Private Thomas (Tom) Brain relates his experiences with 59th Battalion during the First World War

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Accession Number S02032
Collection type Sound
Measurement 43 min 47 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description BASF Fe 1 90 Cassette
Maker Unknown
Brain, Thomas Ralph
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Hampton
Date made 20 June 1994
Access Open
Conflict 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

Tom Brain discusses: early life; pre-war work; enlistment; prior military training; Egypt; Fromelles; leave in England; return to Australia; marriage; post-war employment; the Depression

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