Place | Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Fromelles |
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Accession Number | S02096 |
Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 1 hr 53 min |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | audio cassette; TDK D120; mono |
Maker |
Brain, Thomas Ralph Cobb, Paul |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Frankston |
Date made | 1 March 1992 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
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. |
Thomas Ralph Brain, 59th Battalion, discusses his experiences on the Western Front during the First World War in an interview with Paul Cobb
Description
Discusses, Side A: early life; compulsory army training; enlistment; sail to Egypt; illness; desert training; travel to Western Front; spies; preparing for Fromelles battle; Fromelles; wounded; battalion casualties; Pompey Elliot; conditions at the Somme; duties at the front; Messines; leave in Britain; trench raids; gambling; visit relatives. Side B: end of war; Spanish Influenza; Harefield; rum ration; mine explosions at Messines; opinion of British troops; convalescent camp; return to Australia; celebrates 21st birthday; shore leave at Cape Town; reunited with father; return on Battlefield Tour.
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