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  1. Corporal James (Jim) H Tansley interviewed by Peter H Liddle about his service with the 6th Yorks and Lancaster Battalion, British Army, on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War

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    Maker: Tansley, James H Liddle, Peter Hammond

    Pre-war work on the railways; divisional training in England; first landing at Lemnos; landing rehearsals; advances and retreats at Gallipoli; wounded at Gallipoli and return to England; joined 10th Y...

    S01728

  2. Driver Edward D. Eastham relates his experiences with the 3rd Division Artillery Column during the First World War

    Sound

    Maker: Eastham, Edward D Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office

    Edward Eastham discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in December 1915; training at Codford Britain; impressions of France; mud; detonation of Messines mines in 1917; recalls the Somme, ...

    S02040

  3. Guest of Honour. An ABC Radio program featuring Patsy Adam Smith

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    Maker: Smith, Patsy Adam Australian Broadcasting Commission

    "Guest of Honour" An ABC Radio program broadcast 14 January 1979 featuring Patsy Adam Smith who describes her journey, in November 1978, with First World War veterans to France and Belgium to commemor...

    S00326

  4. Henry William Parkinson MM as a gunner 107th Howitzer Battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade 3rd Division Artillery AIF, France 1916-1918 and Volunteer Defence Corps 1939-1945, interviewed by his grandson Mark Bailey.

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    Maker: Parkinson, Henry William Bailey, Mark

    Parkinson speaks of his family background and early employment; enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force; training at Holsworthy Army Camp; journey to England aboard troopship HMAT Argyllshire; tra...

    S01151

  5. Jack Sparke Crossing as a Gunner, 112th Howitzer Battery, Western Front, First World War

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    Maker: Crossing, Jack Sparke

    Talk by Jack Crossing of his experiences as a gunner in the 112th Howitzer Battery during the campaigns of Menin Road, Ypres, Amiens and Passchendaele.

    S01485

  6. 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 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

  7. 9pm Bugle Calls, Last Post and Reveille played by the Menin Gate Buglers. Recorded at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

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    Maker: Menin Gate Buglers Hunter, J F

    9pm Bugle Calls, Last Post and Reveille, played by the Menin Gate Buglers. Recorded at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

    S00265

  8. Remembrance Day ceremonies at Ypres, Belgium and Villers-Bretonneux, France .

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    Maker: Smith, Stanley

    Remembrance Day ceremonies at Ypres, Belgium and Villers Bretonneux, France, November 1978. Includes interviews with veterans Jim Bryant, Arthur McMillan, Jack Nicholson and Bert Field recorded by Sta...

    S00311

  9. William Hunt Smith talks about his experiences in 6th Battalion AIF during the First World War

    Sound

    Maker: Smith, William Hunt Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office

    Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the AIF July 1915; brother enlisted in the AIF served at Gallipoli and killed at Pozieres; mateship; rations; mud; life in the trenches; fought ...

    S02069

  10. William John Cox as a corporal, 15 Battery, 5 Brigade Artillery, France, 1916-1918 [Memoirs]

    Sound

    Maker: Cox, William John Cox, William John

    Discusses: why Australia went to war; landing at Gallipoli; his enlistment during recruiting week in July 1915; pre-war employment; sent to Melbourne Showgrounds recruitment camp; issue of initial clo...

    S02207

  11. William Thomson interviewed about his experiences in the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War

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    Maker: Thomson, William Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office

    Discusses: early life; enlistment in the army in 1914; fighting at Ypres; wearing kilts in the trenches; mud; lack of food; armistice; discharge from the army; immigrated to Australia in 1923; post wa...

    S02073

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