Maurice Trigger, as a Private, Rangetaker/Scout 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by David McRobbie for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Mersa Matruh Middle East Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Khassa Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Qastina Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Ingleburn Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Kairi Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number	S00591
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 55 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Trigger, Maurice
Place made	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Syria
Date made	17 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; enlistment; training at Ingleburn Camp with Vickers medium machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East and arrival at Khassa Camp; discipline; Mersa Matruh and creation of defence networks including trenches and "doovers"; shift to Hill 93 and Qastina Camp; another shift to Jebal Tourbol; pilfering by Australian troops; impact of new MK VIIIZ ammunition; return to Australia; move to Kairi Training Camp, Atherton Tablelands, Qld; embarkation to New Guinea and landing at Lae; battalion casualties; post-war health; anti-semitic attitudes of Australian servicemen.

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