Geoffrey Charles James Lowe, Sergeant 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Places	Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk Middle East Oceania: Australia, Queensland Oceania: Australia, Tasmania, Hobart, Brighton Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Ramu River Area, Faria River Area, Shaggy Ridge Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda
Accession Number	S00558
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 10 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Lowe, Geoffrey Charles James Sprod, Michael
Place made	Australia: Tasmania, Hobart, Rosetta
Date made	13 March 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

Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; training camp at Brighton; battalion composition; leave; embarkation for Middle East campaigns; Tobruk campaign; return to Australia; jungle training at Kilcoy, Queensland; New Guinea campaigns; action at Buna and Sanananda; Battle of Shaggy Ridge; casualties in battalion; demobilisation; post-war health and Department of Veterans Affairs.

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