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Brian William McFarlane as a platoon commander 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1956-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
McFarlane speaks of training at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra, South East Queensland; his repostings from 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Kapooka, New South Wales through to joining 2 RAR ...S02862
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Brigadier George Lyon Mansford AM (Rtd) as a private rifleman later corporal section commander C Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Mansford, George Lyon Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Mansford speaks of training especially through the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra; personalities of C Company 2 RAR - relationships and reinforcements; briefings on the British Commonwealth Far...S02869
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Brigadier Jeffrey James Shelton DSO MC (Rtd) as the major Officer Commanding A Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Shelton, Jeffrey James Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Shelton speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his appointment as a reinforcement officer in 3 RAR; the experience and performance of the servicemen under his command; t...S02291
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Brigadier John Francis White OBE (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
White speaks of the selection of officers for 3 RAR's service in Malaya; the usefulness of his previous posting to Headquarters Far East Land Forces Singapore to commanding 3 RAR in Malaya; impressio...S02878
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Brigadier Philip Jamieson Greville CBE (Rtd) as the captain Officer Commanding Assault Pioneer Platoon 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Greville, Phillip Jamieson Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Greville speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; the role of the Assault Pioneer Platoon in Korea during his period of command; the circumstances of his capture and his t...S02289
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Brigadier William John Morrow CBE (Rtd) as Commanding Officer 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Malaya 1959-1960, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Morrow speaks of his previous operational experience through the Second World War and Korea; of training 1 RAR in Australia; comparing Australian and British practice in engaging fleeting targets in a...S02860
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Colin Henry Swinbourn as a platoon sergeant in a rifle company 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Swinbourn, Colin Henry Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Swinbourn speaks of family, educational and military background; joining Transport Platoon 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) at Enoggera Queensland as a corporal in early 1955; train...S03351
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Colonel Anthony Thomas Hall OBE (Rtd) as Officer Commanding 126th Transport Platoon Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC), Malaya 1955-1956, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Hall, Anthony Thomas Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill Chinn, David Alexander
Hall speaks of his training on graduation from Duntroon, for infantry service in Korea; reversion to an RAASC posting to raise a transport platoon for service in the British Commonwealth Far East Stra...S02868
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Colonel Donald Douglas Beard AM ED RFD (Rtd) as the captain Regimental Medical Officer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Beard, Donald Douglas Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Beard speaks of studying medicine during the Second World War followed by his commissioning as a medical officer and posting to the Occupation Force in Japan in 1948; joining 3 RAR as replacement medi...S02687
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Colonel Donald McInnes Ramsay OAM (Rtd) as Adjutant 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Ramsay speaks of his commissioning in the British Army and operational service during the Second World War; transfer to the Australian Army in 1952; posting to 2 RAR in 1954; perceptions of the role o...S02863
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Colonel John Murray Church DSO (Rtd) as a lieutenant platoon commander 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Church speaks of Officer and post-graduate military training before posting to 3 RAR in Japan in March 1949; experience with 3 RAR in training, as well as other duties; posting as aide-de-camp (ADC) t...S02299
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Colonel Owen Maxwell Carroll (Rtd) as a platoon commander, later Officer Commanding Tracker Team, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Carroll, Owen Maxwell Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Carroll speaks of his experience of being a platoon commander in 17th National Service Training Battalion following his commissioning through OCS Portsea, before joining 3 RAR at Ingleburn NSW; his im...S02867
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Colonel Peter Edward Seddon (Ret) as Battery Commander 100th (A) Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery, Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Ret)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Seddon speaks of his service background of a Second World War posting to a Middle East experienced field regiment; retitling the battery (to 'A' Field Battery), ceremonial duties role of 'A' Field Bat...S02875
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Francis William Dean BEM as the staff sergeant Company Quartermaster Sergeant D Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Korea 1952-1953, South Vietnam, 1965-1968, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Dean speaks of his family background and enlistment in the 2nd AIF in 1943; training and posting to 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion near Cairns (with the 2nd Beach Group) and in the Atherton Tablel...S02295
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Frederick R From as the sergeant Platoon Sergeant Anti-tank Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: From, Frederick Rennie Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Frederick From speaks about his early childhood and education: enlisting in the AIF in the Second World War; training in Egypt; sailing for Cyprus and pleasant experiences there; sailing for Haifa; ex...S02649
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General Peter Courtney Gration AC OBE (Rtd) as Troop Officer 4th (Australian) Field Troop 11th Independent Field Squadron, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Gration speaks of his service background, experience and training; troop commander, senior non-commissioned officers and troop strength; lack of briefing of 4th Field Troop on the Malayan commitment; ...S02866
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General Sir Francis George Hassett AC KBE CB DSO LVO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Hassett, Francis George Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Hassett speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; appointment to command 3 RAR in Korea; the coordination involved in taking over from another battalion in the line; his le...S02653
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General Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett AC KBE DSO (Rtd) as Second-in-Command, later Officer Commanding Mortar Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Bennett, Phillip Harvey Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
General Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett AC KBE DSO (Rtd) as Second-in-Command, later Officer Commanding Mortar Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by C...S02656
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Henry Alfred Gordon as a war correspondent attached to 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Gordon speaks of his family background; interest in journalism while still at school in Melbourne; journalistic experience with the Sydney Telegraph in the earlier years of the Second World War; volun...S02800
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Jack F Gallaway as a sergeant Wireless Sergeant Signals Platoon 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Korea 1950-1951, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Gallaway, Jack Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Gallaway speaks of his family military background; his brief AIF service early in the Second World War; completing his war service in the RAN in the South West Pacific Area; enlistment in the Army imm...S02651