George James Glansford, as a Petty Officer, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell, for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Accession Number S00516
Collection type Sound
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK AD60; stereo
Maker Glansford, George James
Connell, Daniel
Date made January 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Discusses training; commissioning of HMAS Hobart; convoy duty; naval operations; submarines; maintenance; duties; rations; sports; crew relations; Battle of Coral Sea; sinking of HMAS Canberra; United States Navy (USN); Australian American relations; repairs; looting; resignation from navy; family problems while men at sea. Mentions Flinders Naval Depot, VIC; Ceylon; Tobruk, Middle East; Mediterranean; Pearl Harbour, USA; Singapore; Espiritu Santos; Manila, Philippines; Tokyo, Japan.

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