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Accession Number | S02035 |
Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 1 hr 9 min |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | audio cassette; TDK D90; mono |
Maker |
Clarke, Roderick Mafeking Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office |
Date made | 6 July 1994 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
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. |
Roderick Mafeking Clarke talks about serving in the Royal Australian Navy during the First and Second World Wars
Description
Roderick Clarke discusses prewar life and work; enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1915; posted to training ship HMAS Tingira when he was 15 years old; punishment on board; death of friend Sam from leukemia; visit Cocos Islands; Seychelles; Suez; Port Said; escort troops to England after the Dardenelles campaign; duty on HMAS Yarra; Stationed at Brindisi; submarine patrols; convoy in October 1918 with 71 ships; marriage to Mary, Mary's death, marriage to Doris, children; discharged from RAN in 1925; work between the wars; re-enlist in RAN in 1941; on HMAS Kookaburra laying anti-submarine booms in Darwin Harbour; view of women on RAN ships today; discharged in 1945; postwar life; hobbies and activities; family and wife.
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Roderick Mafeking Clarke talks about serving in the Royal Australian Navy during the First and Second World Wars