| Accession Number | AWM2018.572.27 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Sound |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; TEAC CDX60 |
| Maker |
Harvey, Patricia |
| Place made | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, Lower Mitcham |
| Date made | 25 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. |
Patricia Harvey b.1924 interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton about growing up in South Australia during the Second World War.
Description
Interview with Patricia Harvey conducted by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers topics related to growing up in South Australia during the Second World War, including: her American boyfriend and whether she would marry him and move to America; becoming engaged to a returned prisoner of war; domestic life in the late 1930s such as bartering goods, and housework; working at a local grocery shop; her five brothers and their enlistment; entertainment such as dances, skating and cinema; her family's attitudes to the war; clothes and food rationing; VE Day; the slow rehabilitation of soldiers when they returned home; her husband's reslilience having lost his brother; visiting Kranji Cemetery with her husband and its healing effect.
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Patricia Harvey b.1924 interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton about growing up in South Australia during the Second World War.
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Patricia Harvey b.1924 interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton about growing up in South Australia during the Second World War.