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  1. Douglas Noel Green as a private 106th Casualty Clearing Station (CCS), South West Pacific Area 1941-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson

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    Maker: Green, Douglas Noel Dickson, Kevin Alexander

    Discusses prewar family, education, employment, economic depression; enlistment; training; Casualty Clearing Station (CCS); 9th Division; SS Duntroon; convoys; casualties; stress; jungle operations; d...

    S01774

  2. Dr Peter Murray Last as a peadiatrician / anaethetist, Civilian Surgical Team, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, July - October 1967, interviewed by Libby Stewart

    Sound

    Maker: Last, Peter Murray

    A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.

    S03997

  3. Effie May Fussell (nee Garden) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) 1914-18, and Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD), 1939-45, interviewed by Jan Bassett

    Sound

    Maker: Fussell (nee Garden), Effie May

    Early life; nursing training in Bendigo; joining army; voyage to Egypt; conditions at Heliopolis in Egypt; types of wounds suffered by the Australian troops; moving with the 1st Australian General Hos...

    S01815

  4. Elaine Alison Ray (nee Glenn) as a nurse in a Civilian Surgical Team, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, January - August 1970, interviewed by Libby Stewart and Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Ret'd)

    Sound

    A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.

    S03998

  5. Graeme Arthur Unmack as a craftsman A Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment, South Vietnam 1970 [recorded letter]

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    Maker: Unmack, Graeme Arthur

    Recorded letter by Craftsman Graeme Arthur Unmack, 1 Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment, Vietnam, 19 February 1970. Recording is made to his family, narrating his role in Operation Hammersley.

    S03048

  6. Graham Edward McInerney as a photographer for the Adelaide Advertiser, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by David Bradbury

    Sound

    Maker: McInerney, Graham Edward Bradbury, David

    McInerney speaks of accompanying the 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9 RAR) to South Vietnam on board HMAS Sydney, November 1968; personal safety in South Vietnam; a bombing run in an F4 ...

    S03281

  7. Iris Grace Hutton as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1942-1970, interviewed by Jan Bassett

    Sound

    Maker: Hutton, Iris Grace Bassett, Jan

    Early life; enlisted in April 1942 and discharged November 1970; sent to Aitape in New Guinea; suitability of uniform in tropics; describes conditions in hospital; in 1952 posted to Malaya as part of ...

    S01812

  8. Jack Buntine interviewed about his experiences in the 12th Light Horse Brigade during the First World War

    Sound

    Maker: Buntine, Jack Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office

    Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment January 1915; impression of war; Gallipoli; wounded at Gallipoli; France; awarded the Military Medal (MM); Armistice; return to Australia and disc...

    S02076

  9. James Baddeley as a private, 58 Battalion, France, 1916-1919

    Sound

    Maker: Baddeley, James Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office

    James Baddeley discusses: early life; pre-war occupation; enlistment in Army 1916; war service as an observer and signaller; Bapaume; Polygon Wood; training as a signaller; influenza; return to Austra...

    S02027

  10. Janet Lucas as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett

    Sound

    Maker: Lucas, Janet Bassett, Jan

    Early life; commenced civilian nursing training at Sydney Hospital in 1926; registered for army reserve in 1939; called up in 1940; posted to 2/5th Australian General Hospital (AGH); camp hospital at ...

    S01823

  11. Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Jan Bassett

    Sound

    Maker: McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret Bassett, Jan

    Early life; commenced nursing training at Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney in March 1963; joined Citizens Military Force in 1967; joined regular army on 28 March 1969; left for Vietnam on 28 April 1970; ...

    S01822

  12. Lorraine Stewart Blow as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1948, interviewed by Jan Bassett

    Sound

    Maker: Bassett, Jan Blow, Lorraine Stewart

    Early life; commenced civilian nursing training in 1926 at Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney; travelled to India and nursed there; returned to Australia in 1939 and enlisted in the army; called up in 1...

    S01825

  13. Margaret Elston Webster (nee Nicholson) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), Japan and South Korea, 1951-1953, interviewed by Jan Bassett

    Sound

    Maker: Bassett, Jan Webster, Margaret Elston Sealy

    Enlisted July 1951 in Melbourne, discharged July 1953; commenced civilian nursing in August 1945 at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney; after completion of training joined Heidleberg Repatriation ...

    S01820

  14. Margaret Fay Hopcraft (neé Ahern) as a captain nursing sister 8th Field Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings

    Sound

    Maker: Hopcraft, Margaret Fay Hemmings, Lynn

    Joining army; first group of nurses sent to Vietnam; selection procedures; first impressions of hospital in Vietnam; attitude of male army medics to nurses; changes the nurses brought to the hospital;...

    S01579

  15. Nell Williamson as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-44, interviewed by Jan Bassett

    Sound

    Maker: Williamson, Nell Bassett, Jan

    Enlisted 1940, discharged 1944. Early life; civilian nursing training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney; registered in the army reserve; ran private hospital at Tullamore NSW then in 1937 went t...

    S01819

  16. Noel Anthony Carey as a corporal 2/3rd Independent Company later 2/3rd Australian Commando Squadron, South West Pacific Area 1942-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson

    Sound

    Maker: Carey, Noel Anthony Dickson, Kevin Alexander

    Discusses prewar education, family, employment, economic depression; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) enlistment; militia (chokos); 9 Field Regiment, Sydney University Regiment; artillery 18 pounders...

    S01772

  17. Percival (Percy) C. Nayler interviewed by Simon Townsend about his service in 57th Battalion during the First World War

    Sound

    Maker: Nayler, Percival Cook Townsend, Simon Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Nayler, Percival Cook

    Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's attitude to his enlistment; sent to England and then France; impressions of France; participated sprint races at front; wounded...

    S02060

  18. 3400256 Private Cedric `Ned' Egglestone, Royal Australian Infantry Corps, interviewed by Bill Bunbury on his service in the Korean War.

    Sound

    Maker: Egglestone, Cedric 'Ned' Bunbury, Bill Bunbury, Bill

    Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea, 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. Thi...

    S01907

  19. Private Clive McKenzie, 5th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War

    Sound

    Maker: McKenzie, Clive Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office

    Discusses: early life; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; extreme cold; lack of rations in front line; Albert and meeting a civilian girl; wounded at Bullec...

    S02056

  20. Private James A. M. Jolly, 8th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War

    Sound

    Maker: Jolly, James A M Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office

    Discusses: prewar employment; mother's reaction to his enlistment; enlist AIF August 1916; training at Ballarat; winter in France; football and cricket matches behind the lines; being wounded near Hil...

    S02049

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