker: Findley, John (Jack) Chappell, Douglas
In an interview conducted at home by his grandson Douglas Chappell, John (Jack) Findley speaks of his experiences as a miner with the 4th Brigade on Gallipoli and as a linesman with the 39th Battery o...S03222
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John McGillan interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
John McGillan interviewed by Georgina Binns at the War Veteran's Home in Mt Lawley, Perth. John enlisted age 17 in York Western Australia, 1915, he had to get his mother's permission and put the age u...S05767
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John Norris interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 16 Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in WW1
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Maker: Norris, John Robert Chalk, David
John Norris interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 16 Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in WW1.S01194
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John Robert Cunliffe (Jack) Cunliffe as WW1 veteran, 13th Battalion, 4th Brigade, interviewed by David Chalk.
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Maker: Cunliffe, Jack Chalk, David
Jack Cunliffe, SERN 359, interviewed by David Chalk about his experiences with D Platoon, 4th Brigade, 13th Battalion, in WW1. Topics discussed include: birthplace of Surry Hills (born at home on 3 Ma...S01175
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Joseph Lewin Newman MM (1074) as a private 17th Infantry Battalion AIF and France 1916-1919
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Maker: Newman, Joseph Lewin
Newman speaks of his time on Gallipoli; punishments for being AWL; captured by the Germans in 1917 at Lagnicourt (near Bullecourt) and was a prisoner of war; escape to the Russian Frontier with two Ru...S01841
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Kathleen Avery interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Kathleen Avery interviewed by Georgina Binns in Glenelg, South Australia. Kathleen nee Bryant was from Broken Hill and trained in the Army Nursing Service in South Australia in 1914 for three years. A...S05759
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Keith Tamblyn interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 10th Battalion and 50th Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in 1914-18
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Maker: Tamblyn, Keith Chalk, David
Keith Tamblyn interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 10th Battalion and 50th Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in 1914-18S01201
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Lance Corporal Ernest Avery relates his experiences in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) during the First World War and with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a nurse during the Second World War.
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Maker: Avery, Ernest Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Ernest Avery discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the Army; transfer to the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC); post war occupation; marriage; enlistment in the Royal Australian A...S02026
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Lance Corporal William (Bill) C. Gamble, 2nd Machine Gun Company, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
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Maker: Gamble, William C 'Bill' Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Gamble, William C 'Bill'
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlisted in AIF August 1916; impressions of France; gassed; training at Gas School; mates; shelling of Corbie Town Hall; Somme; relationships with British sol...S02044
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Lawrence Dominic McCarthy VC as a member of 16 Battalion 4 Brigade, 1914-1918 [memoirs]
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Maker: McCarthy, Lawrence Dominic 'Fats' Bastiaan, Ross McCarthy, Lawrence Dominic 'Fats'
McCarthy speaks of his sea voyage from Australia to Egypt; overnight sailing to Gallipoli; landing on Gallipoli; an attack by Turkish troops; evacuation from Gallipoli; France; describes attack on Ger...S03037
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Leila Lowrie interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Leila Lowrie interviewed by Georgina Binns at the Hobart Repatriation Hospital on 9 January 1986. Leila was 13 years old when the war started in 1914. Leila became a teacher at a Hobart high school an...S05748
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Len Millhouse interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Len Millhouse, age 86, interviewed by Georgina Binns in Moonah, Hobart. Len volunteered for the Light Horse and then enlisted in the infantry and went to Glasgow where meningitis the black flu broke o...S05755
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Leonard Pooley interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 16 Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in WW1
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Maker: Pooley, Leonard Chalk, David
Leonard Pooley interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 16 Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in WW1.S01196
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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 ThomsonS01309
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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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Leslie Webster Greenleaf, MM, as a private, 13th Battalion, discusses his part in the Gilgandra "Cooee March" in October 1915 in an interview with Kaye Mallison
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Maker: Greenleaf, Leslie Webster Mallison, Kay
Leslie Webster Greenleaf, MM, as a private, 13th Battalion, discusses his part in the Gilgandra "Cooee March" in October 1915 in an interview with Kaye Mallison.S00329
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Letter written by Francis (Frank) Wormald as Sergeant, First World War 1915 - 1919, to Morris Buie, read as a recording in 1989
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Maker: Wormald, Francis (Frank)
Francis (Frank) Wormald as Sergeant, First World War 1915 - 1919, wrote a letter to Morris Buie, and recorded a spoken reading of it in 1989, whilst at the age of 92. Sergeant Wormald enlisted in the ...S05822
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Lewis Sharp interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 13th Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in WW1
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Maker: Sharp, Lewis Chalk, David
Lewis Sharp interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 13th Battalion 4th Brigade AIF in WW1.S01199
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Lieutenant Colonel William Donovan Joynt VC, served with 8th Battalion, AIF, France during 1916-1918, interviewed by Roger Clarke
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Maker: Joynt, William Donovan Clarke, Roger
Lieutenant Colonel William Donovan Joynt VC, served with 8th Battalion, AIF, France during 1916-1918, interviewed by Roger Clarke at the RSL Veterans' Home in Frankston, VIC. A transcript of this rec...S04266
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Life on the Line podcast [Series 2, Bonus Episode] My Father's Great War with Bevan Harris
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Maker: Thistle Productions
Angus Hordern interviews Bevan Harris. Podcast released 29 June 2018. Episode description from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their sto...AWM2018.1150.16
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Life on the Line [Series 3, Bonus Episode] The Great War's Navy with Dr David Stevens
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Maker: Stevens, David Murray Hordern, Angus Thistle Productions Stevens, David
Angus Hordern speaks with Dr David Stevens about Australia's naval war in World War I. Podcast was released 12 April 2019. Episode descriptions from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tra...AWM2020.1032.71
