| Accession Number | S00511 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 2 hr 1 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; unbranded C60; two track mono |
| Maker |
Holden, Edwin John Connell, Daniel |
| Date made | January 1989 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| 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 |
Edwin John Holden, as a Flying Officer, radio operator, 463 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Description
(410061) John Holden, Lancaster bomber radio operator No. 463 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
History / Summary
Discusses prewar education; WW1; employment; recruitment and enlistment; American troopship West Point; Australia American relations; embarkation; officer enlisted men relations; No. 27 Operational Training Unit (OTU); No. 463 Sqn RAAF; No. 617 Sqn Royal Air Force (RAF); Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); tour of duty; casualties; aircraft Lancaster; aerial operations; prisoners of war (POWs); tallboy bombs; ship Tirpitz; stress; rations, leisure; discipline; war graves; demobilisation. Mentions Somers, VIC; Parkes, NSW; Tromso, Norway; Yagodnik, Archangel, USSR; Berlin, Leipzig, Germany; London, Waddington, Britain.
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