Fred Marchese, as a private with Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries and 63rd Infantry Battalion interviewed by Jane Fleming-Panegyres for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

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Accession Number S00757
Collection type Sound
Measurement 2 hr 9 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK AD60; two track mono
Maker Marchese, Fred
Date made 24 November 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Fred Marchese trained in the 5th Anti Aircraft Battery then served in Darwin in 1943 and 1944 as an anti-aircraft gunner and then overseas with the 63rd Infantry Battalion and Morotai and Ambon Island.

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