Private Clive McKenzie, 5th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War

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Accession Number S02056
Collection type Sound
Measurement 28 min 3 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; C-90 FERRIC ICEC1; mono
Maker McKenzie, Clive
Unknown
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made Australia: Victoria, Traralgon
Date made 5 August 1994
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Discusses: early life; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; extreme cold; lack of rations in front line; Albert and meeting a civilian girl; wounded at Bullecourt; in hospital at Rouen; repatriated to Australia; discharged from Army January 1918; attitude to war and effect on his life; post-war life; marriage and family.
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