Alban Pearce interviewed about his experiences in 24th Battalion AIF during the First World War

Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Mont St Quentin Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Fovant Europe: Western Front
Accession Number	S02077
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 49 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	micro cassette; TDK MC-60; mono
Maker	Pearce, Alban Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Pearce, Alban
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Bairnsdale
Date made	Unknown
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Description

Discusses: early life; enlistment after height restrictions lowered in August 1917; prewar employment; sergeant in Cadets; family's attitude to enlistment; cooking detail at Alexandria; guard duties at Fovant; dispatch runner in France; casualties; advance on 8 August 1918 near Villers Bretonneux; evacuated to Mont St Quentin; returned to Australia and discharged August 1918; post-war employment; marriage and family; attitude to war; recreation activities.
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