Raymond Fagg interviewed by Georgina Binns for her Project : Music of the Boer War and First World War

Accession Number S05750
Collection type Sound
Object type Oral history
Physical description Tape 5" (Brand Unknown)
Maker Binns, Georgina Mary
Place made Australia: Tasmania, Hobart
Date made 10 January 1986
Access Open
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Source credit to AWM Grant Scheme 1986 - 1987
Description

Raymond Fagg, age 89, interviewed by Georgina Binns at the Queen Victoria Home in Lindisfarne, Hobart. Raymond enlisted at age 17 on 16 September 1914, in Hobart. He discusses his experiences in Gallipoli, recalling the shortage and quality of food, the conditions and when he was wounded.

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