Private James Edwin Moses (721) interviewed about his service in 40th Battalion AIF during the First World War

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Accession Number S02059
Collection type Sound
Measurement 31 min 19 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description C90 Cassette
Maker Moses, James E
Unknown
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Brighton, Brighton East
Date made 11 April 1994
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Discusses: early life; prewar employment in mining; enlistment in AIF March 1916; family's attitude to enlistment; impressions of France; Le Harve; Rouen; wounded at Passchendaele; Armistice; returned to Australia and discharged December 1919; post-war employment; marriage and family; sport and recreation.
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