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  1. (1318) Beam, John Samuel (Staff Sergeant)

    Sound

    Maker: Beam, John Samuel Green, Edna Olwyn

    John Samuel Beam as a member of 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment and 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1950 -1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green. A transcript of this recordi...

    S03785

  2. Brian Thomas Lennon as a private rifleman and machine gunner 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, later rifleman 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1953-1954, interviewed by John Bannister

    Sound

    Maker: Lennon, Brian Thomas Bannister, William John Edgerton

    Brian Thomas Lennon as a private rifleman and machine gunner 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, later rifleman 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1953-1954, interv...

    S03261

  3. Brigadier Philip Jamieson Greville CBE (Rtd) as the captain Officer Commanding Assault Pioneer Platoon 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)

    Sound

    Maker: Greville, Phillip Jamieson Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny

    Greville speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; the role of the Assault Pioneer Platoon in Korea during his period of command; the circumstances of his capture and his t...

    S02289

  4. Colonel Eric Harold Smith DSO (Ret'd) as the captain Adjutant later a company commander 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea, 1952-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty

    Sound

    Maker: Preston, Lenny

    Smith speaks of his pre-military background; his posting after commissioning to operational infantry service in New Guinea in July 1945; his service in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF)...

    S02292

  5. Keith Payne VC as a private rifleman 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty

    Sound

    Maker: Australian War Memorial

    Keith Payne VC as a private rifleman 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty.

    S02290

  6. Norman H Goldspink MBE as a corporal section commander 11 Platoon D Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty

    Sound

    Maker: Goldspink, Norman H Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny

    Goldspink speaks of his family background and his military background during the Second World War; his work experience leading to his enlistment in the Army; recruit and infantry corps training; pre-e...

    S02650

  7. 3400632 Private Des Guilfoyle, 1 and 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, interviewed by Bill Bunbury about his service in the Korean War during 1952-53.

    Sound

    Maker: Guilfoyle, Des Bunbury, Bill Bunbury, Bill Guilfoyle, D M

    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...

    S01909

  8. (2900105) Rixon, Henry Francis (Lance Corporal)

    Sound

    Maker: Rixon, Henry Francis Green, Edna Olwyn

    Harry Francis Rixon as a member of 6 Platoon B Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green A transcript of this recording may be available. For fu...

    S03809

  9. Sergeant Ian Robertson (31932) as a sniper and unit photographer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, and as a platoon sergeant 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1953, interviewed by Ian Affleck

    Sound

    Maker: Australian War Memorial

    Sergeant Ian Robertson (31932) as a sniper and unit photographer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, and as a platoon sergeant 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regi...

    S02691

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