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| Accession Number | AWM2018.572.13 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; TEAC CDX60 |
| Maker |
Crinion, Jim |
| Place made | Australia: South Australia, Urrbrae |
| Date made | 17 October 2001 |
| 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. |
Jim Crinion, Home Guard and Royal Artillery and POW, England and Changi, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Description
Jim Crinion interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project about his experiences as a young (English) person in the Second World War. The interview covers topics such as his schooling in Liverpool; his time with the Home Guard and the Royal Artillery; being a rear gunner; haircuts; disposal of property; avoiding dysentery and dengue fever; racist cariatures of the Japanese; his experience as a prisoner of war; travelling to Blodok Prison; his time in Changi.
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Jim Crinion, Home Guard and Royal Artillery and POW, England and Changi, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
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Jim Crinion, Home Guard and Royal Artillery and POW, England and Changi, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
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Jim Crinion, Home Guard and Royal Artillery and POW, England and Changi, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
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Jim Crinion, Home Guard and Royal Artillery and POW, England and Changi, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton