| Accession Number | S02010 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | Duration: 58 mins |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; TDK D60; mono |
| Maker |
Wallis, John Thomas Roberts, Niall John |
| Date made | 16 January 1996 |
| 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 | RAN Corvettes Association WA Oral History Program |
(F4493) Wallis, John Thomas (Stoker) interviewed by John Roberts
Description
Part of a collection of nineteen oral history interviews conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Corvettes Association of Western Australia. Interviewers included John Roberts, Margaret Rickard, Lorna Dodd, William Gray Ritchie and Jack Shepheard.
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History / Summary
John Thomas Wallis, as a stoker, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) corvettes HMAS Launceston and HMAS Gawler, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, and HMAS Australia, Australian waters, 1942-1946, interviewed by John Roberts
John Wallis talks about his education and early employment; enlistment into the Army and subsequent transfer into the Navy; travel to the Flinders Naval Depot and conditions and training as a stoker there; working at HMAS Leeuwin before sailing to Colombo to join corvette HMAS Launceston; conditions aboard the Launceston, the ship’s duties and experiences; shore leave; transfer to HMAS Gawler and return to Fremantle; being drafted to HMAS Australia; discharge; resettlement as a civilian; training as a welder and then as a health inspector; marriage, family and housing; retirement and travel and involvement with the Corvettes’ Association.