John William (Jack) Dodd, as a Private, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Bill Bunbury for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

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Accession Number S00544
Collection type Sound
Measurement 2 hr 15 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker Dodd, John William (Jack)
Date made 11 February 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Discussing enlistment; army training; Middle East campaigns especially El Alamein; capture by German Army; description of journey by ship to Italy and torpedoing in prison ship; arrival in Brindisi; transfer to Udine; camp conditions; escape from Italy; repatriation. Recorded in Dunsborough (post code 6281), Western Australia near Busselton.