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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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Hubert R. Matthews interviewed about his experiences in 11th Battalion during the First World War
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Maker: Matthews, Hubert R Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; brother killed at Dardenelles; enlistment August 1915; his family's attitude to enlistment; training in Egypt as a signaller; swimming in the Suez Canal; attitude to Fren...S02054
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Paul Hope, 2/12th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW), interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Hope, Paul Douglas Sprod, Michael
Discusses entlistment; training; embarkation for Middle East via England; action at Tobruk; health; treatment of Italian prisoners of war (POWs); posted to Turkish border; good relationship with Turki...S00529