Trevor Allen Harper, as a Corporal, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Greta Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number	S00562
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; stereo
Maker	Harper, Trevor Allen
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Penrith
Date made	10 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

Discusses enlistment in militia (AMF); army training at Greta Camp; recruits; leisure; embarkation for Port Moresby; Kokoda Trail; militia (AMF)-AIF rivalry; transfer to the AIF; amalgamation with 53rd Battalion; demotion resulting from disciplinary action; New Guinea campaigns; demobilisation; American service personnel.

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