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  1. A11060 Corporal Kevin Patrick Melican, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1951-1952, interviewed by Bill Bunbury, about his service with the RAAF during the Korean War.

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    Maker: Melican, Kevin Patrick

    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'. A tr...

    S01916

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    Ada Corbitt (Mickey) Syer as a captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans

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    Maker: Syer, Ada Corbitt Evans, Margaret

    2/10th Australian General Hospital, was one of four reinforcement nurses when she embarked in 1941; went as the nation and fighting soldiers needed them, no familial reason not to go, and it was a way...

    S02914

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    Air Commodore Clarence Haddon Spurgeon OBE DFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 8 Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden and Dr Hank Nelson

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    Maker: Spurgeon, Clarence Haddon Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Nelson, Hank

    Air Commodore Clarence Haddon Spurgeon OBE DFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 8 Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden and Dr Hank Nelson A transcript of this recordi...

    S02932

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    Alan Carew interviewed by Dawn Peel for her oral history project on Colac, Victoria during the War of 1939-1945

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    Alan Carew describes his experiences as a child when Italian Prisoners of War worked on his family's farm and neighbouring farms in the Colac district of Victoria, 1941-1945.

    S00637

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    Albert (Bert) Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.)

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    Maker: Jones, Albert George Billett, Janet Roberts

    Bert Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.) Bert talks about his three years as a POW in Ambon, describing stea...

    S04322

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    Albert Ray Irvine as a member of 214 Squadron, No 100 (Bomber Support) Group, 1943-1944, and a prisoner of war in Germany, 1944-1945, interviewed by John Fincher.

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    Maker: Irvine, Albert Ray Fincher, John Farram

    Background, family and employment before joining the RAAF; he had initially applied to the AIF but was not accepted on medical grounds. In 1942 he went to Calgary, Canada, to be part of the Empire Air...

    S02854

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    Albert Ray Irvine recounts his experiences as a flying officer, wireless air gunner, 214 Squadron, No 100 (Bomber Support) Group and a prisoner of war, 1942-1945, in an oral memoir.

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    Maker: Irvine, Albert Ray Irvine, Albert Ray

    Irvine discusses his training in Australia, Canada and Waddington in England before posting to 214 Squadron flying Stirlings and then B-17s specially equipped with radar jamming devices to protect the...

    S02855

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    Alexander Bartos as a Hungarian prisoner of war, camp Flossenberg and Dora Mittlewerk, Germany, Second World War, interviewed by Eleni Holloway

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    Maker: Bartos, Alexander Emery Holloway, Eleni

    From early 1945 Alex worked on the V2 rocket production line as a forced labourer in the Dora Mittlewerk underground facility.

    S05425

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    Alexander Douglas (Doug) Crawford, as a Captain, 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment and POW in Germany, interviewed by David McRobbie for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45

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    Maker: Crawford, Alexander Douglas (Doug)

    Discussing enlistment in CMF and later AIF; 2/5th Field Regiment; conversion of 2/5th Field Regiment to 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment; embarkation for England and deploying to Greece; capture by German for...

    S00579

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    Alexander Hatton Drummond as a private 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden

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    Maker: Drummond, Alexander Hatton Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'

    Alexander Hatton Drummond as a private 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For f...

    S02962

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    Alexander Norman Thompson as a staff officer Headquarters 8th Australian Division and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans

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    Maker: Thompson, Alexander Norman Evans, Margaret

    Alexander Norman Thompson as a staff officer Headquarters 8th Australian Division and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may be availa...

    S02931

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    Alfred George Michell as a craftsman 2/10th Australian Base Workshop and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden

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    Maker: Michell, Alfred George Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'

    Alfred George Michell as a craftsman 2/10th Australian Base Workshop and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further ...

    S02955

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    Allan Munro as an aircraftsman, Royal Air Force and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans

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    Maker: Evans, Margaret Munro, Allan Angus

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

    S02965

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    Arnold Fraser (Frazer) Caddy as a lance sergeant, 8th Division and POW, 1941-1946, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.

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    Maker: Caddy, Arnold Fraser

    VX60320 Lance Sergeant Arnold Fraser (Frazer) Caddy, 8th Division, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview touches on topics s...

    AWM2018.572.11

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    Arthur Bancroft as able seaman HMAS Perth and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden

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    Maker: Bancroft, Arthur Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'

    Arthur Bancroft as able seaman HMAS Perth and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact ...

    S02950

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    Arthur Frederick Gigger as a signalman, 8 Corps of Signals and POW, 1940-1946, Second World War, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton

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    Maker: Gigger, Arthur Frederick

    SX7678 Signalman (Sig) Arthur Frederick Gigger, 8 Corps of Signals, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview covers Sig Gigger'...

    AWM2018.572.21

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    Arthur Frederick Shephard as a sergeant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden

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    Maker: Shephard, Arthur Frederick Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'

    Arthur Frederick Shephard as a sergeant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For ...

    S03019

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    Arthur Ronald Brown as Commanding Officer 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson and Gavan Daws

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    Maker: Brown, Arthur Ronald Daws, Gavan Nelson, Hank

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

    S02881

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    Australian recovered prisoners of war interviewed by Pilot Officer Jock McPherson, RAAF Combat Broadcast Team, at Changi, Singapore following the surrender of Japan in 1945

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    Disc 1 Side 1: Pilot Officer Jock McPherson, as a member of the RAAF Combat Broadcast Team, records from a RAAF Catalina aircraft on its approach to Kelang airport, Singapore. The plane is met by four...

    S00015

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    Ben Charles Hackney as a lieutenant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden

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    Maker: Hackney, Ben Charles

    Ben Charles Hackney as a lieutenant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For furt...

    S02967

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