William Wreford, Sub Lieutenant, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Bill Bunbury for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

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Accession Number S00526
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 28 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker Wreford, William Frank
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Cannington
Date made 23 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 education; army cadet corps; enlistment; HMAS Hobart; Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR); HMAS Adelaide; training; casualties; leisure; HMAS Canberra; Battle of the Coral Sea; HMAS Voyager; naval operations; Legacy; Returned Services League (RSL); war crimes. Mentions Guadacanal; Admiral Phillips.