(WX9723) Wauhop, Jack (Private)

Accession Number	S00512
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 32 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK AD60; mono
Maker	Wauhop, Jack Wall, Brian
Place made	Australia: Western Australia, Kalamunda, Forrestfield
Date made	12 January 1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Status to be assessed
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

Jack Wauhop, 2/32nd Battalion and prisoner of war, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

History / Summary

Discusses prewar education; economic depression; employment; enlistment; training; food; embarkation; troopship SS Queen Mary; 2/32nd Battalion; HMS Hasty; air raids; discipline; taken prisoner of war (POW) by the Germans at El Alamein; transferred to Italian pow camp; difference between Italian and German guards; transported to Italy; camp conditions; Red Cross packages; sabotage; health; escape from farm work camp; journey to Switzerland; repatriated by the Swiss to American forces in France; transported by Americans to Naples in italy where he was passed to British forces; placed on hospital ship and transported to Alexandria in Egypt where he rejoined Australian forces; transported by ship to Melbourne Australia. Places mentioned: Wokalup, Northam Camp, WA; Gaza, Palestine, Tobruk, El Alamein, Benghazi; Bari Camp, Udine, Italy; Switzerland; Marseille, France; Melbourne.