| Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Shrapnel Gully Area |
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| Accession Number | S03783 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 20 min 19 sec |
| Object type | Memoir |
| Physical description | audio cassette; AUDIOSONIC C60; mono |
| Maker |
Nielsen, Otto Carl |
| Date made | unknown |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| 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. |
Otto Carl Nielsen as a member of 25th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918 [reminiscences]
Description
Nielsen speaks of his enlistment in the AIF; training at Enoggera Camp, Albury; deployment for overseas service; further training in Egypt; departure for Gallipoli via Lemnos Island; experiences at Quinns Post; falling ill with enteric fever; hospitalisation and convalescence in England; further training; departure for France; his experience of the Somme offensive and operations against Pozieres, July 1916; being severely wounded in the foot near Hill 160 [around the Windmill]; capture by the Germans and internment near Interlaken; his release in a prisoner exchange initiated by the Red Cross; having an operation on his foot in Switzerland and return to Australia at the end of the war.
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Otto Carl Nielsen as a member of 25th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918 [reminiscences]