| Accession Number | AWM2018.572.5 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Sound |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; TDK AD60 |
| Maker |
Bolton, Geoffrey Curgenven |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Claremont |
| Date made | 29 September 2000 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| 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. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO discusses his experiences as a young person in Western Australia, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Description
Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937 – 1947" oral history project. The interview covers his experience as a young person living through the Second World War, including subjects like his family's reaction to the war, his childhood understanding of the war, daily life and growing vegetables, comics and movies of the time, slit trenches, the Japanese in the war, evacuees from Malawa, Broom and Darwin, school activities, his personal experience of veterans, beach holidays at Buckland Hill, Guy Fawkes night, and school life during the war. A transcript of this recording is available. For further information please contact the Sound section.
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Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO discusses his experiences as a young person in Western Australia, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
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Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO discusses his experiences as a young person in Western Australia, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton