Milton McDonald discusses his army service in Second World War and Vietnam War and RAAF service with John Bannister.

Accession Number S04557
Collection type Sound
Measurement 2 hr 1 min
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description compact disc-recordable (CD-R); Sony; wave; 48kHz; 24 bit
Maker McDonald, Milton
Bannister, William John Edgerton
Date made 3 November 2008; 18 December 2008
Access Open
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Second World War, 1939-1945
Vietnam, 1962-1975
Period 1940-1949
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Source credit to AWM Oral History Program
Description

Milton McDonald served with 55 Mobile Searchlight Battery, 78 Mobile Searchlight Battery and 2/28 Australian Infantry Battalion in the Second World War. He joined the RAAF for a time in 1947, before joining the Army in 1948. He completed two tours of duty in Vietnam.

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