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Life on the Line [Series 1, Episode 7] Tom Hughes
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Maker: Thistle Productions
Alex Lloyd interviews Tom Hughes. Podcast released 10 October 2017. Episode description from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stori...AWM2018.414.7
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Longmore, Roy
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Maker: Longmore, Roy Rubinstein, Peter Longmore, Roy
Roy Longmore, Sapper, 2nd Pioneers, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound ...S03458
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Mance, Charlie
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Charlie Mance interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03456
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Mansfield, Alfred (Alf)
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Maker: Mansfield, Alfred Rubinstein, Peter
Alf Mansfield interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03444
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March: All the trumpets
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Maker: Grisdale, Colin Hicks, Alan Latham, Chris
Recording of the instrumental piece titled 'March: all the trumpets', created as part of the Music and the First World War project. Music composed by H W Hamilton. Produced by Chris Latham, with Colin...AWM2018.404.50
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Mary Newman interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Binns, Georgina Mary
Mary Newman interviewed by Georgina Binns at the Hobart Repatriation Hospital on 9 January 1986. Mary was only five years old when the war started in 1914. She discusses her experiences as her father ...S05749
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(180) Matthews, Albert Edward (Ted) (Corporal)
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Maker: Matthews, Albert Edward (Ted) Rubinstein, Peter Matthews, Albert Edward (Ted)
Ted Matthews, as a member of the 13th Infantry Brigade AIF, 1914-1918, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further in...S03439
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Mayne, John (Jack)
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Jack Mayne interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03450
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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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(224) McHugh, William George (Private)
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Maker: McHugh, William George
William George McHugh as a private, 40th Battalion, France, 1916-1919, interviewed by Bryan Butler.S00419
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Merriman, Ernest Clyde
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Maker: Merriman, Ernest Clyde Rubinstein, Peter
Ernest Clyde Merriman interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03462
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Mervyn Spencer interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War
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Maker: Spencer, Mervyn Henry Binns, Georgina Mary
Mervyn Spencer interviewed by Georgina Binns in Newtown, Hobart. A bandsman with the 12th Battalion band, he mentions receiving news of the sinking of the German Cruiser SMS Emden by HMAS Sydney. He a...S05753
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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 ThomsonS01321
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Mr Clarrie Wignall reciting poems, recorded by Mr Bryan Butler of AWM Sound Section
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Clarrie Wignall: Regimental Number 20 in the original 7th Battalion in WW1, wounded in 1918.S00437
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Mrs T P Chataway interviewed by David Chalk about her late husband's experiences with the 4th Brigade during the First World War
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Maker: Chataway, T P Chalk, David
Mrs T P Chataway interviewed by David Chalk about her late husband's experiences with the 4th Brigade during the First World War.S01174
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2nd Cook's Mate Richard F. Pavey talks about his experiences in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and with the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) during the Second World War
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Maker: Pavey, Richard F Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War; duties on ship; employemnt during the 1920's and 1930's; enlistment in the Army during the Second World...S02063
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Nicholas L Curtain (1684) as a sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Middle East, 1914-1918 and later as a warrant officer 2 of the Volunteer Defence Corps, Tasmania, 1939-1945
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Maker: Curtain, Nicholas Leviston
Discusses bombing the horse lines and camp by the "Torbes" (Taube - German aircraft), Damascus, Lawrence of Arabia, Harper, riots in Cario, how the horses were destroyed after the war had finished, th...S00682
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Norman Frederick Chapman as lieutenant, 3rd Field Company, 1st Division AIF France, 1917-1918, interviewed by Brian Butler
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Maker: Chapman, Norman Frederick Butler, Bryan Australian War Memorial
Mr Chapman discusses: Childhood and Prewar employment as a surveyor, enlisting in 1916 and joining 3rd Field Company, 1st Division in May 1917, life on the ship on the way to England, training and bei...S00466
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Norman Montague Brooke DCM, as a private, 1st Pioneer Battalion and 2nd Medium Trench Mortar Battery, First World War, later of the 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, Russia, 1919 interviewed by Stuart Menzies
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Maker: Menzies, Stuart
Norman Brooke DCM of the 1st Pioneer Battalion and 2nd Medium Trench Mortar Battery, later of the 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Arrived in England in April 1919 after being demobilised in France; jo...S00180
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Nurse, Fredrick Bickford (Private)
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Maker: Rubinstein, Peter
Fredrick Bickford Nurse as a private 8 Field Ambulance, 1914-1918, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further inform...S03457
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Official Opening of Australian War Memorial, 11 November 1941
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission
Official opening of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra on 11 November 1941.S00028
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Olive Jeffrey as a nursing sister 14th Australian General Hospital, Egypt 1917-1919, interviewed by Judith Doig
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Maker: Jeffrey, Olive Edith Doig, Judith
Techincal note : the interview is not formally introduced or concluded. Ambient noises on recording.S00398
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Oliver Howes, scriptwriter and editor, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".
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Maker: Howes, Oliver F Rubinstein, Peter
Oliver Howes, scriptwriter and editor, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War". A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sou...S03430
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Otto Carl Nielsen as a member of 25th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918 [reminiscences]
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Maker: Nielsen, Otto Carl
Nielsen speaks of his enlistment in the AIF; training at Enoggera Camp, Albury; deployment for overseas service; further training in Egypt; departure for Gallipoli via Lemnos Island; experiences at Qu...S03783