Canon William Noel Rook, as a Captain, Chaplain, 2/6 Cavalry Commando Regiment, interviewed by Gail Winkworth for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

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Accession Number S00571
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 40 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK AD60; two track mono
Maker Rook, William Noel
Date made 21 April 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Discussing pre-war rectorship; reasons for enlistment; work in Middle East and New Guinea with 2/6th Cavalry Commando Regiment; role of chaplain; themes of sermons given in camps; administrative structure of Chaplaincy; affect of war and climate on chaplains in New Guinea; morality of war; role as censor.