Kenneth Hope Gill relates his experiences as an air liaision officer during the Second World War

Places	Asia: East Timor Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon Asia: Timor Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Bathurst Island Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Nadzab Oceania: Pacific Islands, New Caledonia
Accession Number	S02095
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 36 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; Lancia C90; mono
Maker	Gill, Kenneth Hope Gill, Kenneth Hope
Date made	1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright
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.

Description

Kenneth Hope Gill relates his experiences as an air liaision officer during the Second World War, including : early life; joining 37 (militia) Battalion as a private, training, promoted to Lance Sergeant in 1939, platoon commander training; accepted into Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1940 for Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); sent to New Caledonia guerrilla force with 2/3 Independend Company until 1942; posted to Special Operations Branch, Land Headquarters for eight months; unit sent to New Guinea, later travel with NORFORCE. In 1943 training at RAAF School of Army Air Cooperation, flying a Wirraway, later flew Hudsons and Beaufighters; Bathurst Island; working with 54 Anti Aircraft Regiment; liasion with US forces; radar; gunnery exercises.

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