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| Accession Number | S01318 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 16 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; BASF Ferro Extra I 90; mono |
| Maker |
Linton, Albert Charles Thomson, Alistair |
| Date made | 12 June 1983 |
| 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 |
Albert Charles Linton (728) as a private 31st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson.
Description
Discusses early life in Tasmania; travelling to Egypt and camping at Heliopolis; difference between Australian and English soldiers and officers; fighting at Fromelles and having to retreat through flooded fields and barbed wire; fear before going into first action; leave in England; being hit near the heart by shrapnel and invalided out during the Polygon Wood action.
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