Captain Hugh Dalby, SX4130 interviewed by Peter Brune

Accession Number S02305
Collection type Sound
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; SONY HF 60; two track mono
Maker Brune, Peter
Dalby, Hugh
Date made 6 October 1986
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Hugh Dalby, as a lieutenant 39th Battalion, New Guinea, 1942-1943, interviewed by the author Peter Brune as research for his books on Second World War New Guinea conflicts.
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.

History / Summary

Dalby discusses pre-war army structure, reasons for joining, conscription, the depression,social class, reactions to Gavin Long's Official Volume 1, Militia vs AIF and appeasement

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