Victor Henry Knight, as a Staff Sergeant, 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by David McRobbie for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

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Accession Number S00555
Collection type Sound
Measurement 2 hr
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker Knight, Victor Henry
Place made Australia: Queensland, Deception Bay
Date made 17 March 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Khassa Camp; Palestine; Vickers medium machine gun; Qastina Camp; ammunition; campaign at Trig Point 33; return to Australia; training for New Guinea campaigns; Red Beach landing; post-war employment.

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