Robert D. McKenzie inteviewed about his experiences in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and in the Australian Army Garrison Forces and the 2nd Australian Imperial Force (AIF) from 1940-48.

Places	Mediterranean: Malta Middle East: Syria Oceania: New Guinea1 Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Accession Number	S02057
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	48 min 14 sec
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; C-90; mono
Maker	McKenzie, Robert D Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Carnegie
Date made	11 December 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.

Description

Discusses: joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) 1915; served on training ship HMAS Tingira; posted to the torpedo boat destroyer (TBD) HMAS Warrego; Malta; sea patrols; discharged from RAN March 1919; enlist in the Australian Army Garrison Battalion June 1940; transferred to 2nd AIF April 1941 in engineering field company; served in Syria; action at Milne Bay and New Guinea; malaria and swamps; discharged from Army June 1948; post-war life; marriage and family.

Listen to Robert D. McKenzie inteviewed about his experiences in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and in the Australian Army Garrison Forces and the 2nd Australian Imperial Force (AIF) from 1940-48.