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(25632) McFarlane, Brian William (Major)
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Maker: McFarlane, Brian William James, Karl Australian War Memorial Cummin, Shayne
Brian William McFarlane as a major, General Staff Officer 2 - Operations (GSO2 (Ops)), Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 1971, interviewed by Dr Karl James. ...S04380
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Neil Ronald Eiby as a rifleman 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), later a corporal rifle section commander 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), Malaya 1958-1960, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Eiby, Neil Ronald Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Eiby speaks of his training for service in Malaya with 3 RAR, later 1 RAR; impressions of 3 RAR on joining as a reinforcement; weapons, ammunition carried and clothing, with effects on weapon handling...S02874
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Patrick Trost as the captain Second-in-Command 28th Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Trost, Patrick Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Trost speaks, as an overview, of his family background and military career up to and including the Malayan Emergency; his selection of signals as his military career and training; experience of Britis...S03353
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Robert John Fletcher as a platoon commander 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
Fletcher speaks of his service background and training prior to joining 2 RAR; the state of 2 RAR and its manning when he arrived; the training of 2 RAR and other commitments at Enoggera Camp, as 2 RA...S02865
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Shirley Joan Southwell as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Southwell, Shirley Joan
Early life; civilian nursing training at Broken Hill NSW 1953-57; joined army in 1958; posted to 2 Camp Hospital Ingleburn NSW; describes hospital and living conditions; sent to Malaya in January 1959...S01805
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Squadron Leader Leigh Oxley 'Laddie' Hindley DFC (Ret'd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer Detachment No 5 Squadron RAAF, West Malaysia 1965-1966 and a flight lieutenant pilot No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron RAAF, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Brad Manera
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Maker: Hindley, Leigh Oxley Manera, Brad Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Squadron Leader Leigh Oxley 'Laddie' Hindley DFC (Ret'd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer Detachment No 5 Squadron RAAF, West Malaysia 1965-1966 and a flight lieutenant pilot No 9 (Helicopter...S03352
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Three 'Turn of the Century' ABC Radio Programs featuring Dr Peter Stanley discussing aspects of Australia's military involvement in war and peacekeeping throughout the 1900s
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Maker: Stanley, Peter Evans, Tritia ABC Radio
PROGRAM 1: Dr Stanley discuses attitudes to war and Australia's committment to war; Australian's went to the Boer War (South Africa) with idea that war was romantic and adventurous but during the cent...S02107
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Vice Admiral Sir Richard Innes Peek KBE CB DSC (Rtd) as Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, Malaya 1956-1958, interviewed by Lieutenant Commander Tony Hughes RANR
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Maker: Peek, Richard Innes Hughes, Anthony John Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Peek speaks of his training and operational experience (Second World War and Korean War) prior to his involvement in the Malayan Emergency; taking command of HMAS Tobruk for the British Commonwealth F...S02870
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Wallace Talbot Claxton Thompson OAM as a rifle section commander 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
Thompson speaks of his military training prior to joining 2 RAR in Australia; 2 RAR in terms of individual and collective operational experience; 2 RAR's perceptions of its operational roles in Malaya...S02864
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Wing Commander Roy Carlin DFC AFC (Rtd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 38 (Transport) Squadron RAAF, Malaya 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Carlin, Roy Chinn, David Alexander
Carlin speaks of his Second World War flying experience in the South West Pacific area and post war, including the Berlin Airlift (1948); similarities between and specific difficulties in flying trans...S02877