Jack Humphries Stevens, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Accession Number	S00580
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 57 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Stevens, Jack Humphries
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Alexandria
Date made	18 April 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; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui; casualties; Kokoda Trail campaign; lack of training; casualties in the 2/3rd and 55/53rd Battalions at Sanananda; futility of some exercises; contact with American servicemen; the Ey Rifle; health; medical evacuation to Port Moresby; rejoining battalion at Bougainville and description of Torokina Base; transfer of battalion to Rabaul; Japanese prisoners of war; demobilisation; war service.

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