Harry Miles interviewed about his experiences in 4th Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War

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Accession Number S02058
Collection type Sound
Measurement 24 min 31 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; Ferric C-90; mono
Maker Miles, Harry
Unknown
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made Australia: Victoria, Cobram
Date made 26 July 1994
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Discusses: early life; education; enlistment August 1915; family's reaction to enlistment; duties in Field Artillery; Le Harve; snow; caring for horses; mud and rain; artillery barrages; Armentieres and rest from front line; fleas; return to Australia and discharge in 1919; soldier settlement farming; marriage and family; sport and recreation activities.
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