| Places | |
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| Accession Number | S01305 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 2 hr 35 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; BASF Ferro Extra I 90; mono |
| Maker |
Bird, Percy Atkinson Thomson, Alistair |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Williamstown |
| Date made | 8 September 1983; 7 April 1987 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| 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 | AWM Research Grants Scheme |
Percy Atkinson Bird (5666) as a sergeant 5th Infantry Battalion AIF, Egypt and France 1915-1917, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
Description
Pre-war life in and around Williamstown, Victoria being a member of the Boys Naval Brigade; enlistment in April 1916, and how his father passed away after he sailed for Egypt; Etaples Camp, France; joining his battalion near in July or August 1916 near Pozieres; singing in Battalion concert; anecdote of English captain vs. his Captain; conditions on the front line such as walking and shelling hazards in the trenches (anecdotes of falling over); singing a (possibly salacious) love song in German to German soldiers; Bullecourt; anecdote of being operated on in August 1917 after being gassed in April 1917; relationship between officers and men in British and Australian forces;recreation, food and "vices"; relationships in and out of the army; . Percy Bird sings some songs he sung during the war.
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