(V65593) Boland, Jack Wallis (Private), 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Popondetta Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda 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, Efogi 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, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Uberi Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number	S00506
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 48 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; BASF FM I 60; mono
Maker	Martin, Harry
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Preston
Date made	7 November 1988
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Status to be assessed
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

Discusses prewar employment; religion; education; politics; joined militia; at age twenty one conscripted to 39th Battalion in Melbourne; transported by train to Sydney; embarkation on SS Aquitania; arrival in Port Moresby; march to Seven Mile Drome; training; officers; shortage of food; relations with natives; bromide; promoted to corporal; moving up the track; first encounter with Japanese; morale; Australian American relations; insubordination; health; food and equipment supplies; discipline; demobilisation; air raids; terrain; tactics; combat conditions; unit solidarity; casualties; Japanese Army; AIF Militia relations. Mentions Melbourne, Bacchus March, VIC; Townsville, QLD; Sydney, NSW; Port Moresby, Seven Mile, Kokoda Track, Sanananda, Uberi, Deniki, Pirivi, Eora Creek, Gona, Haddies village, Isurava, Popondetta, Huggin's Perimeter, Papua New Guinea; Damien Parer; Brigadier Selwyn Porter; General Sir Thomas Blamey.