Private Leonard Hickman, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War

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Accession Number S02047
Collection type Sound
Measurement 16 min 38 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; Ferric C90; mono
Maker Hickman, Leonard
Unknown
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made Australia: Victoria, Pascoe Vale
Date made 7 July 1994
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Discusses: prewar employment; parents attitude to enlsitment; enlist AIF February 1915; Gallipoli; collect sick and wounded at Gallipoli; Western Front; armistice; return to Australia 1919; return to England to marry; death of wife returns to Australia; postwar employment; attitude to war; recreational activities.
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