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| Accession Number | S03424 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 16 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | digital audio tape (DAT); Quantegy R-124; 48kHz; 16 bit; mono |
| Maker |
Smout, Edward (Ted) David Rubinstein, Peter |
| Date made | 1997 |
| Access | Onsite use only |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction. |
| Source credit to | Department of Veterans' Affairs. Their Service - Our Heritage |
Edward David "Ted" Smout , a member of the 3rd Sanitation Section AIF, 1915-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".
Description
He discusses early days and school life in Cunnamulla and Brisbane; enlistment in 1915; the first time he saw death first hand; Christmas dinner in 1916; meeting Frank (later Sir Frank) Beaurepaire; experiencing shelling, trenchfoot, lice, "frozen blankets" and winter of 1916 in France; feelings about Armistice, and what he was doing when it occurred; life, marriage and working in insurance after the war; the long lasting, after- effects of shell shock.
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