| Accession Number | S03258 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 min 52 sec |
| Object type | Recorded letter |
| Physical description | sound disc (lacquer); Red Cross; 78 rpm; mono; 7 inch |
| Maker |
Cocks, Allan Ross |
| Date made | May 1944 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Voices from overseas: Flying Officer Allan Ross Cocks as a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, 1944
Description
A message from Flying Officer Cocks to his family and fiance in Australia recorded just prior to his posting to Nos 181 and 183 (Typhoon) Squadrons RAF Fighter Command, North West Europe. 'Voices from overseas' messages were played regularly over ABC radio in Australia. Cocks as a flight lieutenant pilot was shot down over Niijmegen, Netherlands, February 1945. He became a prisoner of the Germans for the duration of the war.
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Voices from overseas: Flying Officer Allan Ross Cocks as a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, 1944