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| Accession Number | S02042 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 17 min 49 sec |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | TDK D60 Cassette |
| Maker |
Ferrier, George Morrison, Jill Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Coleraine |
| Date made | 27 July 1994 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| 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. |
Jill Morrison reads an account of an interview she conducted with 743A Private George Ferrier about his experiences with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion during the First World War
Description
Jill Morrison reads an account of an interview she conducted with 743A Private George Ferrier about his experiences with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion during the First World War
Interview covered: early life; prewar employment at Coleraine; enlistment in May 1917; training in England as a machine gunner; sent to France with 10th Machine Gun Company in 1918; Hamel; Somme; German counter-attack in March 1918; working with Americans; Spanish Influenza and hospitalisation with influenza; return to Australia in 1919; soldier settler; marriage; postwar work; retirement and leisure; attitude to war. END TAPE
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Jill Morrison reads an account of an interview she conducted with 743A Private George Ferrier about his experiences with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion during the First World War