Major Maxwell Leslie Bidstrup, SX4500 and S213134; Captain Hugh Dalby, SX4130 interviewed by Peter Brune

Accession Number S02307
Collection type Sound
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; SONY HF 120; two track mono
Maker Bidstrup, Maxwell Leslie
Dalby, Hugh
Brune, Peter
Date made 13 November 1986
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Maxwell Leslie Bidstup, as Officer Commanding 39th Battalion and 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.
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History / Summary

Captain Bidstrup and Captain Dalby discuss early drafts of Brune's book "Those Ragged Bloody Heroes". This includes Militia vs AIF, conscripts, promotions dispargement of 49th, comparisons between 49th and 53rd Battalions, physical and mental state of the men when they arrived in Port Moresby and the breakup of the 39th Battalion.

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