Lance Corporal Ernest Avery relates his experiences in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) during the First World War and with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a nurse during the Second World War.

Accession Number S02026
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 5 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; Ferric C90; mono
Maker Avery, Ernest
Unknown
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made Australia: Victoria, Echuca
Date made 25 July 1994
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Description

Ernest Avery discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the Army; transfer to the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC); post war occupation; marriage; enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1924; wartime duties; discharge in 1954; post service life.

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