Corporal James (Jim) H Tansley interviewed by Peter H Liddle about his service with the 6th Yorks and Lancaster Battalion, British Army, on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War

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Accession Number S01728
Collection type Sound
Measurement 48 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; BUSH SF 90; stereo
Maker Tansley, James H
Liddle, Peter Hammond
Place made United Kingdom: England, Northamptonshire, Corby
Date made March 1983
Access Onsite use only
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Pre-war work on the railways; divisional training in England; first landing at Lemnos; landing rehearsals; advances and retreats at Gallipoli; wounded at Gallipoli and return to England; joined 10th Yorks and Lancaster Battalion; wounded at France and return to England; service with the 6th Yorks and Lancaster Battalion; fighting in the 3rd Battle of Ypres; wounded and return to England. END OF TAPE
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