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Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan, DSO OBE ISO ED, recounts his military career [memoirs]
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Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan recounts his military career: cadet at Cook's Hill High School, Newcastle; experiences in 1914-18 War in 34th Battalion; Military life between the two wo...S01329
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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
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Ordinary Seaman Neil F. Roberts interviewed by Alexandra Torrens about the sinking of HMAS Kuttabul by a Japanese Midget Submarine in Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May - 1 June 1942.
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Maker: Roberts, Neil F Torrens, Alexandra Roberts, Neil F
Discusses: early life; enlists in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at age 19 years; training at Flinders Naval Depot; posted to Sydney; on sentry duty four hours on and four hours off; quartered on HMA...S01996