Victor George Marks, Merchant Navy ('Triadic'), and Jean Marks (nee Cowie) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.

Place	Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number	AWM2018.572.44
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette
Maker	Marks, Jean
Place made	Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, Flinders Park
Date made	28 November 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.

Description

Victor George Marks, Merchant Navy ('Triadic'), and Jean Marks (nee Cowie) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers topics related to their experiences as young people living through the Second World War. Victor Marks was a junior engineer aboard the British Phosphate Commissioner's ship "Triadic", which was sunk by a German raider in December 1940. He was transported to France and became a prisoner of war in Germany for four years. Jean Cowie grew up in London, England, during the war and came to Australia in 1946. The pair met in London and married in Adelaide.

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