Alexander Joseph Lochhead, as a Lieutenant, 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1, Aitape Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Soputa Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Deniki Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Eora Creek Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Isurava Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak
Accession Number	S00502
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 17 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK AD60; mono
Maker	Lochhead, Alexander Joseph Martin, Harry
Date made	16 November 1988
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	The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

Description

Early life; joining Cadet Corps; transfer to militia; shipment to New Guinea; service on the Kokoda Trail in 1942; home leave; joining 2/2nd Battalion AIF; promotion to sergeant; return to New Guinea in 1944; commissioning as lieutenant; end of the Second World War; returning home in March 1946; service as a guard at an internment camp; demobilisation, and return to civilian life.

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