Nicholas L Curtain (1684) as a sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Middle East, 1914-1918 and later as a warrant officer 2 of the Volunteer Defence Corps, Tasmania, 1939-1945

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Accession Number S00682
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 5 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; maxell UD 60; mono
Maker Curtain, Nicholas Leviston
Place made Australia: Tasmania, Hobart, Bridgewater
Date made June 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Description

Discusses bombing the horse lines and camp by the "Torbes" (Taube - German aircraft), Damascus, Lawrence of Arabia, Harper, riots in Cario, how the horses were destroyed after the war had finished, the Surafend incident and how Allenby dressed down the Australian Light Horse. Battle of Romani, Mount Meredith General Royston, Col. Mills wounded in shoulder, Rafa, Sergeant Alan Burbury. Story of bringing a native boy (a Wallad) back to Hobart in Tasmania. Raising a Light Horse troop at Richmond Tasmania after the war with Lieutenant Swan. Jim Griffin was a model soldier. Instructions at Brighton Army Camp during 1939-1945 war and Volunteer Defence Corps training.