Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Places	Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Suez, Port Tewfik Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk Middle East Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Canungra Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number	S00560
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 36 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker	Cooper, Samuel Robert Sprod, Michael
Place made	Australia: Tasmania, Hobart, Lindisfarne
Date made	21 February 1989
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

Discussing enlistment in militia; joining AIF; army training at Brighton Camp; formation of 2/12th Battalion; camp leisure activities; promotions; embarkation for Middle East; arrival at Tewfik; Tobruk; evacuation from Tobruk; troop morale; embarkation for Australia; pre-jungle training at Canungra; embarkation for New Guinea; ammunition shortages during New Guinea campaigns; return to Australia; posting to Military Secretary's Branch; criticisms of American forces.

Listen to Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Listen to Part 2 of Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Listen to Part 3 of Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Listen to Part 4 of Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Listen to Part 5 of Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Listen to Part 6 of Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Download PDF document of Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. (file)
Download PDF document of Samuel Robert Cooper as a captain, 2/21st Infantry Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. (file)