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| Accession Number | S02062 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 34 min 7 sec |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; TDK D60; mono |
| Maker |
Parker, Walter Edwin Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Parker, Walter |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Balwyn North |
| Date made | 1 June 2000 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| 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. |
Walter Parker interviewed about his service in 20th Battalion AIF during the First World War
Description
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's reaction to enlistment; guard duty on troopship; meals on ship; sent to Gallipoli; water and ammunition carrying parties; winter on Gallipoli; time spent with his best friend Norm; dysentry in Egypt; wounded in France; return to Australia; discharged February 1918; post-war employment; marriage and family; effect of war on his life; returned to Gallipoli for 75th Anniversary of landing.
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.
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Walter Parker interviewed about his service in 20th Battalion AIF during the First World War