Accession Number | S02315 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | audio cassette; SONY HF 120; two track mono |
Maker |
Dalby, Hugh |
Date made | 14 July 1987 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
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. |
Captain Hugh Dalby, SX4130; Captain Noel Mallam Symington,WX2719; and Major Maxwell Leslie Bidstrup, Sx4500 and S213134: interviewed by Peter Brune
Hugh Dalby as a lieutenant 39th Battalion, Noel Mallam Symington as a Major and Maxwell Leslie Bidstrup as a ? 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.
Joint interview with Symington, Dalby and Bidstrup (Bidstrup for short time only) on their impressions of the arrival of the 39th in Port Morseby; company postings; assessment of Lt Col Owen; training of the 39th upont their arrival; Brigadier Porter's assessment of the bridgade impressions; Kokoda Trail; the battle to retake Kokoda; attibutes of planning; Cameron's plan; Symington and Bidstrup's experiences; the withdrawal from Kokoda; Isurava and general impressions of the campaign.
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Captain Hugh Dalby, SX4130; Captain Noel Mallam Symington,WX2719; and Major Maxwell Leslie Bidstrup, Sx4500 and S213134: interviewed by Peter Brune
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Captain Hugh Dalby, SX4130; Captain Noel Mallam Symington,WX2719; and Major Maxwell Leslie Bidstrup, Sx4500 and S213134: interviewed by Peter Brune
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Captain Hugh Dalby, SX4130; Captain Noel Mallam Symington,WX2719; and Major Maxwell Leslie Bidstrup, Sx4500 and S213134: interviewed by Peter Brune
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Captain Hugh Dalby, SX4130; Captain Noel Mallam Symington,WX2719; and Major Maxwell Leslie Bidstrup, Sx4500 and S213134: interviewed by Peter Brune