Frank McLean MM as a corporal, 2/27 Battalion, interviewed by Rob Linn for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945

Places	Africa: Egypt Middle East: French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Beirut Oceania: Australia, Queensland Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Ravenshoe Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Markham Point Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Nadzab Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Ramu River Area, Faria River Area, Guy's Post Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Ramu River Area, Faria River Area, John's Knoll Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Ramu River Area, Faria River Area, Shaggy Ridge Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Popondetta Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Efogi Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Koitaki
Accession Number	S00905
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 32 min 16 sec
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK AD60; two track mono
Maker	McLean, Frank Linn, Rob
Date made	8 March 1990
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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	The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

Description

Frank discusses early employment at Whyalla and for BHP; being in favour of going to war; embarkation; Syria and New Guinea; casualties; contact or lack thereof, with indigenous populations in the places he deployed to; the action for which he was awarded a MM; attitudes towards 'fuzzy wuzzies'; returning home and attitude of Australians towards the war and fears of invasion; aspects of post war life including employment, family, ANZAC Day marches.