(F5061) Corry, Mervyn Joseph (Signalman) interviewed by John Roberts

Accession Number S02012
Collection type Sound
Measurement Duration: 63 mins
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK D60; mono
Maker Corry, Mervyn Joseph
Roberts, Niall John
Date made 6 March 1996
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License 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 RAN Corvettes Association WA Oral History Program
Description

Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna Dodd, William Gray Ritchie and Jack Shepheard.

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History / Summary

Mervyn Joseph Corry, as a signalman, Royal Australian Naval corvettes HMAS Bendigo and Whyalla; North Pacific Area, South China Sea, Taiwan Strait and eastern Australian waters; 1943–1946; interviewed by John Roberts

Mervyn Corry talks about his early family life and education; scouting; enlistment in the Navy; basic training and training as a signalman; joining HMAS Whyalla; on board conditions and seasickness; convoy duties in Australian waters; operations in New Guinea waters; operations as part of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet; joining the British Pacific Fleet’s 21st Minesweeping Flotilla; operations in the Northern Pacific; sailing in a typhoon; the end of the Second World War; transfer to the HMAS Bendigo; his discharge and resumption of civilian life; marriage; his career with the Commonwealth Bank; his wife’s good works and her OAM, and his involvement with the WA Corvettes’ Association.