Interview with Rowan Waddy (When the war came to Australia)

Accession Number F04022
Collection type Film
Measurement 23 min
Object type Video tape
Physical description Betacam SP/Colour/sound
Maker Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Place made Australia
Date made 12 February 1991
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1990-1999
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Interview with Rowan Waddy who became a member of Z Special Unit. Discusses the reasons why it was set up, what it was supposed to do, how he joined up, training on Fraser Island in Queensland, censorship and how it affected him, the operations he was involved in, his feelings towards the Japanese and how he felt at the end of the war.