Keith Mortimore Hayes as a rifleman 2/2nd Australian Independent Company, Timor 1941-1942, interviewed by Brad Manera

Accession Number	S02785
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	23 min 39 sec
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	digital audio tape (DAT); BASF DM 124; 44.1kHz; 16 bit; stereo
Maker	Hayes, Keith Mortimore Manera, Brad
Date made	4 February 2002
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.

Description

Hayes speaks of his service background and experience; selection for 2/2nd Australian Independent Company; deployment to Timor two months before the Japanese attack on Dili; capture, with other members of his section, in a Japanese ambush; escape after witnessing the shooting of four other members of his group; survival for seven months with the help of the local Timorese; evacuation from Timor and hospitalisation in Australia; return to service as a reinforcement with 2/11th Battalion in New Guinea; repatriation at the end of the war.
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