Jack Lawrence (Smoky) Howson as a private 39th Battalion, New Guinea, 1942-1945, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Deniki Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Isurava Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Uberi Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Wairopi Area, Oivi Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak
Accession Number	S00501
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 32 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; BASF Ferro Super I 60; mono
Maker	Howson, Jack Lawrence (Smokey) Martin, Harry
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Caulfield
Date made	5 November 1988
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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.
Source credit to	The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

Description

Discusses prewar education; religion; economic depression, class differences, prewar employment, conscription; enlistment; army training; embarkation; authority; Australia; 39th Battalion; casualties; health; food and equipment supplies; humour; AIF/Militia relations; postwar employment; demobilisation; homecoming; troopship SS Aquitania; unit solidarity; battle tactics; combat conditions; conflict with officers; Salvation Army; Australian American relations, relation to authority; field ambulance duties. Mentions Buna, Uberi, Deniki, Kokoda, Oivi, Isurava, Hombrom Bluff, Golden Stairs, Seven Mile, Port Moresby, Wewak, Papua New Guinea; Bill Merritt, H. N. Sorenson.