Major Andrew (Jack) Balsillie, as a collector of relics for the Australian War Memorial in Malaya and Vietnam in 1960-1961 and 1969-1970, interviewed by Memorial's Summer Scholar Chelsea Mannix

Accession Number S04846
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 25 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description digital audio file
Maker Balsillie, Andrew John 'Jack'
Mannix, Chelsea
Date made 10 February 2010
Access Open
Conflict Period 1970-1979
Period 1960-1969
Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Jack discusses collecting various relics for the Australian War Memorial, including when he went to see the Surrender Table at the Ford Factory in Singapore. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.

  • Listen to Major Andrew (Jack) Balsillie, as a collector of relics for the Australian War Memorial in Malaya and Vietnam in 1960-1961 and 1969-1970, interviewed by Memorial's Summer Scholar Chelsea Mannix
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