Price Stewart (Norman) Whitelaw, 2/2nd Field Regiment and Bombardment Liaison Officer HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Africa: Egypt Africa: Egypt, Helouan Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Bardia Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk Asia: China, Hainan Island, Bakli Bay Europe: Greece Europe: Greece, Crete Middle East Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Deir Sineid Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Puckapunyal Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Seymour
Accession Number	S00569
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 27 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Whitelaw, Price Stewart (Norman)
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Black Rock
Date made	18 April 1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
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.
Source credit to	The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

Description

Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment if AIF; discipline in militia units; initial army training at Seymour Camp; transfer to Puckapunyal Camp; embarkation for Middle East; Deir Suneid Camp; Helway Camp in Egypt; contact with Italian forces at Bardia; Tobruk Campaign; embarkation for Greece; contact with German Forces at Veria; battle at Delphi; evacuation to and from Crete; casualties from Greece and Crete campaigns; return to Australia; establishment of Australian Naval Bombardment Group; role of Bombardment Liaison Officers and shore fire control parties; posting to HMAS Shropshire; posting to HMAS Hobart as Bombardment Liaison Officer; relationship between the army artillery team and naval crew; Hobart's guns; bombardment missions on Hobart at Balkipapan, Manila Bay, Cebu; demobilisation; post-war employment.

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