Robert L. Ponsford interviewed about his experiences in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) Dental Corps during the First World War

Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Tel el Kebir Europe: France Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Lone Pine Area, Lone Pine Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows
Accession Number	S02064
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	41 min 0 sec
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK AD90; mono
Maker	Ponsford, Robert Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Camberwell
Date made	22 June 1994
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Description

Discusses: early life; prewar employment; his brother enlists in the British Army as a doctor; enlistment in the Army; his mother's reaction to his enlistment; in camp at Broadmeadows Vic; Gallipoli; experiences at Gallipoli; Lone Pine; shortage of water at Gallipoli and water carrying parties; evacuated December 1915; problems with lice; travelled to Lemnos, then Alexandra and Tel el Kebir; brother claimed him for the Dental Corps; memories of France; cold weather; barbed wire; return to Australia March 1919; re-employed by AMP on discharge; marriage and family; recreational activities; returned to Gallipoli in 1990.
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