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| Accession Number | S00589 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 25 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | Cassette |
| Maker |
Heylen, Harold Sydney Charles (Syd) Bowden, Ros |
| Date made | 16 June 1989 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| 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 |
Harold Sydney Charles (Syd) Heylen, as a Private, 39th Battalion and 1st Australian Entertainment Unit, interviewed by Ros Bowden for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Description
Discussing under age enlistment; training at Dromana; embarkation on the Aquitania for Port Moresby; camp at Tubusereia; lack of training for jungle warfare; contact with Papuan's; Kokoda Campaigns; offer made by Colonel Jim Davidson to join 50-50 army show; mixing with professional entertainers; standards of morality; effect of change from Militia to AIF on 39th Battalion identity; entertainers and army discipline; return to Australia; popular songs.
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