Rowcliff Thompson interviewed about his experiences in 38th Battalion AIF during the First World War

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Accession Number S02072
Collection type Sound
Measurement 48 min 42 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK AD90; mono
Maker Thompson, Rowcliff
Unknown
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Date made 5 July 1994
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Discusses: early life; enlistment November 1916; Mother's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; comradeship; wounded at Passchendaele October 1917; evacuated to England and repatriated to Australia August 1919; post war employment; marriage and family; recreational activities.
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