(NX111015) Shiner, Victor Bede (Lieutenant)

Places	Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Ravenshoe Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae Oceania: New Guinea1, Wau Area
Accession Number	S01608
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 2 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; brand unknown; mono
Maker	Shiner, Victor Bede
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Randwick
Date made	9 January 1991
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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.

Description

Victor Bede Shiner as a lieutenant 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 1942-1945, interviewed by Richard Raxworthy.

History / Summary

Early life; joining militia; first camp at St Ives then Wallgrove; receiving commission; duties and the drugs dispensed; unit posted to Eagle Farm in Queensland; then to Rockhampton; problems/rivalry between Australian and US troops; unit posted to Ravenshoe; supplying quinine to troops returning from New Guinea; unit sent to Townsville; unit shipped to New Guinea on 'Duntroon'; Vic stationed at headquarters at Rigo Road; duties as adjutant; sent to Wae; description of local natives; trip to Nadzab with Colonel Bretherton and two others; recreational sport; sent to Lae then return to Australia; unit disbanded. END OF INTERVIEW