Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack), as a private, 2/28th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Miteiriya Europe: Italy Middle East
Accession Number	S00527
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 5 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; mono
Maker	Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack)
Date made	23 January 1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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

Discusses employment; enlistment; training; 2/28th Battalion; morale; leisure; casualties; capture, desert operations; health; POWs. Mentions Ceylon; Red Sea, Mersa Matruh; Tobruk, Palestine, El Alamein, Ruin Ridge, Middle East; Italy. Also describes at his recollection of being filmed by Damien Parer ; segment is part of a Movietone newsreel, "Tobruk for Valour".

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