(N46368) Wilkins, Charles John (Private)

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1 Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda
Accession Number	S00563
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 55 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Wilkins, Charles John
Date made	April 1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Status to be assessed
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

Charles John Wilkins, Lance Corporal and Signaller 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Discusses call up for militia; signaller training; tensions between AIF and militia; conditions at Greta Army Training Camp; embarkation for New Guinea; New Guinea campaigns; inadequacy of training for 53rd Battalion; combining 53rd and 55th Battalions; casualties at Sanananda; health; food rations; leisure; demobilisation; post-war employment.

History / Summary

Discusses call up for militia; signaller training; tensions between AIF and militia; conditions at Greta Army Training Camp; embarkation for New Guinea; New Guinea campaigns; inadequacy of training for 53rd Battalion; combining 53rd and 55th Battalions; casualties at Sanananda; health; food rations; leisure; demobilisation; post-war employment.