Harry George Stephen Peacock, Able Seaman, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by David McRobbie, for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Accession Number S00525
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 50 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker Peacock, Harry George Stephen
McRobbie, David
Date made 27 February 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 enlistment; training; HMAS Hobart; convoy; officers; leisure, relations with Indians; discipline; Royal Navy (RN); naval operations; HMAS Canberra, HMAS Arunta; Japanese; reunions; Returned Services League (RSL); religion; naval slang. Mentions Aden; Berbera; Captain Howden.

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